The Trial of Harry Houdini

The Trial of Harry Houdini

When the Great Escape Artist Was Arrested in Germany for Fraud

By Joe Posnanski | October 22, 2019

Jami Attenberg on Writing Family and Being an American Author

Jami Attenberg on Writing Family and Being an American Author

The author of All This Could Be Yours
on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | October 22, 2019

Dead Kennedys in the West: <br> The Politicized Punks of 1970s San Francisco

Dead Kennedys in the West:
The Politicized Punks of 1970s San Francisco

The New Punk Generation Made the Hippies Look Past Their Prime

By Lincoln A. Mitchell | October 22, 2019

Introducing the <em>Storybound</em> Podcast

Introducing the Storybound Podcast

Acclaimed Writers Telling Present Day Radio Dramas

By Storybound | October 22, 2019

Marguerite Duras: Internet Essayist?

Marguerite Duras: Internet Essayist?

On Leaving a Public Record of Your Mistakes

By Maddie Crum | October 21, 2019

Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life

Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life

Martha Cooley on the Vajont Disaster, Julio Cortazar, and the Strange Power of Serendipity

By Martha Cooley | October 21, 2019

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The Two Mughal Princes Who Stood in the Way of the British East India Company

By William Dalrymple | October 21, 2019

Chill Your Wine in John Steinbeck's Silver Bucket

By Rebecca Rego Barry | October 21, 2019

Do Printed-Out Emails Count As Letters? (Yes)

By Dheepa R. Maturi | October 21, 2019

The Life and Times of McDermott and McGough, True Artists of Downtown NYC

The Life and Times of McDermott and McGough, True Artists of Downtown NYC

From Modern Calvary in the Catskills to Small Penis Paintings

By Peter McGough | October 21, 2019

On the Sexist Reception of Willa Cather's World War I Novel

On the Sexist Reception of Willa Cather's World War I Novel

From Hemingway to Mencken, No One Thought a Woman Could Write About Combat

By Rebecca Onion | October 21, 2019

The Diplomatic Gambit That Opened Cuba Up to the World

The Diplomatic Gambit That Opened Cuba Up to the World

How Castro Unintentionally Galvanized a Generation of Cubans

By Victor Andres Triay | October 21, 2019

Petina Gappah on Human Nature, Good and Evil

Petina Gappah on Human Nature, Good and Evil

The Author of Dual Citizens on First Draft

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 21, 2019

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

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