How “Truth” Became a Controversial Subject in Classrooms

How “Truth” Became a Controversial Subject in Classrooms

Molly Castner on How to Teach Facts in 2021

By Molly Castner | October 18, 2021

Who Are the 9.9 Percent? A Closer Look at the Math of American Inequality

Who Are the 9.9 Percent? A Closer Look at the Math of American Inequality

Matthew Stewart Considers Home Ownership, the Merit Myth, and the Cruelty of the American Dream

By Matthew Stewart | October 18, 2021

Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

Nickolas Butler on Writing as an Act of Service and the Power of Local News

By Nickolas Butler | October 18, 2021

Amitav Ghosh on the Lies of History and How the Natural World Fights Back

Amitav Ghosh on the Lies of History and How the Natural World Fights Back

Ben Ehrenreich in Conversation with the Author of The Nutmeg’s Curse

By Ben Ehrenreich | October 18, 2021

“The Anti-James Bond.” Read This Early Review of <em>Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy</em>

“The Anti-James Bond.” Read This Early Review of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

How John le Carré's Masterpiece Was First Received

By Book Marks | October 18, 2021

Mary Beard on What We Can Learn from Images of Roman Autocrats

Mary Beard on What We Can Learn from Images of Roman Autocrats

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 18, 2021

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How Do You Write About People Who Don’t Want To Be Written About?

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On Teaching at the End of the World

By Rashaan Alexis Meneses | October 18, 2021

“Its eyes were as large as a dinner plate...” Encounters with Dragons in Early America

By Scott G. Bruce | October 18, 2021

On the Historical Stigmatization and Persistent Vilification of Epilepsy in Literature

On the Historical Stigmatization and Persistent Vilification of Epilepsy in Literature

Louise Fein Considers How the Misunderstood Neurological Disorder Has Been Unfairly Portrayed in Popular Fiction

By Louise Fein | October 18, 2021

Richard Powers on the Duplicity of Bewilderment

Richard Powers on the Duplicity of Bewilderment

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 18, 2021

On Dr. Eduard Bloch, Hitler’s Family Physician (Who Happened to Be Jewish)

On Dr. Eduard Bloch, Hitler’s Family Physician (Who Happened to Be Jewish)

Meriel Schindler Traces Family Lore and the Unusual Correspondence Between Hitler and Bloch

By Meriel Schindler | October 18, 2021

On the Compulsion and Seduction of Mystery Tales

On the Compulsion and Seduction of Mystery Tales

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 18, 2021

<em>Oedipus</em> at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter: How Sophocles Speaks to Contemporary Trauma

Oedipus at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter: How Sophocles Speaks to Contemporary Trauma

Bryan Doerries on the Communal Possibilities of Theater

By Bryan Doerries | October 18, 2021

“Some Trees”

“Some Trees”

A Poem by Tracy K. Smith

By Tracy K. Smith | October 18, 2021

On the Unattainable Myth of Feminine Beauty Ideals and Our Culture of Fat Phobia

On the Unattainable Myth of Feminine Beauty Ideals and Our Culture of Fat Phobia

Sesali Bowen Considers What It Means to Be a "Bad Bitch" and the Politicization of Attractiveness

By Sesali Bowen | October 18, 2021

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