• Features

    Keen On

    Why Should We Care About So-Called Genius?

    By Keen On  October 20, 2020
    Revolutions

    The Complicated Resistance Efforts of Enslaved Women in the West Indies

    By Stella Dadzie  October 20, 2020
    Time to Eat the Dogs

    How Capitalism Shaped Our Modern Image of Dinosaurs

    By Time to Eat the Dogs   October 20, 2020
    Audiobooks

    In Conversation with Actress and Audiobook Narrator Yetide Badaki

    By Traci Currie  October 20, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Artist Ramsess on the Circularity of History

    By The Quarantine Tapes  October 20, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    A Lab of One’s Own by Rita Colwell and Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, Read by Jackie Sanders

    By Behind the Mic   October 20, 2020
    Criticism

    On the Unexpected Hopefulness of Don DeLillo’s The Silence

    By Alexander Sammartino  October 19, 2020
    Discovering Old Manuscripts

    How a Rare and Ancient Manuscript Moved Me to Write a Novel

    By Natalka Burian  October 19, 2020
    Diaries

    Ricardo Piglia’s Alter Ego on Epidemics of Violence in Argentina

    By Ricardo Piglia  October 19, 2020
    First Draft

    Claire Messud on Chekhov’s Best Advice

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 19, 2020
    Young Adult

    Cory Doctorow: Kids Use Reason, Adults Rationalize

    By Cory Doctorow  October 19, 2020
    Poem

    A Poem by Nelly Sachs

    By Nelly Sachs  October 19, 2020
    Republicanism

    The GOP Lost Its Way Long Before Trump

    By Carlos Lozada  October 19, 2020
    Photography

    What Does It Mean to Look at Photos of Imagined Violence?

    By Sarah Sentilles  October 19, 2020
    Emergence Magazine

    David Farrier on Following Desire Paths During Lockdown

    By Emergence Magazine  October 19, 2020
    Underreported

    On the Frontlines of the Battle for Democracy in China

    By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann  October 19, 2020
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Oct. 19th to 25th

    By Kiki Nicole  October 19, 2020
    Keen On

    When It Comes to Trump, What Exactly Is Putin’s End Game?

    By Keen On  October 19, 2020
    Short Stories

    A Way to Beat Mortality

    By Shelly Oria  October 19, 2020
    On Craft

    How to Write a Sci-Fi Rock ‘N’ Roll Novel in Rhyming Couplets

    By Jason Guriel  October 19, 2020
    The History of Literature

    What Happens When You Open a Phone Line for People to Gush About Their Favorite Books

    By History of Literature  October 19, 2020
    New Books Network

    What Heidegger’s Nazism Means for Modern Philosophy

    By New Books Network  October 19, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    Alice’s Farm by Maryrose Wood, Read by Dion Graham

    By Behind the Mic   October 19, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    One by One by Ruth Ware, Read by Imogen Church

    By Behind the Mic   October 16, 2020
    Poetry

    The Soul-Excavating Work of Louise Glück

    By Maureen N. McLane  October 16, 2020
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