The Debutante Ball in the Global <br>Age of Instagram

The Debutante Ball in the Global
Age of Instagram

On High Society Rites of Passage and Dreams of Fame

By Kristen Richardson | November 20, 2019

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

Serhii Plohky on the WWII Allied Plans for the Air

By Serhii Plokhy | November 20, 2019

Hollywood's Black Musicals: A Tale of Obscurity, Innovation, and...<em>The Wiz</em>

Hollywood's Black Musicals: A Tale of Obscurity, Innovation, and...The Wiz

Musicals Never Died, They Only Evolved

By Jeanine Basinger | November 20, 2019

Congratulations to National Book Foundation Lifetime Honoree Edmund White

Congratulations to National Book Foundation Lifetime Honoree Edmund White

Read a Selection From His Novel-in-Progress A Previous Life

By Literary Hub | November 20, 2019

Ordinary Girls: Jaquira Díaz on Growing Up in Miami Beach

Ordinary Girls: Jaquira Díaz on Growing Up in Miami Beach

“We wanted to be seen, finally, to exist in the lives we’d mapped out for ourselves.”

By Jaquira Díaz | November 20, 2019

What the Retelling of Myths Reveals of the Teller

What the Retelling of Myths Reveals of the Teller

Jennifer S. Cheng on Writing about the Moon Goddess Chang'E

By Jennifer S. Cheng | November 20, 2019

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In a Backyard in Texas, Considering the Universe
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Malcolm Garcia Documents the Lives of America's Have-Nots

By Dale Maharidge | November 20, 2019

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Fiction Award

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The House of SpeakEasy Podcast: Failing Up

The House of SpeakEasy Podcast: Failing Up

Mitchell S. Jackson, John Avlon, and Janna Levin
at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater

By The SpeakEasy Podcast | November 20, 2019

Leland Cheuk on Writing Through Trauma

Leland Cheuk on Writing Through Trauma

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | November 20, 2019

On the Books That Most Influenced the Great David Bowie

On the Books That Most Influenced the Great David Bowie

Genius Recognizes Genius

By John O'Connell | November 19, 2019

Reading Albert Woodfox's <em>Solitary</em> While Being Detained at Guantánamo

Reading Albert Woodfox's Solitary While Being Detained at Guantánamo

Ahmed Rabbani: "My overwhelming sense is one of sorrow."

By Literary Hub | November 19, 2019

On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses

On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses

David Lindsay Roberts Considers the Career of E.T. Bell

By David Lindsay Roberts | November 19, 2019

A Novel at the Edge of the World: In Conversation with Julia Phillips

A Novel at the Edge of the World: In Conversation with Julia Phillips

The Author of Disappearing Earth on the Complicated Realities of Getting What You Want

By Brian Gresko | November 19, 2019

Blue Babies, Big Egos, and the Wild World of Early Open Heart Surgery

Blue Babies, Big Egos, and the Wild World of Early Open Heart Surgery

On Post-War Innovations in Life Saving Surgery

By Gabriel Brownstein | November 19, 2019

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