Inside the Long Friendship of James Merrill and<br> Elizabeth Bishop

Inside the Long Friendship of James Merrill and
Elizabeth Bishop

“Your long wonderful letter is here today.”

By James Merrill | April 1, 2021

This Must Be the Place: On the Transcendent Refuge of the Musical Past

This Must Be the Place: On the Transcendent Refuge of the Musical Past

Dawnie Walton Searches for Representation in Rock and Roll

By Dawnie Walton | April 1, 2021

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

During April Showers, Vaccine Lines, etc.

By Emily Temple | April 1, 2021

How Jackie Robinson Paved the Way for the Undersung<br> Larry Doby

How Jackie Robinson Paved the Way for the Undersung
Larry Doby

Luke Epplin on the Impact of a Sports Pioneer and the
Black Players Who Followed

By Luke Epplin | April 1, 2021

Why I Decided to Write Fiction and Publish a Debut Novel<br> in My 80s

Why I Decided to Write Fiction and Publish a Debut Novel
in My 80s

Orville Schell on His Long Odyssey From Nonfiction to Fiction

By Orville Schell | April 1, 2021

The Anxiety of Influence: On the Few Books I Was Able to Read While Writing My Own

The Anxiety of Influence: On the Few Books I Was Able to Read While Writing My Own

Marcia Butler Recommends Jonathan Lee, Akhil Sharma, and More

By Marcia Butler | April 1, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Etna
  • Triage
  • The Amateur
  • The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
  • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
  • Sunrise
  • A Tender Age
  • Don't Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech
  • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
  • The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

Annie Zaidi on the Fears of Writing Inside a Patriarchal and Call-Out Culture

By The Quarantine Tapes | April 1, 2021

I’m Forever in Debt to Paris: Finding Peace at Brasserie Lipp

By Georgette Moger and John Donohue | April 1, 2021

On the Valuable Writing Lessons I Learned as a Television Reporter

By Nancy Johnson | April 1, 2021

How Settlers Convinced Themselves They Were the First Owners of America

How Settlers Convinced Themselves They Were the First Owners of America

Michael Heller in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 1, 2021

Reading James Joyce’s <em>Finnegans Wake</em>... Without Trying to Decode It

Reading James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake... Without Trying to Decode It

Introducing a New Five-Part Series on the Most Mystifying Book Ever Written

By The Cosmic Library | April 1, 2021

Fuller Seminary President Mark Labberton on the Theology of Making

Fuller Seminary President Mark Labberton on the Theology of Making

From the ArtCenter College of Design’s Bi-Weekly Podcast

By Change Lab | April 1, 2021

<em>Thinking Again</em> by Jan Morris, Read by Jennifer M. Dixon

Thinking Again by Jan Morris, Read by Jennifer M. Dixon

Morris’s Witty Daily Diary, on Audio

By Behind the Mic | April 1, 2021

The 19 Best Book Covers of March

The 19 Best Book Covers of March

Humor is back, baby.

By Emily Temple | March 31, 2021

How Animal Intelligence Helps Us Speculate About the<br> Alien Mind

How Animal Intelligence Helps Us Speculate About the
Alien Mind

Arik Kershenbaum on the Role of Evolutionary Biology
in Brain Development

By Arik Kershenbaum | March 31, 2021

The Best Reviewed Books </br>of the Month

The Best Reviewed Books
of the Month

Featuring New Titles by Kazuo Ishiguro, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Melissa Febos, Walter Isaacson, and more

By Book Marks | March 31, 2021

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