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    The Craft of Writing

    Beth Kephart on the Observational Lens

    By Beth Kephart  December 1, 2023
    Keen On

    William B. Eimicke on Making Higher Education More Inclusive and Connected

    By Keen On  December 1, 2023
    Behind the Mic

    Helen Laser and AudioFile’s 2023 Best Fiction Audiobooks

    By Behind the Mic   December 1, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Katherine Howe on the Joy of Writing Pirates

    By History of Literature  December 1, 2023
    Book Covers

    The 10 Best Book Covers of November

    By Emily Temple  November 30, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    November’s Best Reviewed Fiction

    By Book Marks  November 30, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    November’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

    By Book Marks  November 30, 2023
    Horror

    Horror for the Holidays! Or, Scary Novels To Read While Being Nice to Your Family

    By Erika Johansen  November 30, 2023
    Manuscripts

    “Is That a First Edition of The Iliad?” Meet One of History’s Great Manuscript Forgers

    By Christopher de Hamel  November 30, 2023
    Art and Life

    Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

    By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore  November 30, 2023
    Existentialism

    What Albert Camus’s The Stranger Says About Our Contemporary Anxieties

    By Kate Christensen  November 30, 2023
    Music history

    How Elvis Presley and Colonel Tom Parker Made Music History Together

    By Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill  November 30, 2023
    Just the Right Book

    Heather Cox Richardson on the Complexities of American Democracy

    By Just the Right Book   November 30, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Timothy Schaffert on the Literary Parallels for the House GOP Clusterf*ck

    By Fiction Non Fiction  November 30, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Casey Plett On Community and Being Open To Strangers

    By The Maris Review  November 30, 2023
    Behind the Mic

    Jarrett J. Krosoczka and AudioFile’s 2023 Best Audio Originals

    By Behind the Mic   November 30, 2023
    Symbolism

    Year of the Rabbit: Why We’re Seeing So Many Bunnies on Books

    By Celia Mattison  November 29, 2023
    Art History

    Muse as Medium: On the Women Pablo Picasso Remade in His Image

    By Mara Naselli  November 29, 2023
    Fathers and Daughters

    Meals and Memories: Sheila Squillante on Writing to Remember Her Father

    By Sheila Squillante  November 29, 2023
    Domestic Violence

    A Vicious Cycle: Jessica Strawser on Telling and Re-Telling Traumatic Stories

    By Jessica Strawser  November 29, 2023
    Retrospective

    Beyond Poor Things: An Ode to Alasdair Gray’s Lesser-Known, Equally Deserving Books

    By Mazin Saleem  November 29, 2023
    Read Smart

    John Vaillant on Winning the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize

    By Read Smart  November 29, 2023
    Keen On

    Lauren Grodstein on Deciding to Write a Novel About the Holocaust

    By Keen On  November 29, 2023
    Behind the Mic

    The Best Audiobooks of 2023, According to Audiofile

    By Behind the Mic   November 29, 2023
    Women's History

    Why We Need a Women’s History of the Roman Empire

    By Emma Southon  November 28, 2023
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