Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

Erin McCarthy and the Team at Mental Floss Examine Some Famous Phrases

By Erin McCarthy & the Team at Mental Floss | June 30, 2023

June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring new titles by Michael Finkel, Jennifer Ackerman, Sarah Viren, and More

By Book Marks | June 30, 2023

Mattie Lubchansky: Why Comics?

Mattie Lubchansky: Why Comics?

“A visual story, for me, is something experiential.”

By Mattie Lubchansky | June 30, 2023

10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

John McPhee, Terrance Hayes, Richard Wagamese, and More

By Jonny Diamond | June 30, 2023

Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: Life Under Occupation in WWII

Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: Life Under Occupation in WWII

Bryn Turnbull Recommends Madeline Martin, Janie Chang, and More

By Bryn Turnbull | June 30, 2023

Wesley Lowery on the Cost of Progress in an Increasingly Multiracial America

Wesley Lowery on the Cost of Progress in an Increasingly Multiracial America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 30, 2023

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  • A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival: A Memoir
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June’s Best Reviewed Fiction

By Book Marks | June 30, 2023

The Booker Revisited: Notions of the “Fatherland” in Peter Ho Davies’ The Welsh Girl

By Lucy Scholes | June 30, 2023

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of June

By Literary Hub | June 30, 2023

Clémence Michallon on Why Fiction Must Be More Realistic Than Nonfiction

Clémence Michallon on Why Fiction Must Be More Realistic Than Nonfiction

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 30, 2023

From Pizza to Borscht: Unscrambling the Politics of National Dishes

From Pizza to Borscht: Unscrambling the Politics of National Dishes

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 30, 2023

Aisha Harris Talks Judy Garland, Michael Jackson, the Spice Girls, and Stevie Wonder

Aisha Harris Talks Judy Garland, Michael Jackson, the Spice Girls, and Stevie Wonder

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 30, 2023

Marin Ireland on Being Starstruck by Novelists

Marin Ireland on Being Starstruck by Novelists

The 2023 Golden Voice Narrator in Conversation with Jo Reed

By Behind the Mic | June 30, 2023

“Glorious But Fragile.” On Looking at the Whole Earth and Finding Peace

“Glorious But Fragile.” On Looking at the Whole Earth and Finding Peace

Marjolijn Van Heemstra Explores the Intersections of Astronomy and Psychology

By Marjolijn van Heemstra | June 29, 2023

The Making of a Bad Woman (2,000 Years Ago)

The Making of a Bad Woman (2,000 Years Ago)

Honor Cargill-Martin on the Historical Construction of the Scandalous Roman Empress Messalina

By Honor Cargill-Martin | June 29, 2023

Big Songs, Big Emotions: On <em>Glee</em>, Santana’s Coming Out Scene, and Naya Rivera

Big Songs, Big Emotions: On Glee, Santana’s Coming Out Scene, and Naya Rivera

“Getting to write for her was one of the best things I’ve ever gotten to do.”

By Thea Glassman | June 29, 2023

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