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On (and In) The Sewers (and Sewage) That Transformed Paris

On (and In) The Sewers (and Sewage) That Transformed Paris

The Secret of a World Class City

By Stephen Halliday | December 2, 2019

Larry Brown's Long and Tortured Struggle to Make Himself Into a Writer

Larry Brown's Long and Tortured Struggle to Make Himself Into a Writer

Jonathan Miles Remembers His Friend

By Jonathan Miles | December 2, 2019

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

From Dead Astronauts to Dead Girls . . . Well, it's December

By Emily Temple | December 2, 2019

Lane Moore on Privilege, Trauma, and What Men Really Want on Dating Apps

Lane Moore on Privilege, Trauma, and What Men Really Want on Dating Apps

The How To Be Alone Memoirist on The Maris Review

By The Maris Review | December 2, 2019

On Engaging with Judaism Through Poetry: A Roundtable

On Engaging with Judaism Through Poetry: A Roundtable

Rachel Mennies with Rosebud Ben-Oni, sam sax, Chase Berggrun, Erika Meitner, and Aaron Samuels

By Rachel Mennies | December 2, 2019

Leslie Jamison on How Her 12-Step Experience Influences All Her Writing

Leslie Jamison on How Her 12-Step Experience Influences All Her Writing

The Make it Scream, Make it Burn Essayist
on First Draft

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 2, 2019

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On the Language of the Deep Blue: Listening to Killer Whales

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AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of 2019

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Michael Eric Dyson on Faith, Blackness, and Jay Z's Appreciation for Language

By But That's Another Story | December 2, 2019

C.P. Lesley and Charles Todd Talk Victorian Sleuths and the Toll of WWI

C.P. Lesley and Charles Todd Talk Victorian Sleuths and the Toll of WWI

The Mother-Son Author Duo Discuss A Cruel Deception on
the New Books Network

By New Books Network | December 2, 2019

The Car Culture That's Helping Destroy the Planet Was By No Means Inevitable

The Car Culture That's Helping Destroy the Planet Was By No Means Inevitable

On the Relentless Campaign to Force Americans to Accept the Automobile

By Jeff Sparrow | November 27, 2019

Where Have All the Sin-Eaters Gone? (We Could Use Some Right Now)

Where Have All the Sin-Eaters Gone? (We Could Use Some Right Now)

Thomas Lynch on Breaking Bread with the Dead, and Old Catholic Traditions

By Thomas Lynch | November 27, 2019

How to Throw a Shower for a Novel

How to Throw a Shower for a Novel

Caroline Louise Walker on Celebrating a Very Important New Arrival

By Caroline Louise Walker | November 27, 2019

Remember, Remember Where the Word 'Guy' Comes From

Remember, Remember Where the Word 'Guy' Comes From

Allan Metcalf on the Evolving Legacy of Guy Fawkes

By Allan Metcalf | November 27, 2019

Six Novels That Capture Detroit, Past and Present

Six Novels That Capture Detroit, Past and Present

Jodie Adams Kirshner on Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, Jeffrey Eugenides, and More

By Jodie Adams Kirshner | November 27, 2019

The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History

The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History

Alanna Okun on Kassia St. Clair's History of Fabric

By Alanna Okun | November 27, 2019

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