• Features

    Behind the Mic

    Adenrele Ojo and AudioFile’s 2023 Best Mystery and Suspense Audiobooks

    By Behind the Mic   December 6, 2023
    Beauty

    More Than Meets the Eye: On the Ancient Origins and Diverse Uses of Eyeliner

    By Zahra Hankir  December 5, 2023
    Sci-Fi

    Space Pastoral: Finding a New Literary Genre in the Slow Death of the International Space Station

    By Samantha Harvey  December 5, 2023
    Spirituality

    Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction

    By Christian Wiman  December 5, 2023
    What to Watch

    Poor Things is a Curious Phantasmagoria

    By Olivia Rutigliano  December 5, 2023
    In Conversation

    Kate Christensen on Allowing Characters to Tell Their Own Stories

    By Jane Ciabattari  December 5, 2023
    Music

    “The Frisson of Pure Evil.” An Oral History of the Release of the Velvet Underground’s First Album

    By Dylan Jones  December 5, 2023
    Poetry

    “Untitled Medley.” A Poem by Olatunde Osinaike

    By Olatunde Osinaike  December 5, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Maria Ressa on Fighting for the Safety of Journalists

    By Talk Easy  December 5, 2023
    Keen On

    Bulent Atalay on the Transgressive Minds of Geniuses

    By Keen On  December 5, 2023
    Behind the Mic

    Grover Gardner and AudioFile’s 2023 Best Nonfiction and History Audiobooks

    By Behind the Mic   December 5, 2023
    Nature Writing

    Walden, Freestyled: Reimagining and Reclaiming What It Means to Be Black in Nature

    By Edward Moreta Jr.  December 4, 2023
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Leopards, Messiahs, and AI Storytellers: December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Natalie Zutter  December 4, 2023
    Poetry

    7 New Poetry Collections to Read in December

    By Rebecca Morgan Frank  December 4, 2023
    Early Humans

    How the Neolithic Age Marked the Beginning of the Modern World

    By John Charles Chasteen  December 4, 2023
    On Grief

    Rereading My Words in the Midst of Profound Grief

    By Gabriel Bump  December 4, 2023
    African Literature

    Books That Travel: A Report From the 2023 Nairobi International Book Fair

    By Jessica Powers  December 4, 2023
    Behind the Mic

    Dion Graham and AudioFile’s 2023 Best Biography and Memoir Audiobooks

    By Behind the Mic   December 4, 2023
    Write-minded

    Jamila Minnicks on the Higher Truth of Fiction

    By Write-minded   December 4, 2023
    First Draft

    Salar Abdoh on Working Against the Masculine Default

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   December 4, 2023
    Keen On

    Kliph Nesteroff on the History of Americans Objecting to Comedy

    By Keen On  December 4, 2023
    Audiobooks

    The Best Audiobooks of 2023

    By AudioFile Magazine  December 1, 2023
    What to Watch

    Feminine Appetites in Todd Haynes’s May December

    By Hannah Bonner  December 1, 2023
    Poetry

    “Zombies,” a Poem by Alissa Quart

    By Alissa Quart  December 1, 2023
    Literary Criticism

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  December 1, 2023
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