On Robin McKinley’s Fantasies and the Books That Are “Just Yours”

On Robin McKinley’s Fantasies and the Books That Are “Just Yours”

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | August 18, 2021

Christopher Gray on Hustling to the Top... with an Altruistic Mindset

Christopher Gray on Hustling to the Top... with an Altruistic Mindset

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 18, 2021

<em>The Ones We're Meant to Find</em> by Joan He, Read by Nancy Wu

The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He, Read by Nancy Wu

An Intense and Memorable YA Listen

By Behind the Mic | August 18, 2021

<em>Grendel</em> at 50: How John Gardner’s Finest Novel Undermines His Ideas About Moral Fiction

Grendel at 50: How John Gardner’s Finest Novel Undermines His Ideas About Moral Fiction

“Grendel is funny, entertaining, troubling, and above all unruly; the novel refuses to behave.”

By Andrew DeYoung | August 17, 2021

Why Does Lionel Messi Ignore the Ball for the First Five Minutes of a Match?

Why Does Lionel Messi Ignore the Ball for the First Five Minutes of a Match?

Simon Kuper on the Life and Career of an Enigmatic Football Genius

By Simon Kuper | August 17, 2021

The Ugliness of Comic Sans Has a Practical Use

The Ugliness of Comic Sans Has a Practical Use

Jonah Lehrer on the Easy Recall of Certain “Disfluent” Fonts

By Jonah Lehrer | August 17, 2021

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One in a Million: Where Were You When You Heard that Aaliyah Died?

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How Surrendering to Communal Time Can Make Us All Happier

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The Beautiful Impossibility of the World’s Largest Pearl

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Myriam Gurba Performs Her Story “Writing Ourselves Into Bed”

Myriam Gurba Performs Her Story “Writing Ourselves Into Bed”

On Storybound, Our Radio-Theater Podcast

By Storybound | August 17, 2021

Jonah Lehrer on the Science of Mystery

Jonah Lehrer on the Science of Mystery

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 17, 2021

My Shadow Book: On Consciously—or Unconsciously—Immortalizing Ex-Partners in Literary Fiction

My Shadow Book: On Consciously—or Unconsciously—Immortalizing Ex-Partners in Literary Fiction

Andrew Palmer Struggles with the Idea of Creating Characters (Partly) Based on an Ex

By Andrew Palmer | August 17, 2021

WATCH: Tod Goldberg on Being Ruled By Your Own Game

WATCH: Tod Goldberg on Being Ruled By Your Own Game

From the New Video Series Authors in the Tent, Hosted by Ona Russell

By The Virtual Book Channel | August 17, 2021

Mariella Guzzoni on Van Gogh’s Love of Literature

Mariella Guzzoni on Van Gogh’s Love of Literature

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | August 17, 2021

Meredith Westgate on Memory, Unreliable Narrators, and the Risks of Knowing Your Partner <em>Too</em> Well

Meredith Westgate on Memory, Unreliable Narrators, and the Risks of Knowing Your Partner Too Well

This Week on the So Many Damn Books Podcast

By So Many Damn Books | August 17, 2021

<em>Battle Royal</em> by Lucy Parker, Read by Billie Fulford-Brown

Battle Royal by Lucy Parker, Read by Billie Fulford-Brown

Two Rival Bakers, One Royal Wedding

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