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    Behind the Mic

    An Interview with David Pittu, Narrator of The Last Tourist by Olen Steinhauer

    By Behind the Mic   December 2, 2020
    The Writing Life

    How to Let Go of a Book You’ve Been Writing for Twenty Years

    By Aaron Gilbreath  December 1, 2020
    Astrology or Whatever

    The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

    By Emily Temple  December 1, 2020
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    On Colonial Nostalgia and Food in Fantasy Writing

    By Lizzy Saxe  December 1, 2020
    Cats

    House Cats and Wild Cats Aren’t Actually That Different

    By John Gray  December 1, 2020
    Photography

    A Rare Look at Obama Before the Presidency

    By David Katz  December 1, 2020
    The Holocaust

    On Visiting Auschwitz and Grappling with the Climate of Evil and Injustice

    By Anna Badkhen  December 1, 2020
    Medicine

    How Social Medicine Can Help Us Understand Pandemics

    By Paul Farmer  December 1, 2020
    Keen On

    How to Fix America’s Foreign Policy Post-Trump

    By Keen On  December 1, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Douglas Stuart at the Hay Festival Winter Weekend

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 1, 2020
    Lit Century

    On Desire (and its Absence) in the Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy

    By Lit Century   December 1, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Casey Gerald on the Possibilities of Transgenerational Joy

    By The Quarantine Tapes  December 1, 2020
    New Books Network

    On the Role of College Presidents in the Civil Rights Movement

    By New Books Network  December 1, 2020
    New Books Network

    How Do We Make Sense of Mass Atrocity?

    By New Books Network  December 1, 2020
    Time to Eat the Dogs

    Love, Travel, and Separation: On Bertolt Brecht and His Lover-Collaborators

    By Time to Eat the Dogs   December 1, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    Interview with Marin Ireland, Narrator of Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

    By Behind the Mic   December 1, 2020
    Storybound

    Announcing Season 3 of the Storybound Podcast

    By Storybound   December 1, 2020
    American History

    Isabel Wilkerson on the Legacies of American Chattel Slavery

    By Isabel Wilkerson  November 30, 2020
    Biography

    The Biography I’ll Never Truly Finish Writing

    By Fortunato Salazar  November 30, 2020
    Letters

    Who Exactly Was Rilke’s Young Poet Correspondent?

    By Damion Searls  November 30, 2020
    Philosophy

    The Medieval Philosopher Who Outlined the Basics of the Universe

    By Seb Falk  November 30, 2020
    The History of Literature

    On J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creation of the Modern
    Fantasy Novel

    By History of Literature  November 30, 2020
    War

    A Living Ghost From the Chechnyan War

    By Wojciech Jagielski  November 30, 2020
    First Draft

    Charles Baxter on Creating Wonderland Fiction with the Help of (Fictional) Drugs

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 30, 2020
    Just the Right Book

    RJ Julia Booksellers Recommend Their Holiday Picks

    By Just the Right Book   November 30, 2020
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