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On the Haunting Quality of Stefan Zweig’s <em>Chess Story</em>

On the Haunting Quality of Stefan Zweig’s Chess Story

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | December 6, 2022

Cliff Bleszinski on Finding Lifelong Happiness and Eventual Success in Video Games

Cliff Bleszinski on Finding Lifelong Happiness and Eventual Success in Video Games

“Being a gamer was me, who I was. I couldn’t change that. Why would I even want to?”

By Cliff Bleszinski | December 6, 2022

Scientific, Sexual and Sentimental: What Frida Kahlo Saw in the Orchid

Scientific, Sexual and Sentimental: What Frida Kahlo Saw in the Orchid

Erica Hannickel on an Artist's Plant-Filled Life

By Erica Hannickel | December 6, 2022

Dear Blank Space: A Literacy Narrative

Dear Blank Space: A Literacy Narrative

Jennifer S. Cheng on the "Distance Between a Sound and its Meaning"

By Jennifer S. Cheng | December 6, 2022

Spare Me the Humblebrag: David G. Myers on the Virtues of Humility

Spare Me the Humblebrag: David G. Myers on the Virtues of Humility

“Where there is humility, there is the possibility of forgiveness.”

By David G. Myers | December 6, 2022

Diksha Basu: What Do You Do When You See Someone Reading Your Book in Public?

Diksha Basu: What Do You Do When You See Someone Reading Your Book in Public?

This Week on Twitterverse, a Show About Tweets and the Writers Who Send Them

By Twitterverse | December 6, 2022

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Sarah Manguso is Not Interested in Wasting Words

By Memoir Nation | December 6, 2022

How to Live in France and Write Novels About Fine Food and Wine

By Keen On | December 6, 2022

Cultural Geography and Mutual Enthusiasm: A Late Conversation with Stephen Sondheim

By D.T. Max | December 6, 2022

Talking to Robin Miles About the 2022 Best History and Biography Audiobooks

Talking to Robin Miles About the 2022 Best History and Biography Audiobooks

Discussing Zora Neale Hurston’s Essays on Audio

By Behind the Mic | December 6, 2022

Why New York Should Be Savored on Foot Rather Than From an Automobile

Why New York Should Be Savored on Foot Rather Than From an Automobile

Michael Kimmelman in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 6, 2022

What Do FDR, Trump, and Lincoln Have in Common? The Worst Transitions of Presidential Power in American History

What Do FDR, Trump, and Lincoln Have in Common? The Worst Transitions of Presidential Power in American History

David Marchick in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 6, 2022

The Best Audiobooks of 2022

The Best Audiobooks of 2022

The Year in Literary Listening

By Book Marks | December 6, 2022

Talking to Lake Bell About the 2022 Best Nonfiction and Culture Audiobooks

Talking to Lake Bell About the 2022 Best Nonfiction and Culture Audiobooks

Discussing Bell’s Inside Voice

By Behind the Mic | December 5, 2022

<em>Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio</em> Imbues the Fairy Tale with Human Frailty and Historical Darkness

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Imbues the Fairy Tale with Human Frailty and Historical Darkness

Jonathan Russell Clark on Fascists, Fathers, and Federico Fellini

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 5, 2022

Prosecution Over Protection: How the Justice System Treats Entire Communities as Suspects

Prosecution Over Protection: How the Justice System Treats Entire Communities as Suspects

Lenore Anderson on the Politically Motivated Focus on Drug Convictionsr

By Lenore Anderson | December 5, 2022

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