How the Victorians Created the Modern English Novel

How the Victorians Created the Modern English Novel

Katie Lumsden on the Enduring Tropes of an Era

By Katie Lumsden | March 2, 2023

On the Nerds and Jocks of Yale: Will Schwalbe Revisits the Start of an Unlikely Friendship

On the Nerds and Jocks of Yale: Will Schwalbe Revisits the Start of an Unlikely Friendship

“I was elaborately disguised as someone who didn’t care what other people thought of me.”

By Will Schwalbe | March 2, 2023

Hari Kondabolu on Comedy, Race, and Being a Queens Kid in Maine

Hari Kondabolu on Comedy, Race, and Being a Queens Kid in Maine

In Conversation with Guest Host Mira Jacob on Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 1, 2023

On the Evolution of the World’s Oldest Encyclopedia

On the Evolution of the World’s Oldest Encyclopedia

Simon Garfield Considers the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Then and Now

By Simon Garfield | March 1, 2023

How Karl Lagerfeld Learned to Love Literature

How Karl Lagerfeld Learned to Love Literature

William Middleton on the Figures Who Nurtured the Intellectual Development of a Fashion Icon

By William Middleton | March 1, 2023

March’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

March’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

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By Natalie Zutter | March 1, 2023

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The Booker Revisited: Why Everyone Should Read Francis King’s The Nick of Time

By Lucy Scholes | March 1, 2023

V. V. Ganeshananthan: “When Americans Read Other Countries, Those Countries are Flattened Down to One Point”

By Eloise King-Clements | March 1, 2023

A Piece of Whalebone, a Butcher’s Shop, a Tailor: The Makings of A Pioneer Abortionist

By Jennifer Wright | March 1, 2023

Can Friendship Transcend Death? On Missing Your Best Friend

Can Friendship Transcend Death? On Missing Your Best Friend

Christie Tate on the Friend Who Taught Her “How One Life Can Alter Another”

By Christie Tate | March 1, 2023

“Pandemic vs Black Folk.” A Poem by Victoria Adukwei Bulley

“Pandemic vs Black Folk.” A Poem by Victoria Adukwei Bulley

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By Victoria Adukwei Bulley | March 1, 2023

Sebastian Barry Reads from His New Novel <em>Old God’s Time</em>

Sebastian Barry Reads from His New Novel Old God’s Time

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | March 1, 2023

Steven Kotler on How to Stay “Rad” While Growing Old

Steven Kotler on How to Stay “Rad” While Growing Old

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 1, 2023

Derek Leebaert on FDR’s Four Key Lieutenants and the World They Made

Derek Leebaert on FDR’s Four Key Lieutenants and the World They Made

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 1, 2023

Pinning Down the Cagey Emotions of Poet Amy Clampitt

Pinning Down the Cagey Emotions of Poet Amy Clampitt

Willard Spiegelman on the Mysteries of Biography in the Poetic Realm

By Willard Spiegelman | February 28, 2023

Donal Ryan on Mourning the Death of an Unpublishable Novel

Donal Ryan on Mourning the Death of an Unpublishable Novel

“This was my art but it really only benefited me, and I couldn’t expect anyone to invest in it or to pay for it.”

By Donal Ryan | February 28, 2023

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