How David Foster Wallace Anticipated Netflix’s Digital Gatekeeping

How David Foster Wallace Anticipated Netflix’s Digital Gatekeeping

Stuart Jeffries on the Algorithm and the Illusion of Choice

By Stuart Jeffries | November 1, 2021

On the Gift (and Weight) of Winning a “Free” House

On the Gift (and Weight) of Winning a “Free” House

Anne Elizabeth Moore Considers the Cost of a House in Detroit

By Anne Elizabeth Moore | November 1, 2021

The Best New Nonfiction to Read This November

The Best New Nonfiction to Read This November

From Ski Bums to Jazz Age Madams to Postwar Bohemians

By Literary Hub | November 1, 2021

Whither the Plain Female Protagonist? On “Great Beauty” in Literature

Whither the Plain Female Protagonist? On “Great Beauty” in Literature

Lucinda Rosenfeld Has Some Questions

By Lucinda Rosenfeld | November 1, 2021

Paul Auster on One of the Most Astonishing War Stories in American Literature

Paul Auster on One of the Most Astonishing War Stories in American Literature

Considering the Dark Horrors of Stephen Crane’s “An Episode of War”

By Paul Auster | November 1, 2021

How I Learned to Let Form Do the Work

How I Learned to Let Form Do the Work

Muriel Barbery on Writing About Kyōto

By Muriel Barbery | November 1, 2021

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Teenage Activist Dara McAnulty on the Necessity of Joy

By Emergence Magazine | November 1, 2021

How Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jane Addams Helped Launch the Progressive Party

By Neil Lanctot | November 1, 2021

Tana French on James Baldwin, Watership Down, and Hating Hawthorne

By Book Marks | November 1, 2021

“The King of Poets.” On Baudelaire’s <em> Les Fleurs du Mal</em>

“The King of Poets.” On Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | November 1, 2021

On Being No One’s Mother

On Being No One’s Mother

Teresa K. Miller: “Sometimes, the universe demands we choose.”

By Teresa K. Miller | November 1, 2021

“Opening the Hive”

“Opening the Hive”

A Poem by Amanda Moore

By Amanda Moore | November 1, 2021

“Nobody’s Free Until Everbody’s Free.” Keisha N. Blain on Lou Hamer’s Work and Life

“Nobody’s Free Until Everbody’s Free.” Keisha N. Blain on Lou Hamer’s Work and Life

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 1, 2021

Bill Burnett on Transforming Your Work Life

Bill Burnett on Transforming Your Work Life

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 1, 2021

Peter T. Coleman on Life Beyond Trivial Divisions

Peter T. Coleman on Life Beyond Trivial Divisions

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 1, 2021

<em>Matrix</em> by Lauren Groff, Read by Adjoa Andoh

Matrix by Lauren Groff, Read by Adjoa Andoh

A Resonant Narration of a National Book Award Finalist

By Behind the Mic | November 1, 2021

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