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On Terminal Pain and the Origins of the End-of-Life Movement

On Terminal Pain and the Origins of the End-of-Life Movement

Gerald Posner on Cicely Saunders, the UK Nurse-Turned-Physician

By Gerald Posner | March 11, 2020

Under quarantine in South Korea? You can now read 50,000 books for free.

Under quarantine in South Korea? You can now read 50,000 books for free.

By Corinne Segal | March 10, 2020

What's the Point of Plants that Make Us Feel High?

What's the Point of Plants that Make Us Feel High?

Philosophers and Scientists (and Stoners) Have
Long Confronted the Question

By David Schneider | March 5, 2020

Here's a list of international literary events canceled over coronavirus concerns.

Here's a list of international literary events canceled over coronavirus concerns.

By Corinne Segal | March 3, 2020

AWP conference still on, despite state of disaster in San Antonio due to coronavirus.

AWP conference still on, despite state of disaster in San Antonio due to coronavirus.

By Jonny Diamond | March 2, 2020

Why I Hide From Writerly Dread in the Pages of Self-Help

Why I Hide From Writerly Dread in the Pages of Self-Help

Chelsea Leu on the Seductions and Limitations of a Billion-Dollar Genre

By Chelsea Leu | February 21, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Life Under Quarantine at the Heart of the Coronavirus Outbreak

By Deng Anqing trans. by Na Zhong | February 19, 2020

The Devastating Fallout of Addiction and Corporate Burnout

By Eilene Zimmerman | February 19, 2020

"Drugs are easier to get than books" in central Maine, a resident wrote.

By Corinne Segal | February 18, 2020

An Intimate Look at Medically Assisted Death

An Intimate Look at Medically Assisted Death

Diane Rehm on Seeing a Dear Friend Through His Final Months

By Diane Rehm | February 13, 2020

Upon Realizing <em>The Golden Girls</em> Was Coming to an End I Sat Down and Wept

Upon Realizing The Golden Girls Was Coming to an End I Sat Down and Wept

Daniel Mallory Ortberg on Dorothy, Blanche, and Transition

By Daniel Mallory Ortberg | February 11, 2020

How Does Focusing on the Self Affect a Woman's Sex Life?

How Does Focusing on the Self Affect a Woman's Sex Life?

"Great sex is mostly a matter of paying attention."

By Katherine Rowland | February 6, 2020

We're Just Scratching the Surface of the Modern Environment's Effect on Brain Health

We're Just Scratching the Surface of the Modern Environment's Effect on Brain Health

Donna Jackson Nakazawa on Microglial Cells and Nature's "Neat Evolutionary Trick"

By Donna Jackson Nakazawa | January 31, 2020

Pig Hearts, Placental Stem Cells, and the Search for the Aging Cure

Pig Hearts, Placental Stem Cells, and the Search for the Aging Cure

Chip Walter on the Race for Immortality

By Chip Walter | January 28, 2020

Poverty Hurts Children in Ways We’re Just Beginning to Understand

Poverty Hurts Children in Ways We’re Just Beginning to Understand

Jeff Madrick on the Research Behind Public Policy

By Jeff Madrick | January 28, 2020

The Desire for Friendship Runs Deeper in Primates Than We Thought

The Desire for Friendship Runs Deeper in Primates Than We Thought

Lydia Denworth on the Science of Social Groups and the Bonds That Keep Us Alive

By Lydia Denworth | January 28, 2020

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