How Buster Keaton Became a Cinematic Superstar

How Buster Keaton Became a Cinematic Superstar

James Curtis on Buster Keaton's Transition from the Stage to the Screen

By James Curtis | February 18, 2022

On the Victorian Science and Prejudices Behind Bram Stoker’s <em>Dracula</em>

On the Victorian Science and Prejudices Behind Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Vidya Krishnan Looks at How 19th-Century Concerns About Disease Mirror Those of the Modern World

By Vidya Krishnan | February 18, 2022

Alexander Zaitchik on the Fight to Produce Lifesaving Medicines

Alexander Zaitchik on the Fight to Produce Lifesaving Medicines

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 18, 2022

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Sheila Heti, Marlon James, Buster Keaton, Alejandro Zambra, and more

By Book Marks | February 18, 2022

Erik Larson on Finding a New Angle on History

Erik Larson on Finding a New Angle on History

“There’s always a way to tell an old story in a new way.”

By Erik Larson | February 18, 2022

The Trickster and the Monster: When Nixon Went to China

The Trickster and the Monster: When Nixon Went to China

Chas Freeman and Gish Jen Guest on Radio Open Source

By Open Source | February 18, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

How Scholars Once Feared That the Book Index Would Destroy Reading

By Dennis Duncan | February 18, 2022

The Power of Music in Fiction: A Reading List

By Emme Lund | February 18, 2022

Nomi Stolzenberg on How a Group of American Hasidic Jews Established Its Own Local Government

By Keen On | February 18, 2022

How Deanna Raybourn (Reluctantly) Started Writing Historical Fiction

How Deanna Raybourn (Reluctantly) Started Writing Historical Fiction

In Conversation with C. P. Lesley on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | February 18, 2022

<em>Wild Swan</em> by Patti Callahan, Read by Cynthia Erivo

Wild Swan by Patti Callahan, Read by Cynthia Erivo

Glorious Listening

By Behind the Mic | February 18, 2022

What Are You Blurbing, Deesha Philyaw?

What Are You Blurbing, Deesha Philyaw?

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | February 18, 2022

Brendan Slocumb on Racism in the Classical Music World

Brendan Slocumb on Racism in the Classical Music World

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | February 17, 2022

The Socialite, Property Developer, and Bigamist Who Had Everyone in 18th Century Europe Talking

The Socialite, Property Developer, and Bigamist Who Had Everyone in 18th Century Europe Talking

On the Revelatory Scandals of Elizabeth Chudleigh, aka the Duchess Countess

By Catherine Ostler | February 17, 2022

What Exactly Do Words Taste Like?

What Exactly Do Words Taste Like?

Dr. Guy Leschziner Clues Us In on the Flavor of Language

By Guy Leschziner | February 17, 2022

WATCH: An Evening of Genre- and Gender-Fluid magic with Grace Lavery and Elif Batuman

WATCH: An Evening of Genre- and Gender-Fluid magic with Grace Lavery and Elif Batuman

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | February 17, 2022

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