How the War Made Wittgenstein the Philosopher He Was

How the War Made Wittgenstein the Philosopher He Was

Richard Barnett Reads the Tractatus as Modernist War Poetry

By Richard Barnett | August 27, 2021

Who Gets To Be <em>Bossypants</em>? On Class and Privilege in Female Comedians’ Memoirs

Who Gets To Be Bossypants? On Class and Privilege in Female Comedians’ Memoirs

Sarah Jaffe on Ellie Kemper, Tina Fey, and Tiffany Haddish

By Sarah Jaffe | August 27, 2021

On Reimagining the Limitless Potential of the Literary Western

On Reimagining the Limitless Potential of the Literary Western

Gordy Sauer Recommends Books by Téa Obreht, Hernan Diaz, and More

By Gordy Sauer | August 27, 2021

On the Art of the Query: How the Best Kinds of Questions Move Beyond Objectivity

On the Art of the Query: How the Best Kinds of Questions Move Beyond Objectivity

Amy Wright Wonders “What We Can Bear to Learn?”

By Amy Wright | August 27, 2021

How Come We Don’t Know More About the Largest Labor Battle in the History of the United States?

How Come We Don’t Know More About the Largest Labor Battle in the History of the United States?

Jeffrey Webb Revisits the Battle for Blair Mountain

By Jeffrey Webb | August 27, 2021

Bonnie Friedman on the Pleasure of Diving into Details

Bonnie Friedman on the Pleasure of Diving into Details

"To write well we must sink into the silt of this world."

By Bonnie Friedman | August 27, 2021

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Too Close To Home: Writing a Book That Your Parents Won’t Read

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Steven Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro on the Global Epidemic of Irrational Thinking

Steven Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro on the Global Epidemic of Irrational Thinking

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Jose Hernandez Diaz on the Surrealism of Prose Poetry

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This Week from The Common Podcast

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Matt Bell in Praise of Genre Agnosticism

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In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | August 27, 2021

Patricia Engel on the Natural Human Instinct to Migrate

Patricia Engel on the Natural Human Instinct to Migrate

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | August 27, 2021

<em>Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife</em> by Alison Weir, Read by Rosalyn Landor

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Continue the Saga of the Six Tudor Queens

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Illustrating the Risks of Winston Smith’s Love Affair

Illustrating the Risks of Winston Smith’s Love Affair

From Fido Nesti's Adaption of George Orwell's Classic 1984

By George Orwell and Frido Nesti | August 26, 2021

Wayne Koestenbaum Would Like to Thank Dreams and Nouns

Wayne Koestenbaum Would Like to Thank Dreams and Nouns

Some Advice for the Graduating Class of Bennington College
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