Marxism and Mistletoe: A Holiday List of Books for the Lefties in Your Life

Marxism and Mistletoe: A Holiday List of Books for the Lefties in Your Life

Kristen R. Ghodsee Recommends Cory Doctorow, Malaika Jabali, Angela Saini, and More

By Kristen R. Ghodsee | December 6, 2023

My Year in Reading Children’s Books

My Year in Reading Children’s Books

Sara B. Franklin Recommends Cecilia Ruiz, Steve McCarthy, and Many More

By Sara B. Franklin | December 6, 2023

<em>Eileen</em> Complicates the Relationship at the Heart of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Novel

Eileen Complicates the Relationship at the Heart of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Novel

Emmeline Clein Digs in to the New Adaptation, from Page to Screen

By Emmeline Clein | December 6, 2023

Precarious Liminality: How Parole Keeps Ex-Prisoners Stranded Between Two Worlds

Precarious Liminality: How Parole Keeps Ex-Prisoners Stranded Between Two Worlds

Ben Austen Follows One Man's Path From Incarceration to Supervised Freedom

By Ben Austen | December 6, 2023

Colonizing Plants: How Bougainvillea Conquered the World

Colonizing Plants: How Bougainvillea Conquered the World

Shahnaz Habib on the Relationship Between Colonialism, Natural Science and Travel

By Shahnaz Habib | December 6, 2023

Two Poems by Marlon Hacla, Translated by Kristine Ong Muslim

Two Poems by Marlon Hacla, Translated by Kristine Ong Muslim

From the Collection Glossolalia

By Marlon Hacla | December 6, 2023

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David Sterling Brown on Shakespeare's White Others

By History of Literature | December 6, 2023

Adenrele Ojo and AudioFile's 2023 Best Mystery and Suspense Audiobooks

By Behind the Mic | December 6, 2023

More Than Meets the Eye: On the Ancient Origins and Diverse Uses of Eyeliner

By Zahra Hankir | December 5, 2023

Space Pastoral: Finding a New Literary Genre in the Slow Death of the International Space Station

Space Pastoral: Finding a New Literary Genre in the Slow Death of the International Space Station

Samantha Harvey on Sci-Fi Becoming Sci-Fact and the End of an Era in Technology

By Samantha Harvey | December 5, 2023

Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction

Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction

“Once I wanted poetry to save me. From what? For what is the better question.”

By Christian Wiman | December 5, 2023

<em>Poor Things</em> is a Curious Phantasmagoria

Poor Things is a Curious Phantasmagoria

Olivia Rutigliano on Yorgos Lanthimos’s (Best) New Film

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 5, 2023

Kate Christensen on Allowing Characters to Tell Their Own Stories

Kate Christensen on Allowing Characters to Tell Their Own Stories

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Welcome Home, Stranger

By Jane Ciabattari | December 5, 2023

“The Frisson of Pure Evil.” An Oral History of the Release of the Velvet Underground’s First Album

“The Frisson of Pure Evil.” An Oral History of the Release of the Velvet Underground’s First Album

“There were just so many layers and so many colors. Even if all the colors were dark.”

By Dylan Jones | December 5, 2023

“Untitled Medley.” A Poem by Olatunde Osinaike

“Untitled Medley.” A Poem by Olatunde Osinaike

“I think they like me / like that: with the black off.”

By Olatunde Osinaike | December 5, 2023

Maria Ressa on Fighting for the Safety of Journalists

Maria Ressa on Fighting for the Safety of Journalists

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | December 5, 2023

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