How Philosophy Failed the Pandemic, Or: When Did Agamben Become Alex Jones?

How Philosophy Failed the Pandemic, Or: When Did Agamben Become Alex Jones?

Benjamin Bratton on Biopolitics and Rethinking the Language of Ethics

By Benjamin Bratton | August 2, 2021

Reinventing the Transformative Vision of America in Nabokov’s Cross-Country Chronicles

Reinventing the Transformative Vision of America in Nabokov’s Cross-Country Chronicles

Thomas Dai on the Author's Butterfly-Hunting Excursions and His Own Relationship to the Road and American Identity

By Thomas Dai | August 2, 2021

In Memory of My Parents, the Late Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha

In Memory of My Parents, the Late Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha

Rodrigo Garcia Shares Formative Memories of His Mother and Father

By Rodrigo Garcia | August 2, 2021

In Praise of Racist Books: Notes of an Immigrant Reader

In Praise of Racist Books: Notes of an Immigrant Reader

Louis Chude-Sokei on the Books that Shaped His Literary Curiosity

By Louis Chude-Sokei | August 2, 2021

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Summer Reading, Pt. 3

By Emily Temple | August 2, 2021

Talking How We Talk: On Exploring the Poetic Plenitude of Black Life

Talking How We Talk: On Exploring the Poetic Plenitude of Black Life

Ali Black Considers the Shape of Voice, Theme, and Symbolism

By Ali Black | August 2, 2021

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Blackness on the Margins: What Ann M. Martin Asked of Jessi in The Baby-Sitters Club

By Chanté Griffin | August 2, 2021

Paradise Extended: Searching for My Great-Grandfather’s Grave in a Segregated Cemetery

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From Belfast to Bathing an Elephant, S. Kirk Walsh Dives Into Novel Research

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On the Life and Works of Jack Kerouac, “King of the Beats”

On the Life and Works of Jack Kerouac, “King of the Beats”

From the History of Literature with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | August 2, 2021

<em>Malibu Rising</em> by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Read by Julia Whelan

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Read by Julia Whelan

A Family Drama Full of Secrets

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Is New York City Doing Enough to Prepare for the Next Catastrophic Flood?

Is New York City Doing Enough to Prepare for the Next Catastrophic Flood?

Christina Conklin and Marina Psaros on the Expensive Half-Measures of the City's Post-Sandy Approach

By Christina Conklin and Marina Psaros | July 30, 2021

Exploring the Moon: Revisiting Apollo 15's Lunar Landing, 50 Years Later

Exploring the Moon: Revisiting Apollo 15's Lunar Landing, 50 Years Later

Andrew Chaikin on Three Days Spent in a Geologic Wonderland

By Andrew Chaikin | July 30, 2021

Jonathan Rapping on How to End Mass Incarceration in America

Jonathan Rapping on How to End Mass Incarceration in America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 30, 2021

New Fiction From PEN America’s DREAMing Out Loud: “Stateless: 2053”

New Fiction From PEN America’s DREAMing Out Loud: “Stateless: 2053”

Speculative Fiction by Juan David Gastolomendo

By Juan David Gastolomendo | July 30, 2021

Talia Lakshmi Kolluri on Exploring the Mixed-Race Experience Through Literature

Talia Lakshmi Kolluri on Exploring the Mixed-Race Experience Through Literature

This Week from The Common Podcast

By The Common | July 30, 2021

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