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A Tribute to Roberto Calasso

A Tribute to Roberto Calasso

Friends and Colleagues Remember the Late Writer and Legendary Publisher

By Literary Hub | August 23, 2021

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

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

Heather Cass White on the Almost Sinful Allure of Self-Enlightenment

By Heather Cass White | August 23, 2021

My Year of Mourning: Mapping the Full Cycle of the Loss of My Father

My Year of Mourning: Mapping the Full Cycle of the Loss of My Father

Merissa Nathan Gerson’s Notes on Grief

By Merissa Nathan Gerson | August 23, 2021

Meet <em>Granta</em>’s Next Generation of Important Spanish Novelists

Meet Granta’s Next Generation of Important Spanish Novelists

Tobias Carroll Talks to Guest Editor Valerie Miles

By Tobias Carroll | August 23, 2021

The Sound of Muses: On Literary Comebacks and the Importance of Listening with Purpose

The Sound of Muses: On Literary Comebacks and the Importance of Listening with Purpose

Louis Edwards Traces His Long Publishing Journey

By Louis Edwards | August 23, 2021

Edward Hirsch on the Poet’s Celebration of Grief

Edward Hirsch on the Poet’s Celebration of Grief

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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

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

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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+

By Sari Botton and Alexey Yurenev | August 20, 2021

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

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

By Rachel Greenwald Smith | August 20, 2021

Tales of Bohemian Living with The Lounge Lizards in 1979 New York

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John Lurie on the Days of Sex, Drugs, and Car Crash Jazz

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The Great Cosmological Debate of the Twentieth Century

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Paul Halpern on What It Took to Confirm the Big Bang Theory

By Paul Halpern | August 20, 2021

Meet the Real-Life Inspiration Behind “Mr. Toad”

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Interview with an Indie Press: Nightboat Books

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Love Warriors: Women of Color Doulas in a Time of Crisis

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