Why We Anthropomorphize Animals (and Always Have)

Why We Anthropomorphize Animals (and Always Have)

Hana Videen on the Origins of the Bestiary and Its Role in the Medieval Imagination

By Hana Videen | February 6, 2024

Faith, Witches, Grief, and Smoke: New Poetry Books to Read in February

Faith, Witches, Grief, and Smoke: New Poetry Books to Read in February

David Woo Recommends Seven Collections to Add to Your TBR

By David Woo | February 6, 2024

Abbott Kahler on Nature vs Nurture

Abbott Kahler on Nature vs Nurture

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | February 6, 2024

Lulu Wang on Balancing Self and Collaboration

Lulu Wang on Balancing Self and Collaboration

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | February 6, 2024

Vengeful Goddesses, Panther Zorro, and Time Travel Valleys: February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Vengeful Goddesses, Panther Zorro, and Time Travel Valleys: February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New Mysteries and Adventures from Robert Jackson Bennett, Jeff Noon, Melissa Albert, and More

By Natalie Zutter | February 5, 2024

Kaveh Akbar on Questioning Goodness

Kaveh Akbar on Questioning Goodness

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 5, 2024

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Writing Ugly: Kirsty Gunn on Novelist Rosalind Belben’s Unappealing Appeal

By Kirsty Gunn | February 5, 2024

A Poet Is a Poet Is a Poet: Ed Simon on the Significance of Gertrude Stein’s Subversive Poems

By Ed Simon | February 5, 2024

Trouble at the Southern Border: How US Immigration Policy and Foreign Policy Are Inextricably Linked

By Jonathan Blitzer | February 5, 2024

Camp Over Tragedy: On Henry Van Dyke’s Farcical, Irreverent Novel of Black Gay Life in Mid-Century America

Camp Over Tragedy: On Henry Van Dyke’s Farcical, Irreverent Novel of Black Gay Life in Mid-Century America

Erik Wood Considers His Uncle’s “Ladies of the Rachmaninoff Eyes”

By Erik Wood | February 5, 2024

Ingrid Rojas Contreras on How Stories Pass Through Generations

Ingrid Rojas Contreras on How Stories Pass Through Generations

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | February 5, 2024

Rick Bass on What Hunting Taught Hemingway About Writing

Rick Bass on What Hunting Taught Hemingway About Writing

”Death, and learning how to end a story: again, the woods made him into a writer.”

By Rick Bass | February 2, 2024

The Tremendous Power and Lasting Impact of <em>The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill</em>

The Tremendous Power and Lasting Impact of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Nadirah Simmons Proposes Some Additional Awards for the Highly Decorated Album

By Nadirah Simmons | February 2, 2024

Paul Giamatti, <br>This One’s For You: In Praise of the King of Pathos

Paul Giamatti,
This One’s For You: In Praise of the King of Pathos

Olivia Rutigliano on the Actor Who Has Never Once Phoned in a Performance

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 2, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“She has found a way to tell a story that is artful, and humane, in the midst of disaster.”

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A Rich But Rare Genre: Exploring Islamic Historical Fiction

A Rich But Rare Genre: Exploring Islamic Historical Fiction

Jamila Ahmed Recommends Tariq Ali, Leila Aboulela, Suad Amiry, and More

By Jamila Ahmed | February 2, 2024

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