Was Abstract Art Actually Invented by a Mid-19th-Century Spiritualist?

Was Abstract Art Actually Invented by a Mid-19th-Century Spiritualist?

Jennifer Dasal on the 1871 Art Exhibition of Georgiana Houghton

By Jennifer Dasal | September 23, 2020

Snapshots Before the War: Saying Goodbye in 1944

Snapshots Before the War: Saying Goodbye in 1944

Paul Hendrickson on the Day His Father Shipped Off to Japan

By Paul Hendrickson | September 23, 2020

What Does It Mean To Buy From Black-Owned Businesses?

What Does It Mean To Buy From Black-Owned Businesses?

Cassi Pittman Claytor on Buying Power, Racial Uplift, and the Black Middle Class

By Cassi Pittman Claytor | September 23, 2020

What Is So Special About Balzac's Thousands of Characters?

What Is So Special About Balzac's Thousands of Characters?

Peter Brooks on the Extraordinary Fictional Lives of the French Master

By Peter Brooks | September 23, 2020

How I Found Small Joys in My Life as a Poem Elf

How I Found Small Joys in My Life as a Poem Elf

Maggie Lane on Sly Gifts and Hidden Beauties

By Maggie Lane | September 23, 2020

Linda Kay Klein on Being a Steward of Others' Stories

Linda Kay Klein on Being a Steward of Others' Stories

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | September 23, 2020

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Lena Herzog on Reading Montaigne Through the Pandemic

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Wayétu Moore on Using Storytelling to Find the Good Amid the Grim

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Amy Shearn on the Narrative Usefulness of Ghosts

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Was a Lakota Sioux Wrongly Accused of Murder During the Wounded Knee Occupation?

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Gerry Spence on the Case of Collins Catch the Bear Frustrated

By Gerry Spence | September 23, 2020

Now's a Good Time to Revisit Naomi Alderman's <em>The Power</em>

Now's a Good Time to Revisit Naomi Alderman's The Power

From Damian Barr's Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | September 23, 2020

What's It Like to Live in Post–9/11 America as a Muslim?

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By New Books Network | September 23, 2020

Vicki Laveau-Harvie on Writing Family Tragicomedy... Longhand

Vicki Laveau-Harvie on Writing Family Tragicomedy... Longhand

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<em>The Lions of Fifth Avenue</em> by Fiona Davis, Read by Erin Bennett and Lisa Flanagan

The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis, Read by Erin Bennett and Lisa Flanagan

A Literary Mystery Set in the New York Public Library

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Announcing the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Recipients

Announcing the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Recipients

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