The Wyrd Ones: A Conversation Between Robert Macfarlane and Johnny Flynn

The Wyrd Ones: A Conversation Between Robert Macfarlane and Johnny Flynn

The Author and Musician Discuss Their Album Collaboration and Recommend Favorite Books

By Meg Thomann | August 4, 2021

What the Data Says About How Kids Learn to Read (and Learn to Like It)

What the Data Says About How Kids Learn to Read (and Learn to Like It)

Emily Oster on the Great Debate Over Phonics Versus “Whole-Language” Learning

By Emily Oster | August 4, 2021

Why We Have Police: Race, Class, and Labor Control

Why We Have Police: Race, Class, and Labor Control

Philip V. McHarris Traces a Line Through American Chattel Slavery, Reconstruction, Civil Rights, and the “War on Drugs”

By Philip V. McHarris | August 4, 2021

World of Wonders: Why Nature Writing Makes for Essential Reading

World of Wonders: Why Nature Writing Makes for Essential Reading

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | August 4, 2021

Tesla vs. GM: On the Early Years of the Electric Car Wars

Tesla vs. GM: On the Early Years of the Electric Car Wars

Tim Higgins Looks Back at Detroit’s Reaction to Elon Musk’s Upstart

By Tim Higgins | August 4, 2021

On Lebanon’s Water Crisis and the Long Fallout of the Civil War

On Lebanon’s Water Crisis and the Long Fallout of the Civil War

Charif Majdalani Traces a History of Corrupt Politicians, Deregulation, and Climate Catastrophe

By Charif Majdalani | August 4, 2021

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Michael Knox Beran on the Rise and Fall of WASP Culture

By Keen On | August 4, 2021

“I Am the Last Nomad.” What It Means to Be the Sole Keeper of a Family’s Stories

By Shugri Said Salh | August 4, 2021

The DNA of Storytelling: Making the Case for Messy Family Books

By Tracey Lange | August 4, 2021

How Nadia Owusu Discovered the Story She Needed To Tell

How Nadia Owusu Discovered the Story She Needed To Tell

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | August 4, 2021

Harriet Evans Reads from Her Novel <em>The Beloved Girls</em>

Harriet Evans Reads from Her Novel The Beloved Girls

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | August 4, 2021

<em>The Plague Year</em> by Lawrence Wright, Read by Eric Jason Martin

The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, Read by Eric Jason Martin

On the 2020 Pandemic—What Have We Learned?

By Behind the Mic | August 4, 2021

<em>Suburban Dicks</em> by Fabian Nicieza, Read by Natalie Naudus

Suburban Dicks by Fabian Nicieza, Read by Natalie Naudus

A Dark (and Funny!) Mystery from the Co-Creator of Deadpool

By Behind the Mic | August 4, 2021

The Literary Film and TV You Should Stream in August

The Literary Film and TV You Should Stream in August

From The Pursuit of Love to The Chair

By Emily Temple | August 3, 2021

My Life Story, Someone Else’s Voice: Why I Won’t Be Narrating My Memoir’s Audiobook

My Life Story, Someone Else’s Voice: Why I Won’t Be Narrating My Memoir’s Audiobook

James Tate Hill on the Way We Listen to Contemporary Memoir

By James Tate Hill | August 3, 2021

After the Afterparty: On Grieving the Loss of Anthony Veasna So, an Explosive Literary Talent

After the Afterparty: On Grieving the Loss of Anthony Veasna So, an Explosive Literary Talent

Zach Shultz Marvels at So's Posthumously Published Debut Story Collection Afterparties

By Zach Shultz | August 3, 2021

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