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Extractor of Secrets, Discloser of Secrets: On the Complex Role of the Biographer

Extractor of Secrets, Discloser of Secrets: On the Complex Role of the Biographer

Debra Dean Considers the Therapeutic Effects of Telling Our Stories

By Debra Dean | July 1, 2021

Kishore Mahbubani: This Contest Against China Shows How Insecure America Is

Kishore Mahbubani: This Contest Against China Shows How Insecure America Is

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 1, 2021

Gigi Georges on the False Narratives of Rural America

Gigi Georges on the False Narratives of Rural America

This Week from Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | July 1, 2021

The Inner Lives of Black Women: On Novels That Break the Chains of Trauma

The Inner Lives of Black Women: On Novels That Break the Chains of Trauma

Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler Recommends Candice Carty-Williams, Jacqueline Woodson, and More

By Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler | July 1, 2021

Sasha Frere-Jones on the Future of Live Music Post-Pandemic

Sasha Frere-Jones on the Future of Live Music Post-Pandemic

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | July 1, 2021

When a Florida Man Researches His Home State for a Book (Police Not Involved!)

When a Florida Man Researches His Home State for a Book (Police Not Involved!)

John Brandon on the Origins of His New Novel

By John Brandon | July 1, 2021

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WATCH: Stephen Graham Jones on Horror Writing and Coding Native Characters

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 1, 2021

Do Books Have to Be Depressing to Be Taken Seriously?

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Was the Mosquito the Greatest Aircraft of the Second
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<em>Sooley</em> by John Grisham, Read by Dion Graham

Sooley by John Grisham, Read by Dion Graham

An Engaging Audiobook from Golden Voice Dion Graham

By Behind the Mic | July 1, 2021

Writing the “Eastern Western.” On the Massive Resurgence of Asian American Westerns 

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Lavinia Liang Considers the Meaning of Land, Territory, Americanness, and Lost Histories

By Lavinia Liang | June 30, 2021

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Daytime Horror: On Cults, White Supremacy, and Pagan Aesthetics

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Daytime Horror: On Cults, White Supremacy, and Pagan Aesthetics

Mieko Anders Considers Klara and the Sun and Midsommar

By Mieko Anders | June 30, 2021

The Impossible Question at the Heart of Every Book Tour

The Impossible Question at the Heart of Every Book Tour

Jason Mott on Attempting to Answer “What’s Your Book About?”

By Jason Mott | June 30, 2021

Jericho Brown on Church, Desire, and Learning How to Change

Jericho Brown on Church, Desire, and Learning How to Change

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | June 30, 2021

How the Prophetic Fiction of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Exposed the Dangers of Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

How the Prophetic Fiction of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Exposed the Dangers of Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

Margot Livesey on Address Unknown and the Dangers of Communal Mythology

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When Activist Poets Took Over a Tiny California Town

When Activist Poets Took Over a Tiny California Town

Uncovering a Unique Chapter in the History of American Poetry

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