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Learning to Appreciate the Small Things From a 1,000-Year-Old Japanese Writer

Learning to Appreciate the Small Things From a 1,000-Year-Old Japanese Writer

Eric Weiner on Reading Sei Shōnagon

By Eric Weiner | August 28, 2020

Prayer to the Redwood

Prayer to the Redwood

A Poem By Mai Der Vang

By Mai Der Vang | August 28, 2020

On the Brink of War: A View of North and South Korea in 1950

On the Brink of War: A View of North and South Korea in 1950

Charles J. Hanley on the Cold War Rivalry that Led to Battle

By Charles J. Hanley | August 28, 2020

Carlos Fonseca on Harnessing the Literary Power of Tedium

Carlos Fonseca on Harnessing the Literary Power of Tedium

The Author of Natural History in Conversation with Juan Toledo

By Juan Toledo | August 28, 2020

But You Don't Look Trans? <br>A Tale of Microagression

But You Don't Look Trans?
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Veronica Esposito on the Privilege and Pain of Passing

By Veronica Esposito | August 28, 2020

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Hallie Rubenhold on Winning and Writing History

From the Read Smart Podcast, Presented by the Baillie Gifford Prize

By Read Smart | August 28, 2020

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By NewberyTart | August 28, 2020

The History of Witch Hunts in the Early Modern Atlantic World

By New Books Network | August 28, 2020

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Ian Buruma on the So-Called Special Relationship Between the US and the UK

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Dr. Michele Harper: Healing Yourself by Understanding How to Heal Others

Dr. Michele Harper: Healing Yourself by Understanding How to Heal Others

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Behind the Mic: On Paper Girls by Alex Smith, Read by Tim Bruce

Jump Into an Appealing New British Crime Series

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Edward Farmer on Capturing Greenwood, Mississippi in Fiction

Edward Farmer on Capturing Greenwood, Mississippi in Fiction

The Author of Pale in Conversation with Galit Gottlieb on the New Books Network

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The Incoherence of Hate: Reading <br><em>The Protocols of the Elders of Zion</em>

The Incoherence of Hate: Reading
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Looking Back to the Devastation of Katrina, 15 Years Later

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