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Alia Trabucco Zerán on Writing About Women Who Kill

Alia Trabucco Zerán on Writing About Women Who Kill

“Their crimes are a privileged window from which to observe how the very meaning of womanhood has changed over time.”

By Alia Trabucco Zerán | November 9, 2022

Hugh Bonneville on His Illustrious <em>Downton Abbey</em> Castmate, Maggie Smith

Hugh Bonneville on His Illustrious Downton Abbey Castmate, Maggie Smith

“We all knew Highclere Castle was the lead character. And we all knew that Maggie Smith ran a pretty close second.”

By Hugh Bonneville | November 9, 2022

What Japan Can Teach Urban Americans About Regenerating Rural Values and Practices

What Japan Can Teach Urban Americans About Regenerating Rural Values and Practices

Richard McCarthy in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 9, 2022

Our Man in Tokyo: Could Pearl Harbor Have Been Avoided With More Skillful American Diplomacy?

Our Man in Tokyo: Could Pearl Harbor Have Been Avoided With More Skillful American Diplomacy?

Steve Kemper in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 9, 2022

Why “Writing” Has Nothing to Do With Being a “Writer”

Why “Writing” Has Nothing to Do With Being a “Writer”

Eduardo Halfon in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 9, 2022

A Poem by Jennifer S. Cheng

A Poem by Jennifer S. Cheng

From “Biography of Women in the Sea”

By Jennifer S. Cheng | November 9, 2022

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By Keen On | November 9, 2022

Ben Aitken Reads from His New Memoir The Marmalade Diaries

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | November 9, 2022

Listen to Chapters 21 and 22 of Dracula

By Audiobook Break | November 9, 2022

<em>Nona the Ninth </em>by Tamsyn Muir, Read by Moira Quirk

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Kristopher Jansma on Working the Polls and Making Friends

By Kristopher Jansma | November 8, 2022

Reading the Power Dynamics of Gender in Ovid’s <em>Metamorphoses</em>

Reading the Power Dynamics of Gender in Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Stephanie McCarter on Finding New Meaning in a Classic

By Stephanie McCarter | November 8, 2022

A Strange and Uncomfortable Coupling: My Summer of Susan Faludi and Karl Ove Knausgaard

A Strange and Uncomfortable Coupling: My Summer of Susan Faludi and Karl Ove Knausgaard

Lynn Steger Strong on the Power of the Narratives We Build Around Narratives

By Lynn Steger Strong | November 8, 2022

On <em>Harold of the Purple Crayon</em> and the Value of an Imaginative Journey

On Harold of the Purple Crayon and the Value of an Imaginative Journey

Ross Ellenhorn Considers the Lessons and History of Crockett Johnson’s Classic

By Ross Ellenhorn | November 8, 2022

“Blown Apart by Love and Grief.” Catherine Newman in Conversation with Debra Jo Immergut

“Blown Apart by Love and Grief.” Catherine Newman in Conversation with Debra Jo Immergut

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How Grief and Revenge Made Geronimo Into a Legendary War Chief

How Grief and Revenge Made Geronimo Into a Legendary War Chief

Before Geronimo Became the Apaches’ Fabled War Commander, He Lost Everything

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