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January’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

January’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Volodymyr Zelensky, Franz Fanon, Margaret Cavendish, and More

By Book Marks | January 31, 2024

Seeds of Reciprocity

Seeds of Reciprocity

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | January 31, 2024

Mike Chen on Why Science is Stranger than Science Fiction

Mike Chen on Why Science is Stranger than Science Fiction

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 31, 2024

How Ai Weiwei Marries Advocacy and Art at Home and Abroad

How Ai Weiwei Marries Advocacy and Art at Home and Abroad

From His Graphic Memoir, "Zodiac"

By Ai Weiwei, Elettra Stamboulis and Gianluca Costantini | January 30, 2024

Gregory Pardlo on the Psychology of Tennis, Historical Omissions, and Wanting to Be an Architect

Gregory Pardlo on the Psychology of Tennis, Historical Omissions, and Wanting to Be an Architect

The Author of “Spectral Evidence” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | January 30, 2024

A Brief History of the Grand Old American Tradition of Banning Books

A Brief History of the Grand Old American Tradition of Banning Books

Laura Pappano Investigates the “Chaotic and Illogical Business” of Censorship

By Laura Pappano | January 30, 2024

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Andrea Long Chu on Liking and Hating

By The Critic and Her Publics | January 30, 2024

“I now lack the juice to fuel the bluster to conceal that I am a simpleton.” Padgett Powell, Legend

By Jean Marc Ah-Sen | January 30, 2024

Duncan M. Yoon on the Literary Interplay Between China and Africa

By History of Literature | January 30, 2024

Wesley Morris on the Disappearing Middle

Wesley Morris on the Disappearing Middle

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | January 30, 2024

What Fiction Can Reveal About the Fragile Fabric of Our Societies

What Fiction Can Reveal About the Fragile Fabric of Our Societies

Aminatta Forna on Over Two Decades of Literary Excavation of Sierra Leone’s Civil War

By Aminatta Forna | January 29, 2024

On Book Hoarding and the Perilous Paradox of Clutter

On Book Hoarding and the Perilous Paradox of Clutter

Vanessa Ogle Remembers Growing Up Among... Stuff

By Vanessa Ogle | January 29, 2024

Playing the Dozens: On the Joys and Functions of Sh*t Talk

Playing the Dozens: On the Joys and Functions of Sh*t Talk

Rafi Kohan Considers a Powerful Linguistic Ritual

By Rafi Kohan | January 29, 2024

Collaboration, Not Competition: How Betty Smith Helped Her Fellow Writers

Collaboration, Not Competition: How Betty Smith Helped Her Fellow Writers

Rachel Gordan on the Epistolary Relationships Maintained by the Author of “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”

By Rachel Gordan | January 29, 2024

No Safe Place to Grieve: The Trauma of Muslim Americans Living Under Surveillance

No Safe Place to Grieve: The Trauma of Muslim Americans Living Under Surveillance

Aisha Abdel Gawad on the Danger of Talking Openly About Palestinian Pain

By Aisha Abdel Gawad | January 29, 2024

Ilyon Woo on Not Trying to Force It

Ilyon Woo on Not Trying to Force It

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 29, 2024

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