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Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons

Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons

Amir Hussain Considers Prison Literature, Past and Present

By Amir Hussain | June 6, 2025

“Poetics,” a Poem by Aaron Shurin

“Poetics,” a Poem by Aaron Shurin

From the Collection “Elixir: New and Selected Poems”

By Aaron Shurin | June 6, 2025

Megan Abbott on Criminal Conspiracies in the Fallen Suburbs

Megan Abbott on Criminal Conspiracies in the Fallen Suburbs

In Abbott's new thriller, three sisters in Grosse Pointe get drawn into an 'investment club.'

By Dwyer Murphy | June 6, 2025

Writing Nature: The Healing Connection of Space and Spirit

Writing Nature: The Healing Connection of Space and Spirit

Bridget Crocker on the Importance of Listening to the Voice of the Natural World

By Bridget Crocker | June 6, 2025

The World is Alive; or, How Robert Macfarlane Came to Trust His Senses

The World is Alive; or, How Robert Macfarlane Came to Trust His Senses

Daegan Miller on the Beloved Nature Writer’s Latest Work

By Daegan Miller | June 5, 2025

There Are Too Many Books: What Happened to Publishing’s Summer Break?

There Are Too Many Books: What Happened to Publishing’s Summer Break?

Maris Kreizman Will Never, Ever Catch Up on Her Reading

By Maris Kreizman | June 5, 2025

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Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? On Notes to John and the Selling of Didion’s Privacy

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States’ Rights to Racism: The Existential Fight to Enshrine Civil Rights in the Constitution

By Brando Simeo Starkey | June 5, 2025

Singing For Last Time: What It’s Like to Lose Your Voice—Forever

Singing For Last Time: What It’s Like to Lose Your Voice—Forever

Greta Morgan on Finding New Ways to Express Her Creative Passions After a Devastating Diagnosis

By Greta Morgan | June 5, 2025

Inside the First Non-Stop Trans-Atlantic Flight That No One Has Ever Heard Of

Inside the First Non-Stop Trans-Atlantic Flight That No One Has Ever Heard Of

David Rooney on John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, Two Fearless Aviators Forgotten by History

By David Rooney | June 5, 2025

The Wrong Story: Jeremy Atherton Lin on Writing Love and Politics

The Wrong Story: Jeremy Atherton Lin on Writing Love and Politics

“We conspired to look unflinchingly at the messy parts.”

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Kate Briggs Is Reading Now, and Next

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Susan Choi on Korea

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

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Confessions of a Pugilist: What Mike Tyson Learned from His Mother (and Alexander the Great)

Confessions of a Pugilist: What Mike Tyson Learned from His Mother (and Alexander the Great)

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What Do Americans <em>Really</em> Want to Read? We (Might) Have the Answer

What Do Americans Really Want to Read? We (Might) Have the Answer

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