On Romanizing Korean Names and Writing Immigrant Stories in an Acquired Language

On Romanizing Korean Names and Writing Immigrant Stories in an Acquired Language

Yoon Choi Navigates the Complicated Path to Publication

By Yoon Choi | August 18, 2021

On Learning to Take Author Photos Remotely During the Pandemic

On Learning to Take Author Photos Remotely During the Pandemic

Beowulf Sheehan Adapts His Art to a New Normal

By Beowulf Sheehan | August 18, 2021

Deesha Philyaw on Leaving a Marriage While Writing a Short Story Collection

Deesha Philyaw on Leaving a Marriage While Writing a Short Story Collection

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | August 18, 2021

On the Lost “Lenny Bruce of Athens”

On the Lost “Lenny Bruce of Athens”

Mark Haskell Smith: In Defense of the Ancient Comedian Who Went After Aristotle

By Mark Haskell Smith | August 18, 2021

Tracing the Crisis of Desertification to Colonization

Tracing the Crisis of Desertification to Colonization

Lisa Wells on the Water Crisis in California’s Central Valley

By Lisa Wells | August 18, 2021

How the Humble Avocado Went from the Unwanted “Crocodile Pear” to America’s Favorite Superfood

How the Humble Avocado Went from the Unwanted “Crocodile Pear” to America’s Favorite Superfood

Andy Robinson Investigates the Human Cost of a Most Coveted Fruit

By Andy Robinson | August 18, 2021

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Shelby Cole on Climate Grief and Indigenous Land and Water Stewardship

Shelby Cole on Climate Grief and Indigenous Land and Water Stewardship

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By Reading Women | August 18, 2021

On Robin McKinley’s Fantasies and the Books That Are “Just Yours”

On Robin McKinley’s Fantasies and the Books That Are “Just Yours”

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

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Christopher Gray on Hustling to the Top... with an Altruistic Mindset

Christopher Gray on Hustling to the Top... with an Altruistic Mindset

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 18, 2021

<em>The Ones We're Meant to Find</em> by Joan He, Read by Nancy Wu

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An Intense and Memorable YA Listen

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<em>Grendel</em> at 50: How John Gardner’s Finest Novel Undermines His Ideas About Moral Fiction

Grendel at 50: How John Gardner’s Finest Novel Undermines His Ideas About Moral Fiction

“Grendel is funny, entertaining, troubling, and above all unruly; the novel refuses to behave.”

By Andrew DeYoung | August 17, 2021

Why Does Lionel Messi Ignore the Ball for the First Five Minutes of a Match?

Why Does Lionel Messi Ignore the Ball for the First Five Minutes of a Match?

Simon Kuper on the Life and Career of an Enigmatic Football Genius

By Simon Kuper | August 17, 2021

The Ugliness of Comic Sans Has a Practical Use

The Ugliness of Comic Sans Has a Practical Use

Jonah Lehrer on the Easy Recall of Certain “Disfluent” Fonts

By Jonah Lehrer | August 17, 2021

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