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Nonsense, Puns, and Dirty Limericks: A Serious Look at Poetic Wordplay

Nonsense, Puns, and Dirty Limericks: A Serious Look at Poetic Wordplay

Brad Leithauser Considers the Comedy of Verse

By Brad Leithauser | February 23, 2022

A History of Demonology is a History of the World

A History of Demonology is a History of the World

Ed Simon Offers a Demonic Poetics

By Ed Simon | February 23, 2022

Cranly’s Arm: On Finding and Seeking Gay Desire in Joyce

Cranly’s Arm: On Finding and Seeking Gay Desire in Joyce

Paul McAdory Considers Ambiguous Subtext and Unwavering Belief

By Paul McAdory | February 23, 2022

What Pornographic Literature Shows Us About Human Nature

What Pornographic Literature Shows Us About Human Nature

Kathleen J. Woods on “Pain, Pleasure, and Want”

By Kathleen J. Woods | February 23, 2022

Annette Gordon-Reed: Getting History Right

Annette Gordon-Reed: Getting History Right

This Week on Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers‘ Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | February 23, 2022

Carl Erik Fisher on Undoing the Notion of Addiction as an Irredeemable State

Carl Erik Fisher on Undoing the Notion of Addiction as an Irredeemable State

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | February 23, 2022

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The Real Life and Times of the Scientist Who Inspired Dr. Strangelove

By Ananyo Bhattacharya | February 23, 2022

How Much Was WWI About... Bread?

By Scott Reynolds Nelson | February 23, 2022

On the Very Real Dangers of Artificial Borders

By patrickstrickland | February 23, 2022

Ashley Audrain Reads from Her Thriller, <em>The Push</em>

Ashley Audrain Reads from Her Thriller, The Push

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | February 23, 2022

Laura Shin on the History of Ethereum and the 2017 ICO Craze

Laura Shin on the History of Ethereum and the 2017 ICO Craze

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 23, 2022

Moisés Naím on the Global Spread of Authoritarianism and Its Dangers

Moisés Naím on the Global Spread of Authoritarianism and Its Dangers

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 23, 2022

<em>Homicide and Halo-Halo</em> by Mia P. Manansala, Read by Danice Cabanela

Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala, Read by Danice Cabanela

Return to Shady Palms with Lila Macapagal

By Behind the Mic | February 23, 2022

Sarah Weinman on the Not-So-Unlikely Friendship Between Vladimir Nabokov and William F. Buckley, Jr.

Sarah Weinman on the Not-So-Unlikely Friendship Between Vladimir Nabokov and William F. Buckley, Jr.

“What is bad for the Reds is good for me.”

By Sarah Weinman | February 22, 2022

Reading Myself Into, and Beyond, <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>

Reading Myself Into, and Beyond, Pride and Prejudice

Jane Pek on the Freedom of Choice in Love and Marriage

By Jane Pek | February 22, 2022

How Archivists Uncover the Clues to History

How Archivists Uncover the Clues to History

Isaac Fellman on Finding “Curiosity, Delight, Humor, and Desolation”

By Isaac Fellman | February 22, 2022

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