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On the Uses of Compassion

On the Uses of Compassion

Douglas Penick Considers Buddhist Traditions in the Mediation of Suffering

By Douglas Penick | January 21, 2021

<em>Wintering</em> by Katherine May, Read by Rebecca Lee

Wintering by Katherine May, Read by Rebecca Lee

On Finding Rest and Refuge in Challenging Times

By Behind the Mic | January 21, 2021

Why AI Can’t Properly Translate Proust—Yet

Why AI Can’t Properly Translate Proust—Yet

Michael Wooldridge on the Limits of Literary Automation

By Michael Wooldridge | January 20, 2021

Defiant Style: A Story of African Women, in Photographs and Fashion

Defiant Style: A Story of African Women, in Photographs and Fashion

Catherine E. McKinley on the Sewing Machine as a Tool of Empowerment

By Catherine E. McKinley | January 20, 2021

I Watched a Baby Being Born So I Could Write My Book

I Watched a Baby Being Born So I Could Write My Book

Janice P. Nimura on Her Research Process for The Doctors Blackwell

By Janice P. Nimura | January 20, 2021

What Makes <em>Flowers in the Attic</em> the Perfect Quarantine Read?

What Makes Flowers in the Attic the Perfect Quarantine Read?

From the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman
and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | January 20, 2021

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Do Dogs Really Dream?

By Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold | January 20, 2021

Resisting the Badge of ‘Resilience’ in the Wake of a Devastating Loss

By Emily Rapp Black | January 20, 2021

Rob Doyle: What Happened to Expecting Candor from Writers?

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 20, 2021

Writing Through the Silences of a Lost Family History

Writing Through the Silences of a Lost Family History

Jonathan Lichtenstein on Unearthing the WWII Past of His Father

By Jonathan Lichtenstein | January 20, 2021

How Economists Turned America Against the Minimum Wage

How Economists Turned America Against the Minimum Wage

Tom Bergin Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 20, 2021

R. F. Kuang: How a Hidden History Became a Fantasy Trilogy

R. F. Kuang: How a Hidden History Became a Fantasy Trilogy

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | January 20, 2021

Catherine Lacey on the Religious Experience of Reading the Right Book at the Right Time

Catherine Lacey on the Religious Experience of Reading the Right Book at the Right Time

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | January 20, 2021

Remembering Deborah Orr with a Reading of Her Memoir, <em>Motherwell</em>

Remembering Deborah Orr with a Reading of Her Memoir, Motherwell

From Damian Barr's Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | January 20, 2021

‘Fable’

‘Fable’

A Poem by Ahmed Bouanani

By Ahmed Bouanani | January 20, 2021

Morgan Entrekin on the Hope of a Post-COVID Publishing Landscape

Morgan Entrekin on the Hope of a Post-COVID Publishing Landscape

In Conversation with Walter Mosley on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | January 20, 2021

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