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Lauren Groff and Rebecca Makkai Talk Literary Ethics, the Loneliness of Bodies, and Writerly Friendship

Lauren Groff and Rebecca Makkai Talk Literary Ethics, the Loneliness of Bodies, and Writerly Friendship

“Writing is spooky. You’re colonizing another’s brain for as long as it takes for them to read your work.”

By Rebecca Makkai | September 8, 2021

Alexandra Kleeman on the Artificial Boundary Between the Natural and Man-Made

Alexandra Kleeman on the Artificial Boundary Between the Natural and Man-Made

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | September 8, 2021

Commuting with Shylock: (Reluctantly) Revisiting <em>The Merchant of Venice</em> with My 10-Year-Old Son

Commuting with Shylock: (Reluctantly) Revisiting The Merchant of Venice with My 10-Year-Old Son

Dara Horn on Hearing Shakespeare's Antisemitism with Fresh Ears

By Dara Horn | September 8, 2021

The In-Between World: On the Mythology of <em>The Famished Road</em> and the Literary Scaffolding of Ben Okri

The In-Between World: On the Mythology of The Famished Road and the Literary Scaffolding of Ben Okri

Vanessa Guignery Considers the Author's Blurring of Boundaries

By Vanessa Guignery | September 8, 2021

How Do You Deliver a Baby in the Middle of a Storm with One Generator, No Water, and No Electricity?

How Do You Deliver a Baby in the Middle of a Storm with One Generator, No Water, and No Electricity?

Belle Marie Torres Velázquez on Working as a Medical Doctor on an Island of Puerto Rico and Surviving Hurricanes Irma and María

By Belle Marie Torres Velázquez | September 8, 2021

Crystal Wilkinson on Finding Community Among Affrilachian Poets

Crystal Wilkinson on Finding Community Among Affrilachian Poets

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | September 8, 2021

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  • House of Day, House of Night
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  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
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  • The Six Loves of James I

On the Race to a COVID Vaccine (and Power, and Profit)

By Adam Tooze | September 8, 2021

Yanis Varoufakis on Alternatives to Techno-Feudal Capitalism

By Keen On | September 8, 2021

“Final Poem for the Moon”

By Phillip B. Williams | September 8, 2021

S. Qiouyi Lu and Silvia Moreno-Garcia Talk Neo-Pronouns and Genre-Hopping

S. Qiouyi Lu and Silvia Moreno-Garcia Talk Neo-Pronouns and Genre-Hopping

This Week from Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | September 8, 2021

<em>In the Wild Light</em> by Jeff Zentner, Read by Michael Crouch

In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner, Read by Michael Crouch

An Emotional YA Story That Is Meant to Be Heard

By Behind the Mic | September 8, 2021

The Seductive Allure of the Real: Remembering the Humble Origins of <em>Saveur</em>

The Seductive Allure of the Real: Remembering the Humble Origins of Saveur

Dorothy Kalins on Perfecting Food Photography—and Rejecting Overblown Editorial Productions

By Dorothy Kalins | September 7, 2021

On Miss America’s Brief—But Real—Activist Phase

On Miss America’s Brief—But Real—Activist Phase

When the Pageant Gave Airtime to Advocacy to Draw Viewers

By Amy Argetsinger | September 7, 2021

The Role That Got Away: Hayley Mills on (Almost) Playing Lolita

The Role That Got Away: Hayley Mills on (Almost) Playing Lolita

The Iconic Actor Recalls the Near Misses of Her Post-Pollyanna Career

By Hayley Mills | September 7, 2021

When Ray Bradbury Asked John F. Kennedy if He Could Help with the Space Race

When Ray Bradbury Asked John F. Kennedy if He Could Help with the Space Race

“I would be glad to help promote the Space Age as we would all like to see it promoted.”

By Shaun Usher | September 7, 2021

Money, Priorities, and the Promise of an American Childhood

Money, Priorities, and the Promise of an American Childhood

Qian Julie Wang on the Summer of 1998

By Qian Julie Wang | September 7, 2021

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