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Bookselling Without Borders Talked to Their International Fellows

By Words Without Borders | August 14, 2019

Ibram X. Kendi: How Racism Relies on Arbitrary Hierarchies

Ibram X. Kendi: How Racism Relies on Arbitrary Hierarchies

From 15th-Century West Africa to Suburban Long Island

By Ibram X. Kendi | August 13, 2019

We Have Always Been Plagued by Literary Scammers

We Have Always Been Plagued by Literary Scammers

Narcissistic, Ego-Driven Editors Promising the World? Yup.

By Nick Ripatrazone | August 13, 2019

A Brief Eerie History of How the Wind Makes Us Crazy

A Brief Eerie History of How the Wind Makes Us Crazy

Lyall Watson on the Ill Effects of Heavy Weather

By Lyall Watson | August 13, 2019

The Intoxicating Other Worlds of the Encyclopedia

The Intoxicating Other Worlds of the Encyclopedia

David Carlin on Absent Fathers and Missing Histories

By David Carlin | August 13, 2019

The Road to Oliver Sacks'

The Road to Oliver Sacks'

Lawrence Weschler on Meeting a Then-Unknown 48-Year-Old Neurologist

By Lawrence Weschler | August 13, 2019

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Why Mira Jacob Keeps Coming Back to Toni Morrison's Sula

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Hai-Dang Phan on Poetic Distance and Reenacting the Past

By Peter Mishler | August 13, 2019

A Literature of Belonging: Stories of Real America

A Literature of Belonging: Stories of Real America

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By Abby Manzella | August 13, 2019

38 Americanisms the British Can't Bloody Stand

38 Americanisms the British Can't Bloody Stand

To Some of Us, Grammar Feels Personal

By Gyles Brandreth | August 12, 2019

On the Great Old White Guy Vocal Fry Panic of 2013

On the Great Old White Guy Vocal Fry Panic of 2013

Actually, When We Take Vocal Patterns Seriously, It Tells Us a Lot

By Amanda Montell | August 12, 2019

Gregory Orr on Rebuilding a Life When Nothing Makes Sense

Gregory Orr on Rebuilding a Life When Nothing Makes Sense

"I’d need to find new meanings if I were to survive."

By Gregory Orr | August 12, 2019

Why Were the 1970s So... Weird?

Why Were the 1970s So... Weird?

When the Counterculture Optimism Receded, Things Got Ugly

By Erik Davis | August 12, 2019

The Bittersweet Feeling of Reconnecting with a Forgotten Language

The Bittersweet Feeling of Reconnecting with a Forgotten Language

Susan Harlan on Rekindling an Old Friendship in the City of Lights

By Susan Harlan | August 12, 2019

Loathing, Leaving and Coming to Love Albuquerque

Loathing, Leaving and Coming to Love Albuquerque

Sean Gandert on the Meaning of Querencia

By Sean Gandert | August 12, 2019

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