Understanding the Bronx: <br>A Reading List

Understanding the Bronx:
A Reading List

John J. Healey Recommends Books By E.L. Doctorow, Lilliam Rivera, and More

By John J. Healey | July 19, 2021

How Two Telephone Books Tell a Condensed Story of the Holocaust

How Two Telephone Books Tell a Condensed Story of the Holocaust

Miljenko Jergović on the Visible Erasure of Croatian Jews

By Miljenko Jergović, translated by Mirza Purić | July 19, 2021

Michael Kleber-Diggs on Connecting to the World Through Poetry

Michael Kleber-Diggs on Connecting to the World Through Poetry

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | July 19, 2021

Vocal Effects: How Hormones Change the Way We Sound

Vocal Effects: How Hormones Change the Way We Sound

Carole Hooven on the Role of Testosterone in Human Speech

By Carole Hooven | July 19, 2021

David Gessner on Channeling Thoreau Throughout the Pandemic

David Gessner on Channeling Thoreau Throughout the Pandemic

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | July 19, 2021

<em>Blackout</em> by Six Bestselling YA Authors, Read by a Full Cast

Blackout by Six Bestselling YA Authors, Read by a Full Cast

Six Heartfelt Stories of Falling in Love

By Behind the Mic | July 19, 2021

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Kristen Radtke: How Do You Turn a Graphic Novel Into a Compelling Audiobook?

By Kristen Radtke | July 16, 2021

William H. Gass Considers the Conditions of Adultery

By William H. Gass | July 16, 2021

Inside the Decades-Long Conservative Strategy to Weaken Roe v. Wade

By Kathryn Kolbert and Julie F. Kay | July 16, 2021

How a Small French Newspaper Began the Tour de France

How a Small French Newspaper Began the Tour de France

Adin Dobkin on L'Auto, the War Torn Year of 1919, and the Beginning of the Legendary Bike Ride

By Adin Dobkin | July 16, 2021

The Earth and the Flesh: On Channeling the Serenity of the <em>Tao</em> to Endure a Tibetan Expedition

The Earth and the Flesh: On Channeling the Serenity of the Tao to Endure a Tibetan Expedition

Sylvain Tesson Journeys Across the Changtang Plateau

By Sylvain Tesson | July 16, 2021

Matt Bell on the Importance of Joy in Nature Stories

Matt Bell on the Importance of Joy in Nature Stories

"Go big with wonder."

By Matt Bell | July 16, 2021

Looking to the Past to Change the Future: On Japan's #MeToo Movement

Looking to the Past to Change the Future: On Japan's #MeToo Movement

Shiori Ito on Her Widely Publicized Assault Case, and Ensuing Activism

By Shiori Ito, translated by Allison Markin Powell | July 16, 2021

All Our Monstrous Fantasies: A Reading List

All Our Monstrous Fantasies: A Reading List

Beth Morgan Recommends Patricia Highsmith, Han Kang, and More

By Beth Morgan | July 16, 2021

How Digital Activism and Organizing Inspired Brazil’s #MeToo Movement

How Digital Activism and Organizing Inspired Brazil’s #MeToo Movement

Rachel B. Vogelstein and Meighan Stone on an Overdue Reckoning

By Rachel B. Vogelstein and Meighan Stone | July 16, 2021

Louis-Philippe Dalembert: “Migration Is Part of My Story”

Louis-Philippe Dalembert: “Migration Is Part of My Story”

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | July 16, 2021

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