A Scientific Explanation for Your Urge to Sniff Old Books

A Scientific Explanation for Your Urge to Sniff Old Books

Jude Stewart Breaks Down the Chemical Reactions Behind Olfactory Bibliomania

By Jude Stewart | October 27, 2021

The 10 Best Book Covers of October

The 10 Best Book Covers of October

In Praise of Jackets as Sweater-Weather Arrives

By Emily Temple | October 27, 2021

How Do We Make Sense of the Meaning of Consciousness?

How Do We Make Sense of the Meaning of Consciousness?

Antonio Damasio on the Two Types of Intelligence That Govern Human Beings

By Antonio Damasio | October 27, 2021

On the Politics of Language in Nigerian Literature

On the Politics of Language in Nigerian Literature

Ọlájídé Salawu Examines the Colonial Grounding of the Country's Literary Industry

By Ọlájídé Salawu | October 27, 2021

Maria Popova on Moving Through the World in Both Ordinary and Extraordinary Times

Maria Popova on Moving Through the World in Both Ordinary and Extraordinary Times

In Conversation with Jacqueline Novogratz on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | October 27, 2021

“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

Kevin Boyle on the Wild Life and Times of a Great American Iconoclast

By Kevin Boyle | October 27, 2021

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Can We Outgrow Capitalism?

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How McSweeney’s and Radiotopia Created an Audiovisual Magazine Issue

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William Souder on the Life and Work of John Steinbeck

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Veera Hiranandani on Writing Fiction as a Way of Understanding the Partition

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This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | October 27, 2021

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Growing Up in the Socialist Workers Party

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Growing Up in the Socialist Workers Party

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | October 27, 2021

Rax King on <em>Giovanni’s Room</em>, <em>A Little Life</em>, and Susan Choi's Sex Scenes

Rax King on Giovanni’s Room, A Little Life, and Susan Choi's Sex Scenes

Rapid-fire Book Recs From the Author of Tacky

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On Writing a Book For Dog People

On Writing a Book For Dog People

Nathaniel Ian Miller Considers His Canine Inspirations

By Nathaniel Ian Miller | October 27, 2021

Frances Badalamenti on the Fleeting, Painful Freedom of Youth and Writing as Self-Care

Frances Badalamenti on the Fleeting, Painful Freedom of Youth and Writing as Self-Care

Chloe Caldwell Talks to the Salad Days Author

By Chloé Caldwell | October 27, 2021

On Centering the Oceanic South and Disrupting the Study of the “Age of Revolutions”

On Centering the Oceanic South and Disrupting the Study of the “Age of Revolutions”

From the 2021 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding Winning Title Waves Across the South by Sujit Sivasundaram

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Jen Campbell on Disability, Productivity, and Perspective

Jen Campbell on Disability, Productivity, and Perspective

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

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