Elizabeth Kolbert: Cleaning Up America’s Filthy Rivers May Be a Neverending Job

Elizabeth Kolbert: Cleaning Up America’s Filthy Rivers May Be a Neverending Job

“First you reverse a river. Then you electrify it.”

By Elizabeth Kolbert | March 9, 2021

How Virginia Woolf’s Time-Traveling Androgynous Hero Became Shorthand for Fashion’s Genderless Future 

How Virginia Woolf’s Time-Traveling Androgynous Hero Became Shorthand for Fashion’s Genderless Future 

Sophie Wilson on the Liberation Looks Inspired by Orlando

By Sophie Wilson | March 9, 2021

On the Frontlines of the Battle to Preserve the American West

On the Frontlines of the Battle to Preserve the American West

From White Nationalists to Endangered Tortoises, Michelle Nijhuis Encounters the Modern Wilderness

By Michelle Nijhuis | March 9, 2021

Was Kazuo Ishiguro’s <em>The Unconsoled</em> the Greatest Literary Practical Joke of All Time?

Was Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled the Greatest Literary Practical Joke of All Time?

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | March 9, 2021

Simone Weil’s Radical Conception of Attention

Simone Weil’s Radical Conception of Attention

Robert Zaretsky on the Philosophy of Negative Effort

By Robert Zaretsky | March 9, 2021

When I Lived Across the Hall From Sid Vicious

When I Lived Across the Hall From Sid Vicious

Donna Florio Remembers Just Another Day on Manhattan's Bank Street

By Donna Florio | March 9, 2021

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Fred Wiseman on the Winning Combination of Luck and Good Judgment

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And Death Shall Have Dominion: Tales of Doctors, Their Patients, and What Comes For Us All

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Our (Nonexistent) Work-Life Balance Is Hitting Peak Urgency

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Annie Auerbach in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 9, 2021

Laurie Frankel Reads from Her Forthcoming Novel, <em>One Two Three</em>

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On Storybound, Our Radio-Theater Podcast

By Storybound | March 9, 2021

Don't Be a Josh Lyman During This Year's Tournament of Books

Don't Be a Josh Lyman During This Year's Tournament of Books

This Week on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | March 9, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Island on Fire</em> by Tom Zoellner

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Carlin Romano on One of the Finalists for Nonfiction

By Carlin Romano | March 9, 2021

Ilona Andrews on Blending Romance and Monstrosity

Ilona Andrews on Blending Romance and Monstrosity

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | March 9, 2021

<em>Under a White Sky</em> by Elizabeth Kolbert, Read by Rebecca Lowman

Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert, Read by Rebecca Lowman

Examining the Future of Our Environment

By Behind the Mic | March 9, 2021

Writing at the Edges of Holocaust Kitsch

Writing at the Edges of Holocaust Kitsch

Leora Fridman on Takis Würger’s Controversial Novel, Stella

By Leora Fridman | March 8, 2021

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