• Features

    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

    By Book Marks  September 28, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    Bombshell by Sarah MacLean, Read by Mary Jane Wells

    By Behind the Mic   September 28, 2021
    Climate Crisis

    The End of the Idea of Island: On the Extinction of True Isolation

    By Jill Stoner  September 27, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Sandra Cisneros on the Need for Dialogue With the Ones You Love

    By The Literary Life  September 27, 2021
    Evolution

    We Owe Our Entire Existence to a Bunch of Long-Necked Mouth-Breathers

    By Elsa Panciroli  September 27, 2021
    Language

    Wakanda Forever: How the Black Panther Salute Links the Black Community

    By William Evans  September 27, 2021
    Grief

    Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

    By Christopher Sorrentino  September 27, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Sophie Ward on Jane Eyre, Macho Sluts, and To Kill a Mockingbird

    By Book Marks  September 27, 2021
    Craft

    Why My Favorite Characters to Write Are Often Unsympathetic and Unforgivable

    By Askold Melnyczuk  September 27, 2021
    Fascism

    Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

    By Lauren Arrington  September 27, 2021
    Emergence Magazine

    Bathsheba Demuth on the Changing Landscapes of the Arctic Circle

    By Emergence Magazine  September 27, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Structural Play: 8 Books That Challenge Genre and Style

    By Megan Milks  September 27, 2021
    Cities

    Safety and the City: Why Women Have Never Relied on the Police for Protection

    By Leslie Kern  September 27, 2021
    Keen On

    Mehran Sahami on the Sacrifices We’re Making Because of Big Tech

    By Keen On  September 27, 2021
    Theater

    On and Off Stage: The Deep-Seated Bias in the Culture of American Theatre

    By Casey Kayser  September 27, 2021
    Otherppl

    Rachel Long on the “Unlanguage” of Writing About the Body

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  September 27, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko, Read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt

    By Behind the Mic   September 27, 2021
    Keen On

    Joshua Prager on the Life of “Jane Roe”

    By Keen On  September 27, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On William Sidney Porter and His Legacy Within the American Short Story

    By History of Literature  September 27, 2021
    First Draft

    Grant Faulkner on Sin as Experimentation

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   September 27, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Yiyun Li on Taking Writing Lessons from War and Peace

    By Yiyun Li  September 24, 2021
    Indie Bookstores

    Rock Stars and Author Trading Cards: Tales from a Decade of Bookstore Events

    By Thomas Gladysz  September 24, 2021
    TV

    How the Iconic Late-Night TV Character of Elvira Came to Be

    By Cassandra Peterson  September 24, 2021
    Climate Crisis

    Ancient Pathways Between Species Are Disappearing—Fast

    By Paul Hawken  September 24, 2021
    Sex

    Centuries Before Fifty Shades, A Runaway Hit About Kinky Sex

    By Leigh Cowart  September 24, 2021
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