• Features

    Criticism

    On the Radically Compassionate Films of Ai Weiwei and Agnès Varda

    By Curtis White  November 7, 2019
    Mental Illness

    The Reporter Who Went Undercover at an Asylum

    By Susannah Cahalan  November 7, 2019
    Just the Right Book

    Susannah Cahalan on How We Diagnose Mental Illness

    By Just the Right Book   November 7, 2019
    The Maris Review

    Cathleen Schine on the Power Dynamics of Language

    By The Maris Review  November 7, 2019
    Literary Disco

    Literary Disco: It’s Time to Play Some Games!

    By Literary Disco  November 7, 2019
    Literary History

    Mariana Enriquez on the Radical, Subversive Power of Silvina Ocampo

    By Mariana Enriquez  November 6, 2019
    American Nationalism

    Trump Nation: Dress Rehearsal
    for a Civil War

    By Larry Siems  November 6, 2019
    Activism

    What Comes Before Woke? On the History of Sleep as a Form of Protest

    By Franny Nudelman  November 6, 2019
    LGBTQ History

    The Gay Activists Who Fought the American Psychiatric Establishment

    By Mo Rocca  November 6, 2019
    Mothers and Daughters

    The Surreal Absurdity of Preparing for a Mother’s Death

    By Tiffany Midge  November 6, 2019
    Family

    When a Family Measures Time By Its Losses

    By Marco Rafalà  November 6, 2019
    Interview

    Rosalie Knecht and Idra Novey on Translation, Writing Tension, and Literary ‘Retrenchment’

    By Brian Gresko  November 6, 2019
    Short Stories

    Mimi Lok on Writing in (and For) the Margins

    By Dave Eggers  November 6, 2019
    Food

    What Was It Like to Bake the Royal Wedding Cake?

    By Bethanne Patrick  November 6, 2019
    Reading Women

    Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women’s Nonfiction Award

    By Reading Women  November 6, 2019
    The House of SpeakEasy

    The House of SpeakEasy Podcast: When Strangers Meet

    By The SpeakEasy Podcast   November 6, 2019
    Otherppl

    Mimi Lok on ‘Accidentally’ Writing About Her Own Experience

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  November 6, 2019
    Dictators

    Report From Foul Territory: Donald Trump Can’t Even Do Baseball Cliches Right

    By Timothy Denevi  November 5, 2019
    5 Questions

    Bernardine Evaristo on the Illusion of Writer’s Block

    By Literary Hub  November 5, 2019
    Ideologues

    From Entertainment to Outrage: On the Rise of Rush Limbaugh and Conservative Talk Radio

    By Brian Rosenwald  November 5, 2019
    Writing Process

    On the Patchwork Approach to Piecing Together a Book

    By Heather Christle  November 5, 2019
    European History

    The Terrifying Power of a Single Book

    By Brendan Simms  November 5, 2019
    Abortion

    Lindy West on Breaking the Silence Around Abortion

    By Lindy West  November 5, 2019
    Music

    Rock, Pop, and the Development of Avant Garde Music After World War II

    By Benjamin Piekut  November 5, 2019
    American History

    How Did a Single Desk in the Senate Become a Focal Point for American Progressivism?

    By Sherrod Brown  November 5, 2019
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