<em>The Icepick Surgeon</em> by Sam Kean, Read by Ben Sullivan

The Icepick Surgeon by Sam Kean, Read by Ben Sullivan

Bringing Together Science and True Crime

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Imagining a Shakespeare Haunted by Jessicas

Imagining a Shakespeare Haunted by Jessicas

Jessica Barksdale Inclán Talks to C.P. Lesley on New Books Network

By New Books Network | July 9, 2021

Dana Spiotta on the Inevitable Reckonings of Generation X

Dana Spiotta on the Inevitable Reckonings of Generation X

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 8, 2021

Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This July

Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This July

Bookstores From Around the Country Pick Their Favorites

By Literary Hub | July 8, 2021

When Franklin Pierce Saved Nathaniel Hawthorne from Financial Ruin

When Franklin Pierce Saved Nathaniel Hawthorne from Financial Ruin

Gary Ginsberg on the Longtime Friendship Between the Novelist and the Future President

By Gary Ginsberg | July 8, 2021

Toward Antifascist Futures: On Small-Scale Organizing as a Global Movement

Toward Antifascist Futures: On Small-Scale Organizing as a Global Movement

Ewa Majewska Investigates Counter Publics of the Common

By Ewa Majewska | July 8, 2021

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Rachel Donohue on the Character That Wouldn't Leave Her Alone

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What the Dead Leave Behind: On the Way a Life Can Inhabit a House

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Emily Austin Navigates the Grief That Lurks Within the Best of Memories

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How the Bush Administration Did More For AIDS in Africa Than At Home

How the Bush Administration Did More For AIDS in Africa Than At Home

Emily Bass on Foreign Aid and America's Response to Long-Standing Pandemics

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How College Rankings Created the Student Debt Crisis

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WATCH: Kyle Whyte and Jay Griffiths Discuss Indigenous Cultures and Climate Change

WATCH: Kyle Whyte and Jay Griffiths Discuss Indigenous Cultures and Climate Change

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<em>The Quiet Boy</em> by Ben H. Winters, Read by William DeMeritt

The Quiet Boy by Ben H. Winters, Read by William DeMeritt

A Fast-Paced and Twisted Story

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How John Ashbery Thinks: Reading the Collages of a Great Poet

How John Ashbery Thinks: Reading the Collages of a Great Poet

Paul Legault on Art That Shows You You’re Not Dead

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