Coming of Age and Questioning Traditional Rituals at a Boarding School in Kenya

Coming of Age and Questioning Traditional Rituals at a Boarding School in Kenya

Nice Leng’ete on the Teacher Who Led Her to Question the Maasai Practice of Female Genital Mutilation

By Nice Leng'ete | September 16, 2021

WATCH: Jai Chakrabarti Launches His Debut Novel

WATCH: Jai Chakrabarti Launches His Debut Novel

In Conversation with Brigid Hughes at Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | September 16, 2021

“Her Novels Were Not For Men.” On Suat Derviş, Turkish Novelist

“Her Novels Were Not For Men.” On Suat Derviş, Turkish Novelist

Maureen Freely on How a Writer Gets Erased From Literary History

By Maureen Freely | September 16, 2021

Remembering the Many Phases of Mark Baumer

Remembering the Many Phases of Mark Baumer

Blake Butler, Shane Jones, and Claire Donato Guest on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 16, 2021

David Cutler Discusses the Rapid Evolution of 21st-Century City Life

David Cutler Discusses the Rapid Evolution of 21st-Century City Life

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 16, 2021

Keith Boykin on the End of the White Majority in America

Keith Boykin on the End of the White Majority in America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 16, 2021

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On the Subversive Power of Gossip

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By Maria Tatar | September 15, 2021

The Gulf Between Aspiration and Accomplishment: Rebecca Mead on Saint Theresa and <em>Middlemarch</em>

The Gulf Between Aspiration and Accomplishment: Rebecca Mead on Saint Theresa and Middlemarch

“Middlemarch—both the novel and the fictional town for which it is named—is limited by the constraints of ordinary life.”

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Big Town, Insistent Revolutions: On the Rich, Kaleidoscopic Lives of New Yorkers in Literature

Big Town, Insistent Revolutions: On the Rich, Kaleidoscopic Lives of New Yorkers in Literature

Vince Passaro Recommends Great Books About the Big Apple

By Vince Passaro | September 15, 2021

Maggie Nelson on Climate Change and Hopelessness

Maggie Nelson on Climate Change and Hopelessness

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | September 15, 2021

Giulio Boccaletti on How Water Shapes Society

Giulio Boccaletti on How Water Shapes Society

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 15, 2021

On the Playwright Sarah Kane and Radical Ekphrasis in Contemporary Poetics

On the Playwright Sarah Kane and Radical Ekphrasis in Contemporary Poetics

Andrea Abi-Karam on Writing To The Dead

By Andrea Abi-Karam | September 15, 2021

“Drain”

“Drain”

A Poem by Devon Walker-Figueroa

By Devon Walker-Figueroa | September 15, 2021

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