From Burning Man to Industrial Rome, Gift-Giving as Ritualized, Collective Offering

From Burning Man to Industrial Rome, Gift-Giving as Ritualized, Collective Offering

Lewis Hyde on the Anniversary of His Bestselling Book The Gift

By Lewis Hyde | October 21, 2019

Madeline Stevens: 'It's Okay to Take a Long Time to Write One Thing.'

Madeline Stevens: 'It's Okay to Take a Long Time to Write One Thing.'

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | October 21, 2019

Jessica Hagedorn on Writing Experimentally and Trusting the Imagination

Jessica Hagedorn on Writing Experimentally and Trusting the Imagination

In Conversation with Will Schwalbe on But That's Another Story

By But That's Another Story | October 21, 2019

Gary Janetti on Patti LuPone

Gary Janetti on Patti LuPone

The Star at the Edge of Dreams

By Gary Janetti | October 19, 2019

On J.M. Coetzee's <em>Age of Iron</em>: Perennially, Lamentably, Current

On J.M. Coetzee's Age of Iron: Perennially, Lamentably, Current

John Freeman Rereads a Contemporary Classic

By John Freeman | October 18, 2019

Can Democrats Keep Up With Republican-Controlled State Majorities?

Can Democrats Keep Up With Republican-Controlled State Majorities?

Meaghan Winter on the Importance of State Versus Federal Politics

By Meaghan Winter | October 18, 2019

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Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians

By Mars van Grunsven | October 18, 2019

Meme But Not Forgotten: RIP to the Glorious Animals of Our Digital Past

By Kind Studio | October 18, 2019

Orwell's Notes on 1984: Mapping the Inspiration of a Modern Classic

By D.J. Taylor | October 18, 2019

The Role of Librarians in a Historical Age of Obsession

The Role of Librarians in a Historical Age of Obsession

Mark Purcell on European Bibliomania and Libraries in the 18th and 19th Centuries

By Mark Purcell | October 18, 2019

Global Stories That Have Expanded the “Great American” Literary Canon

Global Stories That Have Expanded the “Great American” Literary Canon

A Short Survey of the Last 90 Years

By Sara Nović and Alison Kolesar | October 18, 2019

Tiffany Shlain on How Unplugging One Day a Week Can Save Society

Tiffany Shlain on How Unplugging One Day a Week Can Save Society

The Author of 24/6
Talks to Andrew on Keen On

By Keen On | October 18, 2019

Panic is Worse Than Pain: How Fiction Failed Me After Trauma

Panic is Worse Than Pain: How Fiction Failed Me After Trauma

Jenn Ashworth on the Aftereffects of Surgery

By Jenn Ashworth | October 18, 2019

Yang-Sze Choo on the Confucian Virtues and Man's Transformation Into Beast

Yang-Sze Choo on the Confucian Virtues and Man's Transformation Into Beast

The Author of The Night Tiger Speaks to Gabrielle Mathieu on
the New Books Network

By New Books Network | October 18, 2019

Daphne Kalotay on American Intervention in Afghanistan and Civilian Responsibility

Daphne Kalotay on American Intervention in Afghanistan and Civilian Responsibility

The Author of Blue Hours Talks to G.P. Gottlieb on
the New Books Network

By New Books Network | October 18, 2019

Jane Leavy on the Mythology of Babe Ruth

Jane Leavy on the Mythology of Babe Ruth

The Writer of The Big Fella The Literary Life
with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | October 18, 2019

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