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How Stories Can Transcend Author, Culture, and History

How Stories Can Transcend Author, Culture, and History

Part Five of “The Worlds of Scheherazade”

By The Cosmic Library | December 7, 2021

“He Wound Up Feeling Like a Close Friend.” On Drawing the Life of Leonard Cohen

“He Wound Up Feeling Like a Close Friend.” On Drawing the Life of Leonard Cohen

Joe Ollmann Talks to Graphic Novelist Philippe Girard

By Literary Hub | December 6, 2021

When You Start an Indie Press With Your Life Partner

When You Start an Indie Press With Your Life Partner

From Hogarth to Two Dollar Radio, Beth Kephart Looks Into Literary Labors of Love

By Beth Kephart | December 6, 2021

Amitav Ghosh on the Urgency of De-centering Humans and Re-centering Land

Amitav Ghosh on the Urgency of De-centering Humans and Re-centering Land

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | December 6, 2021

AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of 2021

AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of 2021

A Year of Literary Listening

By Book Marks | December 6, 2021

Cornel West on Frantz Fanon, One of the Great Revolutionary Intellectuals of the 20th Century

Cornel West on Frantz Fanon, One of the Great Revolutionary Intellectuals of the 20th Century

“Decolonization implies the urgent need to thoroughly challenge the colonial situation.”

By Cornel West | December 6, 2021

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On the Trauma and Creativity Behind Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic Slaughterhouse Five

By History of Literature | December 6, 2021

A Brief History of Cheesy Pasta

By Massimo Montanari | December 6, 2021

“Adapting to the Reality of the River.” Nathaniel Rich on the Political Game Around Climate Change

By Big Table | December 6, 2021

The Boundaries Between Nations Are Blurrier Than We Think

The Boundaries Between Nations Are Blurrier Than We Think

Oliver Uberti and James Cheshire on the Myth of Foundational Nationalism

By James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti | December 6, 2021

Janice Lee on the Interconnectedness of Suffering

Janice Lee on the Interconnectedness of Suffering

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 6, 2021

AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: An Interview with Ray Porter

AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: An Interview with Ray Porter

On Project Hail Mary and the Best in Sci-fi andFantasy

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How <em>The Power of the Dog</em> Eviscerates the Myths of the Old Western

How The Power of the Dog Eviscerates the Myths of the Old Western

Michelle Nijhuis on Masculinity and Queerness in the Novel and Jane Campion’s Adaptation

By Michelle Nijhuis | December 3, 2021

Hisham Matar on the Migratory Fictions of Joseph Conrad

Hisham Matar on the Migratory Fictions of Joseph Conrad

The Author of The Return Reconsiders the Story, “Amy Foster”

By Hisham Matar | December 3, 2021

The Literary Case for Slasher Films and the Horrors of Reality TV

The Literary Case for Slasher Films and the Horrors of Reality TV

Samantha Allen on the Trauma of Elimination, from Black Christmas to Love Island

By Samantha Allen | December 3, 2021

Paul Auster on the Poem He Can’t Get Out of His Head

Paul Auster on the Poem He Can’t Get Out of His Head

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | December 3, 2021

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