<em>Daughters of Sparta</em> by Claire Heywood, Read by Mira Dovreni

Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood, Read by Mira Dovreni

Reimagining the Trojan War from New Points of View

By Behind the Mic | October 12, 2021

A Brief Survey of Men Having Opinions About What Women Are Reading

A Brief Survey of Men Having Opinions About What Women Are Reading

Sophie Vershbow on Condescension, Guiltless Pleasure, and Inf*n*te J*st

By Sophie Vershbow | October 8, 2021

The Myth of True Love Hurts Us All—Especially Women

The Myth of True Love Hurts Us All—Especially Women

Jen Winston on the True Love Industrial Complex and the Rejuvenating Power of Queerness

By Jen Winston | October 8, 2021

Behold... The Best Reviewed Books of the Week!

Behold... The Best Reviewed Books of the Week!

Featuring new titles by Jonathan Franzen, Miriam Toews, Val McDermid, David Sedaris, and more

By Book Marks | October 8, 2021

Wisława Szymborska on Learning to Write from Life

Wisława Szymborska on Learning to Write from Life

“Seek out friends who read widely.”

By Wisława Szymborska | October 8, 2021

Kelefa Sanneh: What Actually is “Country Music”?

Kelefa Sanneh: What Actually is “Country Music”?

On the Genre’s Shifting Identities

By Kelefa Sanneh | October 8, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Defamiliarizing the Mother Tongue: On Immigration’s Impact on Learning and Losing Language

By Julie Sedivy | October 8, 2021

Why Did It Take Scientists So Long to Fully Understand Genetics and Mendel’s Laws?

By Howard Markel | October 8, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Heyday Books

By Corinne Segal | October 8, 2021

Investigative Journalist Julie Brown on Exposing Jeffrey Epstein

Investigative Journalist Julie Brown on Exposing Jeffrey Epstein

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | October 8, 2021

Community and Care: On Squirrel Hill and the Tree of Life Shooting

Community and Care: On Squirrel Hill and the Tree of Life Shooting

Mark Oppenheimer Discusses the History of His Ancestral Town and the Aftermath of the 2018 Shooting

By Mark Oppenheimer | October 8, 2021

The Story Behind <em>The Snake Pit</em>, Mary Jane Ward’s Dark Comic Masterpiece

The Story Behind The Snake Pit, Mary Jane Ward’s Dark Comic Masterpiece

Larry Lockridge on His Cousin’s Novel and His Family’s History of Mental Illness and Literary Talent

By Larry Lockridge | October 8, 2021

Matthew Pearl on the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America

Matthew Pearl on the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 8, 2021

Jan Swafford and Robert Levin on Mozart’s Infectious Genius

Jan Swafford and Robert Levin on Mozart’s Infectious Genius

This Week on the Radio Open Source Podcast

By Open Source | October 8, 2021

Helen Russell on Having a Healthy Relationship with Sadness

Helen Russell on Having a Healthy Relationship with Sadness

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 8, 2021

The Heavy History of Names: On Political Forgetting and Erasure in India

The Heavy History of Names: On Political Forgetting and Erasure in India

From This Year's Cundill History Prize Shortlisted Title The Loss of Hindustan by Manan Ahmed Asif

By Manan Ahmed Asif | October 8, 2021

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