An (Ongoing) Taxonomy of the Sad Rich Girls of Literature

An (Ongoing) Taxonomy of the Sad Rich Girls of Literature

Sanibel Lazar Proposes a System of Classification for Unhappy Endings Born of Blessed Circumstances

By Sanibel | April 29, 2024

Closing the Literary Circle: Marc Berley on Editing the Work of Gordon Lish

Closing the Literary Circle: Marc Berley on Editing the Work of Gordon Lish

"No one, I learned, appreciates the care and effort of an editor more than Lish."

By Marc Berley | April 29, 2024

Did Jane Austen Like Music? And Why Should We Care?

Did Jane Austen Like Music? And Why Should We Care?

Gillian Dooley on the Importance of Music for the British Novelist’s Literary Development

By Gillian Dooley | April 29, 2024

We Made This Economy, and We Can Remake It: Natalie Foster on Building a Better America

We Made This Economy, and We Can Remake It: Natalie Foster on Building a Better America

From the Author of “The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America’s Next Economy”

By Natalie Foster | April 29, 2024

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of April

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of April

The Month in Listening Literarily

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Anne Lamott on Secrets

Anne Lamott on Secrets

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Elwin Cotman on Creating New Forms

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How Novelist Lynne Reid Banks Helped Me See Myself—and the World

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“An Apt Metaphor for What the Nation Has Survived.” A Taxonomy of K-Drama Amnesia

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What Longer Lifespans Mean For Overall Human Health

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Andrew J. Scott on Aging and Disease in the Modern World

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Nell Irvin Painter on Writing About Anything (and Everything)

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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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“There are two kinds of novels about American life in the digital age: panoramas and selfies.”

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How P.T. Barnum Brought Beluga Whales to New York City

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Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy on Museum Ethics and Animal Welfare in 19th Century America

By Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy | April 25, 2024

What a Series of Killings in Rural Georgia Revealed About Early 20th-Century America

What a Series of Killings in Rural Georgia Revealed About Early 20th-Century America

Earl Swift on the Continuing Regime of Racial Terror in the Post-Civil War American South

By Earl Swift | April 25, 2024

What Makes a Wonder? On the Human Need to Map Out Monumental Greatness

What Makes a Wonder? On the Human Need to Map Out Monumental Greatness

Bettany Hughes Considers the Creation and Construction of the Ancient World

By Bettany Hughes | April 25, 2024

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