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Cheap Writing Surfaces and Medieval Bureaucracy Helped Popularize the Alphabet

Cheap Writing Surfaces and Medieval Bureaucracy Helped Popularize the Alphabet

Judith Flanders Explains Why the Alphabet Was Used on a Whim

By Judith Flanders | October 21, 2020

After My Partner's Death, I Discovered the Full Richness of His Poetry

After My Partner's Death, I Discovered the Full Richness of His Poetry

Megan Marshall Remembers Scott Harney

By Megan Marshall | October 21, 2020

Why We're Not Defined by<br> Our Genes

Why We're Not Defined by
Our Genes

Po Bronson in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 21, 2020

On Aoko Matsuda’s Deceptively Delightful Call for Systemic Change

On Aoko Matsuda’s Deceptively Delightful Call for Systemic Change

Polly Barton Reads Where the Wild Ladies Are

By Polly Barton | October 21, 2020

Czesław Miłosz Confronts the Dark and Immutable Order of the World

Czesław Miłosz Confronts the Dark and Immutable Order of the World

From the Russian Empire to the Republic of Letters 

By Czesław Miłosz | October 21, 2020

Anne Helen Petersen: Should We or Should We Not Burn It All Down?

Anne Helen Petersen: Should We or Should We Not Burn It All Down?

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | October 21, 2020

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On Beauty Standards (and Privilege) in Memoir and Fiction

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"swan"

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A Poem by Claude McKay

By Claude McKay | October 21, 2020

Musician Holly Herndon's Alternative Fantasies for the Internet

Musician Holly Herndon's Alternative Fantasies for the Internet

From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | October 21, 2020

Jami Attenberg: Your Politics Are Always Going to Show Up in the Work

Jami Attenberg: Your Politics Are Always Going to Show Up in the Work

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

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How Liberal Idealism Has Failed Modern Diplomacy

How Liberal Idealism Has Failed Modern Diplomacy

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

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A Poem by Angelina Weld Grimké

A Poem by Angelina Weld Grimké

Featured in Kevin Young's New Anthology of African American Poetry

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Revisiting Philippa Perry's Parenting Advice from Pre-Pandemic Days

Revisiting Philippa Perry's Parenting Advice from Pre-Pandemic Days

From Damian Barr's Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | October 21, 2020

<em>Mary Shelley's Frankenstein</em> Adapted by Kate McAll, Read by Full Cast

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Adapted by Kate McAll, Read by Full Cast

The Haunting Classic Adapted for the Stage

By Behind the Mic | October 21, 2020

Marlon James: On the Power of Myth in Neil Gaiman’s Fiction

Marlon James: On the Power of Myth in Neil Gaiman’s Fiction

"He is a myth-maker, but also a dream restorer."

By Marlon James | October 20, 2020

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