• Features

    Big Table

    Damian Bradfield on the Future of the Internet

    By Big Table  November 8, 2021
    Biography

    On the Humble Childhood Beginnings of H.G. Wells

    By Claire Tomalin  November 8, 2021
    Reading Lists

    This Year’s University Press Week Highlights Work on Education, Critical Race Theory, and More

    By Literary Hub  November 8, 2021
    Racism

    Socially Accepted Gaslighting: How White Feminists Too Often Perpetuate Racism

    By Jessie Daniels  November 8, 2021
    The History of Literature

    C.B. Lee on Rethinking a Classic Tale for Her New Novel, A Clash of Steel: A Remixed Treasure Island

    By History of Literature  November 8, 2021
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Danielle Evans on Mrs. Dalloway, Black Vaudeville, and Nella Larsen’s Quicksand

    By Book Marks  November 8, 2021
    Emergence Magazine

    Diane Wilson on Being a Good Relative to the Land

    By Emergence Magazine  November 8, 2021
    Incarceration

    The Creators of Ear Hustle Discuss the Beginnings of the First-Ever Podcast Produced within a Prison, Distributed Globally

    By Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods  November 8, 2021
    First Draft

    Rebecca Solnit on Pleasure, Flowers, and Orwell

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 8, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney, Read by Aoife McMahon

    By Behind the Mic   November 8, 2021
    Film

    Please Stop Asking How I Wound Up in Fargo

    By Jung Yun  November 5, 2021
    Correspondence

    “I Am Disgusted with Things as They Are.” Ralph Ellison on the Injustice and Poverty of 1937 New York

    By Shaun Usher  November 5, 2021
    Film

    How Frances Ha Captured the Romance and Precarity of Present-Day New York

    By Jason Bailey  November 5, 2021
    Physics

    What Happens If You Get Sucked Into a Black Hole?

    By Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson  November 5, 2021
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  November 5, 2021
    Paperbacks

    20 Great Paperback Books Out This November

    By Arianna Rebolini  November 5, 2021
    On Racism

    What Created the American Crisis of Subminimum Pay?

    By Saru Jayaraman  November 5, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Two Lines Press

    By Corinne Segal  November 5, 2021
    Swimming

    Kinds of Blue: On the Human Need to Swim

    By Karen Lloyd  November 5, 2021
    New Books Network

    Jennifer Marie Brissett on How and Why the Myth of Persephone Resonates with Women

    By New Books Network  November 5, 2021
    Time to Eat the Dogs

    Patrick Dean on the Daring First Ascent of Denali

    By Time to Eat the Dogs   November 5, 2021
    Mail

    How Cheap Postal Rates for Books and Nonprofits Contributed to American Democracy

    By Christopher W. Shaw  November 5, 2021
    The Common

    “All These Stories Stem from that Moment.” Julian Zabalbeascoa on Writing About His Basque Heritage

    By The Common  November 5, 2021
    Open Source

    “The First Hurrah of Something Else.” On Boston’s Unprecedented Mayoral Election

    By Open Source  November 5, 2021
    The Literary Life

    2021 Holiday Gift Recommendations from the Booksellers at Books & Books

    By The Literary Life  November 5, 2021
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