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7 Books That Invite Readerly Exploration, Adventure, and Discovery

7 Books That Invite Readerly Exploration, Adventure, and Discovery

Steven Hall Recommends Jonathan Safran Foer,
Julio Cortazar, and More

By Steven Hall | April 6, 2021

Sven Birkerts on the Afterlife<br> of Reading

Sven Birkerts on the Afterlife
of Reading

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber
on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | April 6, 2021

Gina Frangello on the Anger That Smolders Behind Adultery

Gina Frangello on the Anger That Smolders Behind Adultery

“I have lost belief in my own high ground.”

By Gina Frangello | April 6, 2021

Uncovering the Stories of the Jewish Women Resistance Fighters in Nazi-Occupied Poland

Uncovering the Stories of the Jewish Women Resistance Fighters in Nazi-Occupied Poland

Judy Batalion on Freuen in di Ghettos, the Yiddish Anthology That Introduced Her to Dozens of Female Fighters

By Judy Batalion | April 6, 2021

How Absolute Free Speech Upholds White Male Supremacy

How Absolute Free Speech Upholds White Male Supremacy

Caitlin Ring Carlson in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 6, 2021

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney on First Drafts and Battling Writer’s Block

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney on First Drafts and Battling Writer’s Block

“Write the first draft for yourself.”

By Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney | April 6, 2021

Best Reviewed
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K.M. Szpara on Borrowing from Nietzsche to Title His
New Novel

By So Many Damn Books | April 6, 2021

The Man Who Ate Too Much by John Birdsall, Read by Daniel Henning

By Behind the Mic | April 6, 2021

Haruki Murakami on the Year Dave Hilton Debuted for the Yakult Swallows

By Haruki Murakami | April 5, 2021

Phillip Lopate Considers America’s Post-WWII Essay Boom

Phillip Lopate Considers America’s Post-WWII Essay Boom

On the Political, Social, and Literary Forces That Led to a Proliferation of the Genre

By Phillip Lopate | April 5, 2021

Born to Rewild: Jeff VanderMeer on What It Means to Restore Your Own Little Part of the World

Born to Rewild: Jeff VanderMeer on What It Means to Restore Your Own Little Part of the World

The Author of Hummingbird Salamander Talks to Drew Broussard

By Drew Broussard | April 5, 2021

5 Audiobooks for Celebrating the Stories of Trailblazing Women

5 Audiobooks for Celebrating the Stories of Trailblazing Women

James Tate Hill Recommends Elizabeth Blackwell,
Cicely Tyson, and More

By James Tate Hill | April 5, 2021

The Struggle for Empathy Within the Border Patrol’s “Culture of Cruelty”

The Struggle for Empathy Within the Border Patrol’s “Culture of Cruelty”

Todd Miller on the Foundational White Supremacy That Guards America’s Borders

By Todd Miller | April 5, 2021

Revisiting the Work of Frances Burney, “Mother of English Fiction”

Revisiting the Work of Frances Burney, “Mother of English Fiction”

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast
with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 5, 2021

Rick Moody on How a Photograph Can Tell an Entire Story

Rick Moody on How a Photograph Can Tell an Entire Story

Taking a Closer Look Rick Schatzberg’s The Boys

By Rick Moody | April 5, 2021

Ty McCormick on Refugee Resettlement and One Family's 30-Year Quest for Home

Ty McCormick on Refugee Resettlement and One Family's 30-Year Quest for Home

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | April 5, 2021

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