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The Power—and Necessity—of Reading Dangerously

The Power—and Necessity—of Reading Dangerously

Azar Nafisi on Engaging with Opposition

By Azar Nafisi | March 9, 2022

How Trees Helped Ben Okri To Write His New Children’s Book

How Trees Helped Ben Okri To Write His New Children’s Book

“As the story grew, I felt the need for nature.”

By Ben Okri | March 9, 2022

How Campus Novels Reveal the Power—and Danger—of Pure Ideas

How Campus Novels Reveal the Power—and Danger—of Pure Ideas

Tara Isabella Burton on the Combination of Isolation, Vulnerability, and Hunger for Knowledge

By Tara Isabella Burton | March 9, 2022

What a Scan of Vladimir Putin’s Power-Addled Brain Might Tell Us

What a Scan of Vladimir Putin’s Power-Addled Brain Might Tell Us

Brian Klaas in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 9, 2022

Sexism Wants Women to Think We’re Stupid—and We Believe It

Sexism Wants Women to Think We’re Stupid—and We Believe It

Mona Chollet on Being Condemned to “Orbit Around the Planet of True Knowledge”

By Mona Chollet | March 9, 2022

Why Putin’s Ukraine Invasion and George W. Bush’s Iraq Invasion Are Both Oil Wars

Why Putin’s Ukraine Invasion and George W. Bush’s Iraq Invasion Are Both Oil Wars

Thom Hartmann in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 9, 2022

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Endnotes on Experimentation: Sheila Heti, Alexander Chee, and More Voices from Thresholds

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How Rumi Became a Poet

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Jennifer Sciubba on Why Demography Isn’t Destiny

By Keen On | March 9, 2022

Kevin Barry on <em>Flowers in the Attic</em>, <em>2666</em>, and <em>The Talented Mr. Ripley</em>

Kevin Barry on Flowers in the Attic, 2666, and The Talented Mr. Ripley

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of That Old Country Music

By Book Marks | March 9, 2022

It turns out Drake has very good taste in books.

It turns out Drake has very good taste in books.

By Katie Yee | March 8, 2022

How Ukrainian Writers Are Contributing to the War Effort

How Ukrainian Writers Are Contributing to the War Effort

Kate Tsurkan Reports from Chernivtsi

By Kate Tsurkan | March 8, 2022

Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Amanda Pellegrino on Writing for TV Versus Writing a Novel

Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Amanda Pellegrino on Writing for TV Versus Writing a Novel

"Writing a TV show is a team sport from day one."

By Amanda Pellegrino | March 8, 2022

What Comes After “Kmart Realism”? Writing Place in the Era of American Uniformity

What Comes After “Kmart Realism”? Writing Place in the Era of American Uniformity

Lee Cole on the Homogenization of Rural Life in America

By Lee Cole | March 8, 2022

Imagining the Many Futures—and Complex Humanity—of the Archetypal Missing Girl

Imagining the Many Futures—and Complex Humanity—of the Archetypal Missing Girl

Erin Kate Ryan on the Real Person Behind the Missingness

By Erin Kate Ryan | March 8, 2022

Why Are So Many Men Still Resistant to Reading Women?

Why Are So Many Men Still Resistant to Reading Women?

Mary Ann Sieghart Considers the Literary Gender Gap

By Mary Ann Sieghart | March 8, 2022

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