Albert Serra’s <em>Pacifiction</em> is Deeply Unsettling—and Deeply Literary

Albert Serra’s Pacifiction is Deeply Unsettling—and Deeply Literary

From Cannes, Ryan Coleman Finds the Renegade Spanish Filmmaker Crafting Something Entirely New

By Ryan Coleman | June 8, 2022

Summer Vacations Are a 19th-Century Invention of the Rich

Summer Vacations Are a 19th-Century Invention of the Rich

Charles McGrath on the Ritualizing of Idleness

By Charles McGrath | June 8, 2022

How Jazz Fueled a Nationwide Dance Craze—and Made Its Way to Paris

How Jazz Fueled a Nationwide Dance Craze—and Made Its Way to Paris

Stuart Isacoff on the Music That Captured the Country

By Stuart Isacoff | June 8, 2022

Why Writers Need to Confront and Create With Their Most Unpleasant Emotions

Why Writers Need to Confront and Create With Their Most Unpleasant Emotions

Philip Schultz Discusses the Creative Power Behind Anger and Shame

By Philip Schultz | June 8, 2022

No Tense Like the Present: Novels That Embrace the Immediate

No Tense Like the Present: Novels That Embrace the Immediate

Anna Dorn Advocates for Bringing the Reader Along on the Journey

By Anna Dorn | June 8, 2022

Why I Make Rules for My Writing Students—And Why I Break Them

Why I Make Rules for My Writing Students—And Why I Break Them

Adam White on Teaching Writing (and Jack Nicklaus)

By Adam White | June 8, 2022

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Vivek Wadhwa in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood on “Literary Destiny” and the Topics of Our Obsession

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Jenni Fagan Reads from Her Bewitching New Novel, <em>Hex</em>

Jenni Fagan Reads from Her Bewitching New Novel, Hex

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Why Watergate Is Intimately Bound Up With the CIA’s Role in the JFK Assassination

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Jefferson Morley in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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Not Your Stock Grandma: On a Refreshing (and Relatable) Character in <em>Dicey’s Song</em>

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<em>Even When Your Voice Shakes</em> by Ruby Yayra Goka, Read by Adjoa Andoh

Even When Your Voice Shakes by Ruby Yayra Goka, Read by Adjoa Andoh

Powerful YA listening from a Golden Voice

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Imagine America as a “Parent Nation”: Utopian Nonsense or Realizable Possibility?

Imagine America as a “Parent Nation”: Utopian Nonsense or Realizable Possibility?

Dana Suskind in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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