• History

    Incarceration

    On Struggling with Drug Addiction and the System of Incarceration

    By Chris Dennis  December 9, 2020
    Rock N Roll

    How KISS Became a Rock & Roll Phenomenon

    By Doug Brod  December 9, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Reyna Grande in Conversation with John Freeman

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 9, 2020
    New Books Network

    How Textiles Made the World

    By New Books Network  December 9, 2020
    On Translation

    The Challenges of Translating Jean Daive’s Memoir 
    on Paul Celan

    By Robert Kaufman and Philip Gerard  December 9, 2020
    Literary Tourism

    On the Particular Thrill of Visiting a Dead Writer’s House

    By Phoebe Hamilton Jones  December 8, 2020
    Dating

    Finding An Unlikely Literary Figure on Tinder: Kurt Vonnegut

    By Mikka Jacobsen  December 8, 2020
    Black Community

    Finding Black Community in the UK as a Black American Expatriate

    By Kenya Hunt  December 8, 2020
    New Books Network

    The Cost of Prejudice in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

    By New Books Network  December 8, 2020
    Monoliths?

    On Cairns, Hoodoos, and Monoliths: What Happens in the Desert Shouldn’t Always Stay in the Desert

    By Rebecca Worby  December 7, 2020
    News and Culture

    On James Dickey and the Truths
    That Matter

    By Paul Hendrickson  December 7, 2020
    Architecture

    Doreen St. Félix on June Jordan’s Vision of a Black Future

    By Doreen St. Félix  December 7, 2020
    Translation

    On Translating the Little Known Italian Novel That Anticipated the Anthropocene

    By Frederika Randall  December 7, 2020
    Emergence Magazine

    Jake Skeets on the Diné Perspective of Time, Memory, and Land

    By Emergence Magazine  December 7, 2020
    Beyond the Page

    Why Homer’s Wisdom Has Never Been More Relevant

    By Sun Valley Writers' Conference  December 7, 2020
    The History of Literature

    The Triumph of Broadway After 9/11—and How the Show Will Go on Post-Pandemic

    By History of Literature  December 7, 2020
    Young Adult

    The Hidden Literary Heritage of Harriet the Spy

    By Leslie Brody  December 4, 2020
    Cover Reveal

    Aminatta Forna and Maaza Mengiste: A Conversation and Cover Reveal

    By Literary Hub  December 4, 2020
    Adaptations

    The Mankiewicz Brothers’ Biographer Weighs in on David Fincher’s Mank

    By Sydney Ladensohn Stern  December 4, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Candice Brathwaite, Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff, and Elisabeth Fapuro in Conversation

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 4, 2020
    The Hub

    Camilla Townsend is the 2020 winner of the Cundill History Prize.

    By Rasheeda Saka  December 3, 2020
    Keen On

    How American Exceptionalism Leads to American Isolationism

    By Keen On  December 3, 2020
    Music

    The Doors’ John Densmore on the Time Van Morrison Left Him Hanging Onstage

    By John Densmore  December 3, 2020
    Diaries

    The Wing That Saved Me: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on Happy Years in Vermont With His Wife Alya

    By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn  December 3, 2020
    Syrian War

    Discovering The Power of Books During the Syrian Revolution

    By Delphine Minoui  December 3, 2020
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