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How Stories Can Transcend Author, Culture, and History

How Stories Can Transcend Author, Culture, and History

Part Five of “The Worlds of Scheherazade”

By The Cosmic Library | December 7, 2021

Amitav Ghosh on the Urgency of De-centering Humans and Re-centering Land

Amitav Ghosh on the Urgency of De-centering Humans and Re-centering Land

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | December 6, 2021

On the Trauma and Creativity Behind Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic <em>Slaughterhouse Five</em>

On the Trauma and Creativity Behind Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic Slaughterhouse Five

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | December 6, 2021

“Adapting to the Reality of the River.” Nathaniel Rich on the Political Game Around Climate Change

“Adapting to the Reality of the River.” Nathaniel Rich on the Political Game Around Climate Change

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | December 6, 2021

Janice Lee on the Interconnectedness of Suffering

Janice Lee on the Interconnectedness of Suffering

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 6, 2021

AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: An Interview with Ray Porter

AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: An Interview with Ray Porter

On Project Hail Mary and the Best in Sci-fi andFantasy

By Behind the Mic | December 6, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Paul Auster on the Poem He Can’t Get Out of His Head

By The Literary Life | December 3, 2021

Neal Stephenson Has Some Opinions About the Metaverse

By Keen On | December 3, 2021

Priyanka Sacheti on the Complexities of Unbelonging

By The Common | December 3, 2021

Jeanne Matthews on the Lasting Impacts of the Civil War on Her Characters in <em>Devil by the Tail</em>

Jeanne Matthews on the Lasting Impacts of the Civil War on Her Characters in Devil by the Tail

In Conversation with G.P. Gottlieb on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | December 3, 2021

AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: A Conversation with Isabella Star LaBlanc

AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: A Conversation with Isabella Star LaBlanc

On Firekeeper's Daughter and the Best YA Audiobooks

By Behind the Mic | December 3, 2021

Pamela Paul and Cecilia Kang on the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Internet

Pamela Paul and Cecilia Kang on the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Internet

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 2, 2021

Who Does the Supreme Court Belong to Now?

Who Does the Supreme Court Belong to Now?

Linda Greenhouse on Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | December 2, 2021

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson on the Ways We Replicate Thomas Jefferson’s Sins

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson on the Ways We Replicate Thomas Jefferson’s Sins

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 2, 2021

Rebecca Donner on Writing History in the Present Tense

Rebecca Donner on Writing History in the Present Tense

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | December 2, 2021

Kyle Lucia Wu on the Gray Areas and Confusion of Microaggressions

Kyle Lucia Wu on the Gray Areas and Confusion of Microaggressions

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | December 2, 2021

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