WATCH: Amy E. Wallen on the Complicated Role of Memory in Memoir

WATCH: Amy E. Wallen on the Complicated Role of Memory in Memoir

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

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Sergey Young on the Science and Ethics of Living to 200

Sergey Young on the Science and Ethics of Living to 200

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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<em>Lilyville</em> by Tovah Feldshuh, Read by the Author

Lilyville by Tovah Feldshuh, Read by the Author

On the Life of the Actor, and the Force of Nature That Was Her Mother

By Behind the Mic | August 24, 2021

The Long Unpredictable Life of Art: Francine Prose on Teaching James Alan McPherson to Incarcerated Students

The Long Unpredictable Life of Art: Francine Prose on Teaching James Alan McPherson to Incarcerated Students

Remembering a Dear Friend Through His Work

By Francine Prose | August 23, 2021

Misunderstanding Thoreau: Reading Neurodiversity in Literature and in Life

Misunderstanding Thoreau: Reading Neurodiversity in Literature and in Life

Steve Edwards on Kathryn Schulz, Donald Hall, and the Things We Miss

By Steve Edwards | August 23, 2021

A Tribute to Roberto Calasso

A Tribute to Roberto Calasso

Friends and Colleagues Remember the Late Writer and Legendary Publisher

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How Reading and the Thirst for Knowledge is at the Heart of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

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Louis Edwards Traces His Long Publishing Journey

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Edward Hirsch on the Poet’s Celebration of Grief

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Laura Marsh on the Enduring Appeal of Graham Greene’s <em>The End of the Affair</em>

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From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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Bill Steigerwald on Life Undercover as a Black Man in the Jim Crow South

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<em>In the Heights</em> by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Jeremy McCarter, Read by a Full Cast

In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Jeremy McCarter, Read by a Full Cast

An Audio Treasure for Theater and Film Buffs

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Behind Closed Doors: Documenting the Lives of the Elders in a Time of Plague

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Sari Botton and Alexey Yurenev for The Longest Year: 2020+

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How David Foster Wallace Used Compromise Aesthetics to Sell <em>Infinite Jest</em>

How David Foster Wallace Used Compromise Aesthetics to Sell Infinite Jest

Rachel Greenwald Smith on the Treacherous Common Territories of Literary Culture and Capitalism

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