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How a Valencian Knight—Along with Chaucer—Influenced the Culture of Conquistadores

How a Valencian Knight—Along with Chaucer—Influenced the Culture of Conquistadores

Fernando Cervantes on the Granada War, New Ideas of Nobility, and Columbus

By Fernando Cervantes | September 17, 2021

How Ancient Chinese Philosophical Frameworks Dictated the Politics of Water

How Ancient Chinese Philosophical Frameworks Dictated the Politics of Water

Giulio Boccaletti on the Confucian View of the Yellow River and the Unification of China

By Giulio Boccaletti | September 17, 2021

William M. Arkin on How the US Government Failed its Citizens on 9/11

William M. Arkin on How the US Government Failed its Citizens on 9/11

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 17, 2021

Peter Baker and Susan Glasser on The Man Who Ran Washington

Peter Baker and Susan Glasser on The Man Who Ran Washington

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 17, 2021

Live at the Red Ink Series: On Using Reinvention as a Writing Tool

Live at the Red Ink Series: On Using Reinvention as a Writing Tool

Featuring Gina Frangello, Anjali Enjeti, Sam Cohen, Chet’la Sebree, and Marisa Siegel

By Literary Hub | September 17, 2021

Margaret Renkl on Finding Ideas Everywhere

Margaret Renkl on Finding Ideas Everywhere

"I pay attention to the natural world."

By Margaret Renkl | September 17, 2021

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Tragic Architecture: A History of the World Trade Center and the Unluckiest Architect You’ve Never Heard Of

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From Exobiology and Geology to... Writing Fiction?

By Linda Rui Feng | September 17, 2021

Technically Food by Larissa Zimberoff, read by the Author

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Three Poems by Dan O’Brien

Three Poems by Dan O’Brien

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By Dan O'Brien | September 17, 2021

Trisha Thomas on the Photograph That Catalyzed Questions of Race In Her New Book

Trisha Thomas on the Photograph That Catalyzed Questions of Race In Her New Book

In Conversation with GP Gottlieb on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | September 17, 2021

50 Great Literary Cameos in Terrible* Early 2000s Movies

50 Great Literary Cameos in Terrible* Early 2000s Movies

The Good, The Bad, The Gigli

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An Alleged Lock of Emily Dickinson’s Hair is Selling for $450,000... <br>But Was it Stolen?

An Alleged Lock of Emily Dickinson’s Hair is Selling for $450,000...
But Was it Stolen?

Jen DeGregorio Investigates the Curious Case of a Great Poet’s Hair

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You Want Voice? It’s Everywhere in Contemporary Fiction

You Want Voice? It’s Everywhere in Contemporary Fiction

Katie Yee Has Had Enough With a Certain Corner of
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By Katie Yee | September 16, 2021

Carmen Maria Machado Revisits the Artistic Genius of <em>Jennifer's Body</em>

Carmen Maria Machado Revisits the Artistic Genius of Jennifer's Body

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | September 16, 2021

Wonder Bread Sucks: On the First Great Sourdough Boom of the 1960s

Wonder Bread Sucks: On the First Great Sourdough Boom of the 1960s

Eric Pallant Investigates Our Desire for the Authentically Homemade

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