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What Hieronymus Bosch’s Fantastical Triptychs Reveal About the Artist’s Worldview

What Hieronymus Bosch’s Fantastical Triptychs Reveal About the Artist’s Worldview

Catherine Daunt on the Judgemental Christian Morality Underpinning the Dutch Painter’s Work

By Catherine Daunt | August 25, 2026

Agnes Callard on Socrates’s Turf

Agnes Callard on Socrates’s Turf

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 25, 2026

Steven Thrasher on the Killing of Jason Arday

Steven Thrasher on the Killing of Jason Arday

“Jason was not just hounded out of academia, he was hounded out of existence.”

By Steven W. Thrasher | August 24, 2026

Fiction as a Filter: On Writing the American West’s Water Crisis

Fiction as a Filter: On Writing the American West’s Water Crisis

Claire Boyles Considers the Ways Her Environmental Activism Informs Her Literary Life

By Claire Boyles | August 24, 2026

How Technology-Assisted Surveillance Promotes Racial Bias in Policing

How Technology-Assisted Surveillance Promotes Racial Bias in Policing

R. Joshua Scannell on the Intersection Between the Carceral State and Big Tech

By R. Joshua Scannell | August 24, 2026

Christelle Dabos on Empathy, Doing Good, and How We Fill Ourselves Up

Christelle Dabos on Empathy, Doing Good, and How We Fill Ourselves Up

“What if every human being were born with an irresistible need to do good?”

By Christelle Dabos | August 24, 2026

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Jeff Jarvis on Mark Twain, America’s First Celebrity Author and Publisher

By Jeff Jarvis | August 21, 2026

A Literary Haunting: What the Ghost of Sylvia Plath Taught Me About Grief

By Abigail Rose-Marie | August 21, 2026

Television to the Rescue! Camille Acker on the Craft Potential of TV

By Camille Acker | August 21, 2026

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Anjet Daanje, Carlos the Jackal, Dorthe Nors, and More

By Book Marks | August 21, 2026

Ways of Connecting: On Writing That Marries the Psychological, the Personal and the Political

Ways of Connecting: On Writing That Marries the Psychological, the Personal and the Political

Faraaz Mahomed Discusses His Debut Novel Mother/Land With Damon Galgut

By Faraaz Mahomed and Damon Galgut | August 21, 2026

In Praise of “Wordy, Old Prose.” (Or, F*ck Your AI Reading Buddy)

In Praise of “Wordy, Old Prose.” (Or, F*ck Your AI Reading Buddy)

Maris Kreizman on the Need For Literary Friction

By Maris Kreizman | August 20, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Something is off in J.D. Vance’s new memoir.”

By Book Marks | August 20, 2026

How Orchids Inspired the Groundbreaking Work of Charles Darwin

How Orchids Inspired the Groundbreaking Work of Charles Darwin

Rowan Hooper on the Hidden Life of a Remarkable Flower

By Rowan Hooper | August 20, 2026

What Does “Progress” Mean, Anyway?

What Does “Progress” Mean, Anyway?

Stuart Firestein on Technology, Science, and the Fraught Subject of Progress

By Stuart Firestein | August 20, 2026

Can Plants Feel Pain? On the Dynamic Sensitivity of the Vegetal World

Can Plants Feel Pain? On the Dynamic Sensitivity of the Vegetal World

Lucinda M. Vardey Dispels Some Common Myths Concerning Living Green Organisms

By Lucinda M. Vardey | August 20, 2026

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