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You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

You Have to Embrace the Doubt Before You Can Claim Your Authority as a Writer

From Poet Jennifer Grotz’s Bennington MFA Commencement Speech

By Jennifer Grotz | July 20, 2023

How the Internet Has Become an Outrage Machine

How the Internet Has Become an Outrage Machine

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 20, 2023

What We’re Reading at <em>Just the Right Book</em> This Week

What We’re Reading at Just the Right Book This Week

Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein Weigh in With Recommendations

By Just the Right Book | July 20, 2023

Nishanth Injam on Leaving India, the Misery of Tech Work and the Subversive Nature of Memories

Nishanth Injam on Leaving India, the Misery of Tech Work and the Subversive Nature of Memories

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 20, 2023

Joyce Carol Oates on “Dreaming Back” and Finding Inspiration in Chuck Close

Joyce Carol Oates on “Dreaming Back” and Finding Inspiration in Chuck Close

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | July 19, 2023

Colson Whitehead on Blaxploitation Cinema, Sidney Lumet’s New York, and His Own Harlem Trilogy

Colson Whitehead on Blaxploitation Cinema, Sidney Lumet’s New York, and His Own Harlem Trilogy

The Author of Crook Manifesto Discusses the Latest Installment of his Sweeping Crime History of New York City.

By Dwyer Murphy | July 19, 2023

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Who. That. It. How We Speak About and For Animals

By Keggie Carew | July 19, 2023

Why Expertise Has Lost Its Luster in an Age of Populism and Chaos

By Amanda Goodall | July 19, 2023

“Homage To Gertrude Badu,” A Poem by Terrance Hayes

By Terrance Hayes | July 19, 2023

Lupine Cryptids, Tornado Alleys, and Sulfuric Demons: Lillian Stone on Her Complicated Relationship With Her Ozark Roots

Lupine Cryptids, Tornado Alleys, and Sulfuric Demons: Lillian Stone on Her Complicated Relationship With Her Ozark Roots

“I felt like a werewolf—hiding from prying eyes, not wanting anyone to see me transform.”

By Lillian Stone | July 19, 2023

Modern Tourism Makes It Difficult to Truly Appreciate the Sistine Chapel

Modern Tourism Makes It Difficult to Truly Appreciate the Sistine Chapel

Jeannie Marshall on Why We Need to Slow Down and Sit in Silence to Take in Works of Art

By Jeannie Marshall | July 19, 2023

Why Are So Many Babies Born Via C-Section?

Why Are So Many Babies Born Via C-Section?

Allison Yarrow on the Under-Examined Assumption of Cesarean Birth

By Allison Yarrow | July 19, 2023

Essie Fox Reads From <em>The Fascination</em>

Essie Fox Reads From The Fascination

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | July 19, 2023

Borges Dealt With His Anxiety About Going Blind by Learning a New Language

Borges Dealt With His Anxiety About Going Blind by Learning a New Language

Andrew Leland on His Own Weakening Vision, Braille, and Making a Commitment to Read with Visual Aids

By Andrew Leland | July 18, 2023

How Syrian Writer Khaled Khalifa Navigates Exile Abroad and At Home

How Syrian Writer Khaled Khalifa Navigates Exile Abroad and At Home

Alfred J. Naddaff Spends 72 Hours in Zurich With the Chronicler of Modern Syria

By Alfred J. Naddaff | July 18, 2023

A Paradise of Birds: The Puffins of the Remote Island of Skellig Michael

A Paradise of Birds: The Puffins of the Remote Island of Skellig Michael

Robert L. Harris on Communication with His Avian Neighbors

By Robert L. Harris | July 18, 2023

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