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How to Be Cool: On the Societal Expectations Placed on Black Boys vs. White Boys

How to Be Cool: On the Societal Expectations Placed on Black Boys vs. White Boys

Brian Broome Considers the One-Two Punch of Gender and Racial Identity

By Brian Broome | May 18, 2021

On Midcentury American Literature’s Preoccupation with Scandalous Sex

On Midcentury American Literature’s Preoccupation with Scandalous Sex

The Lit Century Podcast Rereads Valley of the Dolls

By Lit Century | May 18, 2021

Lilly Dancyger on the Physical and Emotional Tolls of Writing Memoir

Lilly Dancyger on the Physical and Emotional Tolls of Writing Memoir

The Author of Negative Space Talks to Sari Botton

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 18, 2021

The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives

The Necessity (and Inadequacy) of Trans Self-Acceptance Narratives

Isle McElroy on Torrey Peters, Veronica Esposito, and the Divide Between Being and Doing Trans

By Isle McElroy | May 18, 2021

On the Small Family Firm Responsible for So Much American Economic Power

On the Small Family Firm Responsible for So Much American Economic Power

Zachary Karabell Traces the History of Brown Brothers Harriman

By Zachary Karabell | May 18, 2021

Virginie Despentes on Continuing the Feminist Revolution

Virginie Despentes on Continuing the Feminist Revolution

“The weaker sex—that’s always been a joke.”

By Virginie Despentes | May 18, 2021

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By Robert Pearl, MD | May 18, 2021

Protecting the “Holy City”
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Laurie Frankel Performs a Passage from Her Forthcoming Novel, One Two Three

By Storybound | May 18, 2021

On the Alarming Conflation of Patricia Highsmith and Tom Ripley... Encouraged by Highsmith Herself

On the Alarming Conflation of Patricia Highsmith and Tom Ripley... Encouraged by Highsmith Herself

This Week on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | May 18, 2021

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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<em>The Set Up</em> by Falguni Kothari, Read by Soneela Nankani and Vikas Adam

The Set Up by Falguni Kothari, Read by Soneela Nankani and Vikas Adam

A Whirlwind Romance

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Symbiosis and Psychedelics: An Exploratory Conversation Between Edward St. Aubyn and Merlin Sheldrake

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The Author of Double Blind and the Author of Entangled Life Talk Scientific Inquiry

By Merlin Sheldrake and Edward St. Aubyn | May 17, 2021

What Stoic Philosophers Can Teach Us About Grief

What Stoic Philosophers Can Teach Us About Grief

Nancy Sherman on Loss, Resilience, and the Ancients

By Nancy Sherman | May 17, 2021

What Can We Still Take from Philip Larkin?

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Public vs. Private: A Bet Between Two Astronauts to See Who Gets to Space First

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