Merve Emre on Gossip as Literary Form in Carmen Boullosa’s <em>Texas: The Great Theft</em>

Merve Emre on Gossip as Literary Form in Carmen Boullosa’s Texas: The Great Theft

“Like a thief, gossip moves swiftly, undeterred by rivers or valleys, indifferent to borders and the hotheads who patrol them.”

By Merve Emre | December 9, 2024

Snapshots in Verse: On Hannah Arendt’s Long-Lost Poems

Snapshots in Verse: On Hannah Arendt’s Long-Lost Poems

Samantha Rose Hill and Genese Grill in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | December 9, 2024

How Dr. Marie Zakrzewska Created Boston’s First Hospital By Women, For Women

How Dr. Marie Zakrzewska Created Boston’s First Hospital By Women, For Women

Lydia Reeder on the Ways Female Doctors Fought Against 19th-Century Medical Misogyny

By Lydia Reeder | December 9, 2024

Gabra Zackman on 2024's Best Nonfiction and Culture Audiobooks

Gabra Zackman on 2024's Best Nonfiction and Culture Audiobooks

in conversation with AudioFile's Michele Cobb

By Behind the Mic | December 9, 2024

Anna Noyes on Knowing When to Give Up

Anna Noyes on Knowing When to Give Up

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 9, 2024

Faith Adiele on Hybrid Writing for Hybrid Lives

Faith Adiele on Hybrid Writing for Hybrid Lives

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | December 9, 2024

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Dark Futures: How the European Dream of Modernization Ended in Totalitarian Despair

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“Dissociation” and “Central Park, Nocturne,” Two Poems by David McLoghlin

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Dion Graham and the Best Biography & Memoir Audiobooks of 2024

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A Refuge for the Soul: How to Build a Library, According to Montaigne

A Refuge for the Soul: How to Build a Library, According to Montaigne

Andrew Hui Considers the Innumerable Benefits of a Philosophical Room of One’s Own

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Listening To Africa: Three African Writers Discuss the History and Future of African Music

Listening To Africa: Three African Writers Discuss the History and Future of African Music

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