Rebecca Solnit: Our First Black Woman President Is Here

Rebecca Solnit: Our First Black Woman President Is Here

The Ascendancy of Kamala Harris to the White House is More Radical Than We Think

By Rebecca Solnit | November 6, 2020

No One Gets Sylvia Plath

No One Gets Sylvia Plath

Emily Van Duyne on Loving, and Misunderstanding, an Icon

By Emily Van Duyne | November 6, 2020

Cees Nooteboom Takes a Wintry Ride Through Venice

Cees Nooteboom Takes a Wintry Ride Through Venice

"I watch the water rising in a few places, as if the city is porous."

By Cees Nooteboom | November 6, 2020

The Longstanding Love Affair of Cocaine and Surfing

The Longstanding Love Affair of Cocaine and Surfing

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | November 6, 2020

Between the Cane Rows: Principles of Making in the Cycles of Power

Between the Cane Rows: Principles of Making in the Cycles of Power

Patrick Rosal on Family History, Language Ecosystems, and Life in the Cane Fields

By Patrick Rosal | November 5, 2020

The First Mughal Emperor's Towering Account of Exile, Bloody Conquest, and the Natural World

The First Mughal Emperor's Towering Account of Exile, Bloody Conquest, and the Natural World

William Dalrymple on the 16th-Century Memoir, Babur Nama

By William Dalrymple | November 5, 2020

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Why Byzantium? Studying the Art of the Middle Ages as a Queer Latinx

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Roland Betancourt on the Origins of His Latest Book

By Roland Betancourt | November 4, 2020

How Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery Undermined White Supremacy

How Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery Undermined White Supremacy

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | November 4, 2020

Growing Up in the Soviet Union's Hero City

Growing Up in the Soviet Union's Hero City

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By Valzhyna Mort | November 3, 2020

On the Connection Between Whaling and Imperialism in the Bering Strait

On the Connection Between Whaling and Imperialism in the Bering Strait

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By Time to Eat the Dogs | November 3, 2020

Megan Rosenbloom on the Macabre History of Books Bound in Human Skin

Megan Rosenbloom on the Macabre History of Books Bound in Human Skin

In Conversation with Julia Ringo on the Well-Versed Podcast

By Well-Versed | November 3, 2020

How Conventional Conflicts Become Nuclear Wars

How Conventional Conflicts Become Nuclear Wars

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | November 3, 2020

White Supremacy Has Always Been More Powerful Than Its Loudest Proponents

White Supremacy Has Always Been More Powerful Than Its Loudest Proponents

Issac Bailey, Kathleen Belew, and Connor Towne O'Neill on the White Power Resurgence

By Literary Hub | November 2, 2020

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