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When Dreams of Perfection Brush Up Against Human Limits

When Dreams of Perfection Brush Up Against Human Limits

The School That Optimizes Golf Performance

By Brett Cyrgalis | May 12, 2020

Two Poems by Joseph Brodsky

Two Poems by Joseph Brodsky

From Collected Poems, 1968-1996

By Joseph Brodsky | May 12, 2020

Rediscovering Lou Gehrig's<br> Lost Memoir

Rediscovering Lou Gehrig's
Lost Memoir

Alan D. Gaff on Reading the Story of a Legend Nearly a Century Later

By Alan D. Gaff | May 12, 2020

Alexander Chee and Rebecca Solnit on Planting Seeds and Activism

Alexander Chee and Rebecca Solnit on Planting Seeds and Activism

From the Bookable Podcast with Author Amanda Stern

By Bookable | May 12, 2020

John Elkington: No, the Pandemic is Not a Black Swan Event

John Elkington: No, the Pandemic is Not a Black Swan Event

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | May 12, 2020

<em>Literary Disco</em> Get Deeper and Deeper Into <em>Middlemarch</em>

Literary Disco Get Deeper and Deeper Into Middlemarch

From our Special Quarantine Series on the George Eliot Classic

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Personal Space: Maggie Downs Thought No One Wanted to Read About Grief

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 11, 2020

Behind the Mic: On Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo, Read by the Author and Melania-Luisa Marte

By Behind the Mic | May 11, 2020

Lydia Millet Wonders Why We're Not Panicking More

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How Will Restaurants Reinvent Themselves Post-Lockdown?

How Will Restaurants Reinvent Themselves Post-Lockdown?

A Conversation with Critic and Restaurant Historian William Sitwell

By Kerri Arsenault | May 11, 2020

The Unlikely Optimism of Viktor Frankl

The Unlikely Optimism of Viktor Frankl

The Concentration Camp Survivor Advocated a New Kind of Therapy

By Franz Vesely | May 11, 2020

Sara Mesa's Novels of Ambiguous, Twisted Power

Sara Mesa's Novels of Ambiguous, Twisted Power

Katie Whittemore Interviews the Author of Four by Four

By Katie Whittemore | May 11, 2020

An Illustrated Day at the Portland Book Festival

An Illustrated Day at the Portland Book Festival

From Leslie Stein's New Memoir, I Know Your Rider

By Leslie Stein | May 11, 2020

How a Dangerous, Exploitative Railroad Industry Created J.P. Morgan's Fortune

How a Dangerous, Exploitative Railroad Industry Created J.P. Morgan's Fortune

Susan Berfield on the Growth of American Capitalism

By Susan Berfield | May 11, 2020

Anna Solomon: Girls Can Be Scary

Anna Solomon: Girls Can Be Scary

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 11, 2020

The Religious Value of the Unknown

The Religious Value of the Unknown

From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | May 11, 2020

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