The Gulf Between Aspiration and Accomplishment: Rebecca Mead on Saint Theresa and <em>Middlemarch</em>

The Gulf Between Aspiration and Accomplishment: Rebecca Mead on Saint Theresa and Middlemarch

“Middlemarch—both the novel and the fictional town for which it is named—is limited by the constraints of ordinary life.”

By Rebecca Mead | September 15, 2021

Big Town, Insistent Revolutions: On the Rich, Kaleidoscopic Lives of New Yorkers in Literature

Big Town, Insistent Revolutions: On the Rich, Kaleidoscopic Lives of New Yorkers in Literature

Vince Passaro Recommends Great Books About the Big Apple

By Vince Passaro | September 15, 2021

Maggie Nelson on Climate Change and Hopelessness

Maggie Nelson on Climate Change and Hopelessness

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | September 15, 2021

Giulio Boccaletti on How Water Shapes Society

Giulio Boccaletti on How Water Shapes Society

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 15, 2021

On the Playwright Sarah Kane and Radical Ekphrasis in Contemporary Poetics

On the Playwright Sarah Kane and Radical Ekphrasis in Contemporary Poetics

Andrea Abi-Karam on Writing To The Dead

By Andrea Abi-Karam | September 15, 2021

“Drain”

“Drain”

A Poem by Devon Walker-Figueroa

By Devon Walker-Figueroa | September 15, 2021

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Writing a Novel Through Illness: On the Inseparability of Body and Mind

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Sarah Gilmartin Reads from Dinner Party: A Tragedy

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When Incarceration Comes Home: On Prison “Reforms” That Still Do Harm

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<em>Republic of Detours</em> by Scott Borchert, Read by Jonathan Yen

Republic of Detours by Scott Borchert, Read by Jonathan Yen

A Well-Crafted Journey Into America’s past

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Minal Bopaiah on Equity as the Foundation for Group Success

Minal Bopaiah on Equity as the Foundation for Group Success

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 15, 2021

Colson Whitehead: Why a Heist Novel Was the Best Way to Tell the Story of New York

Colson Whitehead: Why a Heist Novel Was the Best Way to Tell the Story of New York

“I wanted to salute that moment of night and those nighthawks.”

By Dwyer Murphy | September 14, 2021

Mary Roach on Finding What’s Weird and Wild in Science Stories

Mary Roach on Finding What’s Weird and Wild in Science Stories

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By Corinne Segal | September 14, 2021

Is the Original <em>Pinocchio</em> Actually About Lying and Very Long Noses?

Is the Original Pinocchio Actually About Lying and Very Long Noses?

John Hooper and Anna Kraczyna on the Italian Author Behind the Beloved (Pre-Disney) Children’s Tale

By John Hooper and Anna Kraczyna | September 14, 2021

How Richard Wright Grappled with Behaviorism, Racism, and Trauma in <em>Native Son</em>

How Richard Wright Grappled with Behaviorism, Racism, and Trauma in Native Son

George Makari on the Phobic World of Wright’s First Novel

By George Makari | September 14, 2021

Dana Gioia on Why Ray Bradbury is So Essential

Dana Gioia on Why Ray Bradbury is So Essential

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | September 14, 2021

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