How Campus Novels Reveal the Power—and Danger—of Pure Ideas

How Campus Novels Reveal the Power—and Danger—of Pure Ideas

Tara Isabella Burton on the Combination of Isolation, Vulnerability, and Hunger for Knowledge

By Tara Isabella Burton | March 9, 2022

What a Scan of Vladimir Putin’s Power-Addled Brain Might Tell Us

What a Scan of Vladimir Putin’s Power-Addled Brain Might Tell Us

Brian Klaas in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 9, 2022

Sexism Wants Women to Think We’re Stupid—and We Believe It

Sexism Wants Women to Think We’re Stupid—and We Believe It

Mona Chollet on Being Condemned to “Orbit Around the Planet of True Knowledge”

By Mona Chollet | March 9, 2022

Why Putin’s Ukraine Invasion and George W. Bush’s Iraq Invasion Are Both Oil Wars

Why Putin’s Ukraine Invasion and George W. Bush’s Iraq Invasion Are Both Oil Wars

Thom Hartmann in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 9, 2022

Endnotes on Experimentation: Sheila Heti, Alexander Chee, and More Voices from <em>Thresholds</em>

Endnotes on Experimentation: Sheila Heti, Alexander Chee, and More Voices from Thresholds

Hosted by Jordan Kisner and Drew Broussard

By Thresholds | March 9, 2022

How Rumi Became a Poet

How Rumi Became a Poet

Haleh Liza Gafori on Rumi's Formative Friendship with Shams

By Haleh Liza Gafori | March 9, 2022

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The Life of Darryl Hunt, Before His Wrongful Conviction and Imprisonment

By Phoebe Zerwick | March 9, 2022

Patrick Gale Reads from His Novel Mother’s Boy, Based on the Life of Poet Charles Causley

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Jennifer Sciubba on Why Demography Isn’t Destiny

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Anatomy of a Lifelong Friendship

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Ariel Delgado Dixon on What It Means to Find a True Best Friend

By Ariel Delgado Dixon | March 9, 2022

Kevin Barry on <em>Flowers in the Attic</em>, <em>2666</em>, and <em>The Talented Mr. Ripley</em>

Kevin Barry on Flowers in the Attic, 2666, and The Talented Mr. Ripley

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of That Old Country Music

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<em>The Letters Project</em> by Eleanor Reissa, Read by the Author

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An Intimate Journey into the Past

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What Really Happened to Abu Zubaydah at Notorious Polish Black Site Stare Kiejkuty?

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Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy on the CIA Torture of a “High-Value Target”

By Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy | March 8, 2022

Hanif Abdurraqib Breaks Down History’s Famous Beefs

Hanif Abdurraqib Breaks Down History’s Famous Beefs

On Who Gets Caught in the Crosshairs When It Comes to “Beef”

By Hanif Abdurraqib | March 8, 2022

Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Amanda Pellegrino on Writing for TV Versus Writing a Novel

Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Amanda Pellegrino on Writing for TV Versus Writing a Novel

"Writing a TV show is a team sport from day one."

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What Comes After “Kmart Realism”? Writing Place in the Era of American Uniformity

What Comes After “Kmart Realism”? Writing Place in the Era of American Uniformity

Lee Cole on the Homogenization of Rural Life in America

By Lee Cole | March 8, 2022

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