Rape As a Weapon: A Tragedy Both Ancient and Modern

Rape As a Weapon: A Tragedy Both Ancient and Modern

Christina Lamb on the Widespread Practice of Sexual Violence During Wartime

By Christina Lamb | August 25, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Anna Funder, Anna May Wong, Jerome Charyn, and More

By Book Marks | August 25, 2023

Anya Kamenetz on the Compounding Crises of the Modern Age

Anya Kamenetz on the Compounding Crises of the Modern Age

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 25, 2023

Dragons Are People Too: Ursula Le Guin’s Acts of Recognition

Dragons Are People Too: Ursula Le Guin’s Acts of Recognition

John Plotz Revisits Earthsea

By John Plotz | August 24, 2023

Back from Behind Like Patrick Mahomes: A Reading List of Comeback Stories

Back from Behind Like Patrick Mahomes: A Reading List of Comeback Stories

Mark Dent and Rustin Dodd Recommend Eli Saslow, Michelle Zauner, Andre Agassi, and More

By Mark Dent and Rustin Dodd | August 24, 2023

Dotted Lines: On Writing and Humiliation Under Iranian Censorship

Dotted Lines: On Writing and Humiliation Under Iranian Censorship

"A time will come when our stories shall be told in their entirety."

By Moeen Farrokhi | August 24, 2023

Best Reviewed
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  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
  • Cloudthief
  • Cool Machine
  • Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
  • Beginning Middle End
  • They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy

How From Here to Eternity Contradicted Post-War America’s Wholesome Notions

By M. J. Moore | August 24, 2023

"The Therapist Asks Me, 'What Are You Afraid Of?'" A Poem by Taylor Byas

By Taylor Byas | August 24, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | August 24, 2023

Julie Schumacher on How We Travel Now

Julie Schumacher on How We Travel Now

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 24, 2023

Jenn Shapland on Santa Fe and Fear of Cities

Jenn Shapland on Santa Fe and Fear of Cities

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | August 24, 2023

Lee McIntyre on Fighting Propaganda

Lee McIntyre on Fighting Propaganda

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 24, 2023

Anthony T. Kronman on Finding God in a World of Disenchantment

Anthony T. Kronman on Finding God in a World of Disenchantment

In Conversation with Roxanne Coady on Just the Right Book

By Just the Right Book | August 24, 2023

On the Death of the Comedy Blockbuster

On the Death of the Comedy Blockbuster

Saul Austerliz Wants to Know: Where Might the Next Will Ferrell Come From?

By Saul Austerlitz | August 23, 2023

How the Folkloric Sounds of Rural America Reached the Mainstream

How the Folkloric Sounds of Rural America Reached the Mainstream

John Szwed on Harry Everett Smith and the Making of The Anthology of American Folk Music

By John Szwed | August 23, 2023

On the Bad Binary of

On the Bad Binary of "Good" and "Bad" Literature

Josh Cook on Taking Back the Idea of "Good Taste" from Cultural Authoritarians

By Josh Cook | August 23, 2023

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