Humanity’s Claustrophobia: How Technology and Globalization Created a World in Crisis

Humanity’s Claustrophobia: How Technology and Globalization Created a World in Crisis

Robert D. Kaplan Reflects on Globalization’s Shifting Definitions in the Age of Social Media

By Robert D. Kaplan | January 29, 2025

How an Obscure German Noblewoman Influenced the Way Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary

How an Obscure German Noblewoman Influenced the Way Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary

Biographer Ruth Franklin on the Value of a Careful Eye and Fresh Perspective

By Ruth Franklin | January 29, 2025

André Alexis on Martha Baillie's <em>There Is No Blue</em>

André Alexis on Martha Baillie's There Is No Blue

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | January 29, 2025

How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

Dorian Lynskey on Pierrepoint B. Noyes, H.G. Wells, and the “Superweapons” of Early Science-Fiction

By Dorian Lynskey | January 28, 2025

Sex, Love and Longing in 1970s Gay New York: Edmund White on His Past Lovers

Sex, Love and Longing in 1970s Gay New York: Edmund White on His Past Lovers

“He was a Peter Pan, the puer aeternus. I was abject in my longing for him.”

By Edmund White | January 28, 2025

How Black and White America Reacted to Maya Angelou’s <em>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings</em>

How Black and White America Reacted to Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Scott W. Stern on the Reception of an American Classic and the Birth of a Renaissance of Black Women Writers

By Scott W. Stern | January 28, 2025

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“In the Name of the Bee,” a Poem by Pádraig O’ Tuama

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Emily Greenhouse on the Whole Self

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Lila Shapiro on the Allegations Against Neil Gaiman

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“Anarchism Means That You Should Be Free.” On the Literature of Liberation

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Ed Simon Considers the Life Alexander Berkman, Anarchist, Would-Be Assassin, and 19th-Century Luigi Mangione

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<em>Severance</em> is a Realist Manifesto for the 21st Century

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Joel Cuthbertson on the Series’ Obsession with Emotional Reality

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On Trying (and Really Failing) to Design My Own Book Cover

On Trying (and Really Failing) to Design My Own Book Cover

Mary Childs Considers the Virtues of Staying in Your Lane, Despite Her Passion for Graphic Design

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Why Absolute Truth is Still Worth Pursuing In a Narrative-Driven World

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Jay Nicorvo on Separating Fact From Perception While Writing a True Crime Memoir

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Jack Torrance and Me: On Writing and Self-Loathing in <em>The Shining</em>

Jack Torrance and Me: On Writing and Self-Loathing in The Shining

Maggie Su: "Just as part of Jack will always remain at the Overlook, my shadow is still part of me."

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Alan Shapiro on Inspiration

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In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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Connie Hale and Ellen Sussman on Writing Retreats

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