Annie Proulx Revisits William Golding’s <em>Rites of Passage</em>

Annie Proulx Revisits William Golding’s Rites of Passage

“Golding had a fantastic imaginative ability that allowed him into humanity’s more unsavory byways.”

By Annie Proulx | June 17, 2022

Does George Saunders’s <em>Escape From Spiderhead</em> Stand Up on Film?

Does George Saunders’s Escape From Spiderhead Stand Up on Film?

Jonathan Russell Clark on Netflix’s $100 Million Adaptation of a Beloved Short Story

By Jonathan Russell Clark | June 17, 2022

Turns Out, 1980s Midwesterners Didn’t Want Their Sitcoms Set in Boston Bars

Turns Out, 1980s Midwesterners Didn’t Want Their Sitcoms Set in Boston Bars

Cheers Director James Burrows on Creating a Warm Set... Where Everybody Knows Your Name

By James Burrows | June 17, 2022

Why Is It I Keep Seeing the Same Painting Everywhere I Look?

Why Is It I Keep Seeing the Same Painting Everywhere I Look?

A Tale of Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon (in English and Italian)

By Gianluca Didino | June 17, 2022

Finding the One Book My Young Son Would Sit Still To

Finding the One Book My Young Son Would Sit Still To

Kevin Koczwara on the Genius of Maurice Sendak and Reading Where the Wild Things Are

By Kevin Koczwara | June 17, 2022

Remembering the Potential and Compassion of a Friend Lost to Gun Violence

Remembering the Potential and Compassion of a Friend Lost to Gun Violence

Will Jawando on the Life and Death of His Friend Kalfani

By Will Jawando | June 17, 2022

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“Each War Zone Spawns Its Own Bibliography.” On Reading as a Humanitarian Worker

By Gareth Owen | June 17, 2022

Brazilian Rhythms, Queer Longing, and Caio Fernando Abreu: A Literary Playlist

By Bruna Dantas Lobato | June 17, 2022

Why Are Novels About Wealth Almost Absent From the Literary Canon?

By The Literary Life | June 17, 2022

Ewen Spencer on What Writers and Photographers Have in Common

Ewen Spencer on What Writers and Photographers Have in Common

In Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 17, 2022

Who's Number One in the Broken Marriage Between the United States and China?

Who's Number One in the Broken Marriage Between the United States and China?

This Week on Radio Open Source with Christopher Lydon

By Open Source | June 17, 2022

<em>Behind the Mic</em>: In Conversation with Narrator Rupert Degas

Behind the Mic: In Conversation with Narrator Rupert Degas

Hear From One of This Year’s New Golden Voices

By Behind the Mic | June 17, 2022

John Scalzi Did Not Write a Pandemic Novel, Even Though It's Set In the Pandemic

John Scalzi Did Not Write a Pandemic Novel, Even Though It's Set In the Pandemic

In Conversation with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | June 17, 2022

Evan Williams on How Surrealism Allows Him to Explore the Theme of Masculinity

Evan Williams on How Surrealism Allows Him to Explore the Theme of Masculinity

In Conversation with Kirsten Reneau for the Micro Podcast

By Micro Podcast | June 17, 2022

<em>Miss Chloe</em> by A.J. Verdelle, Read by Bahni Turpin

Miss Chloe by A.J. Verdelle, Read by Bahni Turpin

Honoring a Literary Friendship

By Behind the Mic | June 17, 2022

Sen. Raphael G. Warnock Remembers How the Police Killing of Amadou Diallo Sparked His Activism

Sen. Raphael G. Warnock Remembers How the Police Killing of Amadou Diallo Sparked His Activism

"It didn’t make much sense for us to be talking about justice in the classroom if we weren’t willing to get in the struggle in the streets."

By Raphael G. Warnock | June 16, 2022

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