• Features

    Behind the Mic

    Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells, Read by Kevin R. Free

    By Behind the Mic   May 24, 2021
    Science fiction

    Other Worlds, Other Voices: Reading Translated Science Fiction by Women

    By Sharmila Cohen  May 21, 2021
    Language

    Does a Color Exist If We Don’t Have a Name For It?

    By Adam Rogers  May 21, 2021
    Life in a Pandemic

    What Does Untouchable Mean During India’s Covid Crisis?

    By Saikat Majumdar  May 21, 2021
    Open Source

    Michael Lewis on Writing an “Oddly Reassuring Story About American Government”

    By Open Source  May 21, 2021
    Book Titles

    77 Strange, Funny, and Magnificent Book Titles You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

    By Edward Brooke-Hitching  May 21, 2021
    Writers on Writers

    To Be a Person: Barrett Swanson and Jordan Kisner in Conversation

    By Jordan Kisner  May 21, 2021
    Evolution

    Who Were the First Humans to Start Cooking Meat? And Why?

    By Alex Bezzerides  May 21, 2021
    Life in a Pandemic

    When a Year in the Life of Your Last-Chance Debut Novel Coincides with a Global Pandemic

    By Claire Cox  May 21, 2021
    Travel Writing

    The Curious Case of William S. Baekeland: Billionaire Adventurer or World-Class Scammer?

    By Dave Seminara  May 21, 2021
    Historical Fiction

    How Writing a Novel Is Like Decrypting a Cipher

    By Rafe Posey  May 21, 2021
    Keen On

    With Nationalism on the Rise, Is There a Future for the Center Left?

    By Keen On  May 21, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    John McPhee on Wrestling with a First Draft

    By John McPhee  May 21, 2021
    Interview with a Journal

    Interview with a Journal: Apogee

    By Vanessa Willoughby  May 21, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Why You Won’t Catch Ralph Nader Complaining About Food

    By The Literary Life  May 21, 2021
    New Books Network

    What if Humanity Isn’t the Final Stage of Evolution?

    By New Books Network  May 21, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns by Elizabeth Leiknes, Read by Corinthia M. Soukup

    By Behind the Mic   May 21, 2021
    Storytelling

    A Witness to the Human Experience: Why Medicine Needs Storytellers

    By David Weill, MD  May 20, 2021
    Revolutions

    A Revolutionary Reading List from PEN America’s World Voices Festival

    By Literary Hub  May 20, 2021
    Poets

    Contemplating the Devotions of W.S. Merwin in the Wilds of North Jersey

    By Nick Ripatrazone  May 20, 2021
    Feminist History

    Mary Wollstonecraft is a Double Taurus, Or: How an Astrologer Helped Unstick My Novel

    By Samantha Silva  May 20, 2021
    Literary Adaptations

    How Does a Book Get Adapted for TV or Film?

    By Chaya Bhuvaneswar  May 20, 2021
    Open Form

    R.O. Kwon on the Joy of Seeing a New Kind of Korean Childhood in Minari

    By Open Form  May 20, 2021
    Just the Right Book

    Can We Salvage Patriotism? Should We?

    By Just the Right Book   May 20, 2021
    Reading Lists

    How to Understand the 1960s in 11 Books

    By Mike Bond  May 20, 2021
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