Caren Beilin on (Incidentally) Writing a Funny Book

Caren Beilin on (Incidentally) Writing a Funny Book

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

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Was George Eliot Wrong to Think Books Could Make People Better?

Was George Eliot Wrong to Think Books Could Make People Better?

Pamela Erens on Middlemarch and the Moral Value of Fiction

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“I Know You Understand.” A Letter Across Time from Celia Paul to Fellow Artist Gwen John

“I Know You Understand.” A Letter Across Time from Celia Paul to Fellow Artist Gwen John

"Please help me, Gwen, to work my way through these feelings of panic and fear.”

By Celia Paul | April 26, 2022

How the Disappearance of the Dinosaurs Created an Hospitable World for Humans

How the Disappearance of the Dinosaurs Created an Hospitable World for Humans

Riley Black on the Causes and Consequences of the Great Extinction

By Riley Black | April 26, 2022

Kim Kelly Reads From Her Book, <em>Fight Like Hell</em>

Kim Kelly Reads From Her Book, Fight Like Hell

On Storybound, Our Radio-Theater Podcast

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Diving Into the “Uncanny Despair” of the Cruise Ship Narrative

Diving Into the “Uncanny Despair” of the Cruise Ship Narrative

Lara Williams on David Foster Wallace, Wabi-sabi, and the Luxurious Veneer of Decay

By Lara Williams | April 26, 2022

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Writing a Novel About a Half-Remembered Place, with the Help of Google Street View

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From Tragedy to Farce: On the Changing Story of Facebook

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David Kirkpatrick in Conversation With Andrew Keen

By Keen On | April 26, 2022

“Complete Attention to Two Things at Once.” On the Women Who Rewrote the Motherhood Plot

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Julie Phillips Considers the Groundbreaking British Mother-Writers of the 1960s, from A.S. Byatt to Lorna Sage

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Rachel Krantz on Using the Tools of Immersion Journalism in Her Own Life

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“They Have to Eat and Pay Their Bills.” Sarah Yurch on Resignations in the Publishing Industry

“They Have to Eat and Pay Their Bills.” Sarah Yurch on Resignations in the Publishing Industry

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

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Has the Second World War Ended Yet?

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Richard Overy in Conversation With Andrew Keen

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On Sigmund Freud and the “Dream Space” of the Hebrew Bible

On Sigmund Freud and the “Dream Space” of the Hebrew Bible

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