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The Literary Power of Hobbits: How JRR Tolkien Shaped Modern Fantasy

The Literary Power of Hobbits: How JRR Tolkien Shaped Modern Fantasy

Verlyn Flieger on the Late Addition of Tolkien's Most Iconic Characters

By Verlyn Flieger | June 24, 2024

Brief Encounters: On Claire Messud’s Melodramas

Brief Encounters: On Claire Messud’s Melodramas

Rafaela Bassili Considers “This Strange Eventful History” and the Author's Novels of Family Life

By Rafaela Bassili | June 24, 2024

Coffee, Booze, Undressing, Deprivation: How Writers Get in the Mood to Write

Coffee, Booze, Undressing, Deprivation: How Writers Get in the Mood to Write

Caitlin Shetterly on Some Famous Attempts to Beat Writers' Block and What Finally Worked for Her

By Caitlin Shetterly | June 24, 2024

Reading Jill Ciment’s <em>Consent</em> As a Former Teenage Bride

Reading Jill Ciment’s Consent As a Former Teenage Bride

Rafia Zakaria Considers Context, Choices and Consequences Across Eras and Cultures

By Rafia Zakaria | June 24, 2024

How Game Theory Can Help Organ Donors Find Their Match

How Game Theory Can Help Organ Donors Find Their Match

Kelly Clancy on the Medical Possibilities of Mathematically-Influenced Altruism

By Kelly Clancy | June 24, 2024

The Gaps Filled by Fiction: On Victoria Amelina’s <em>Dom’s Dream Kingdom</em>

The Gaps Filled by Fiction: On Victoria Amelina’s Dom’s Dream Kingdom

Héctor Abad Remembers a Rising Star of Ukrainian Literature Killed by Putin’s War

By Héctor Abad | June 24, 2024

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Roe, Dobbs, and Reproductive Justice Lit: A Reading List for Abortion Advocacy

By Merle Hoffman | June 24, 2024

Lauren Camp on Exploring the Dark

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Shze-Hui Tjoa on Breaking New Ground in Memoir

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How Lonely Planet Founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler Revolutionized the Way We Travel

How Lonely Planet Founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler Revolutionized the Way We Travel

Paige McClanahan on the Origins, Development and Popularization of the Travel Guide

By Paige McClanahan | June 21, 2024

Bridging the Gaps: On Writing and Revising a Novel in Two Languages

Bridging the Gaps: On Writing and Revising a Novel in Two Languages

Julia Malye Explores Her Personal and Literary Relationship with French and English

By Julia Malye | June 21, 2024

How Vulnerable Low-Wage Workers Power AI Algorithms

How Vulnerable Low-Wage Workers Power AI Algorithms

Madhumita Murgia on the Precarious Labor Behind the Digital Revolution

By Madhumita Murgia | June 21, 2024

Why American Journalists Should Be Outraged About the Dozens of Palestinian Journalists Jailed in Israel

Why American Journalists Should Be Outraged About the Dozens of Palestinian Journalists Jailed in Israel

"If journalism is not a crime, then it should not be treated as a crime by any government for any journalist."

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 21, 2024

City of One Million Trees: How New York Inspired Other Cities to Go Green

City of One Million Trees: How New York Inspired Other Cities to Go Green

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By Nadina Galle | June 21, 2024

"YouTube Comments on My Marriage," a Poem by Cristine Brache

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How Activists Across the Pacific Northwest Planned the 1999 Seattle WTO Protests

How Activists Across the Pacific Northwest Planned the 1999 Seattle WTO Protests

DW Gibson Looks Back on the Environmentalist and Anti-Globalization Movements of the 1990s

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