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Tim O'Brien: Where is Our Allegiance to the “Toneless Dead”?

Tim O'Brien: Where is Our Allegiance to the “Toneless Dead”?

On the Scars of War and the Bonds of Vietnam

By Tim O'Brien | October 17, 2019

How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

Apples, Blue Honeysuckles, and the Soviet Seed Collector Who Protected the Earth's Biodiversity

By Lenore Newman | October 15, 2019

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Norwegian Literature (Almost)

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Norwegian Literature (Almost)

A Brief History of the "Guest of Honor" at This Year's Frankfurt Bookfair

By John Freeman | October 15, 2019

The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

Iris Origo on Why We Try Anyway

By Iris Origo | October 15, 2019

Who Has the Right to Write About Hurricane Katrina?

Who Has the Right to Write About Hurricane Katrina?

Maggie Neil on The Yellow House and the Many Names of Loss

By Maggie Neil | October 11, 2019

The Irish Clan That Was

The Irish Clan That Was "Virtually Deleted from History"

Tim Robinson on Searching for a Lost History in Connemara

By Tim Robinson | October 11, 2019

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In the Age of Political Thugs

By Sonya Bilocerkowycz | October 11, 2019

The Best Time to Practice Stoicism? When Your Flight is Canceled

By William B. Irvine | October 10, 2019

When a Hurricane Hits the Delaware Bay

By Andrew S. Lewis | October 9, 2019

Eve Babitz on the Time She Played Chess Nude with Marcel Duchamp

Eve Babitz on the Time She Played Chess Nude with Marcel Duchamp

Looking Back at the Allure of the 1960s LA Art Scene

By Eve Babitz | October 9, 2019

When Your Book Finds a New Voice, 50 Years Later

When Your Book Finds a New Voice, 50 Years Later

Alix Kates Shulman on a Revitalized Feminist Movement

By Alix Kates Shulman | October 8, 2019

The Midcentury Battle to Save America's Cities from Crisis

The Midcentury Battle to Save America's Cities from Crisis

Lizabeth Cohen on the Poverty and Prosperity of the American City

By Lizabeth Cohen | October 8, 2019

On the Far Right Past of Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of Ikea

On the Far Right Past of Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of Ikea

“Per Engdahl was a great man, and I’ll maintain that as long as I live.

By Elisabeth Åsbrink | October 7, 2019

On the Universal Urgency of Immigrant Literature

On the Universal Urgency of Immigrant Literature

Christopher Castellani: "Every child of immigrants is born into a sense of loss."

By Christopher Castellani | October 7, 2019

Stand With Us at the 2019 Border of Lights Virtual Vigil

Stand With Us at the 2019 Border of Lights Virtual Vigil

Julia Alvarez Commemorates the Victims of the 1937 Haitian-Dominican Republic Massacre

By Julia Alvarez | October 4, 2019

From the Unabomber to the Incels: Angry Young Men on Campus

From the Unabomber to the Incels: Angry Young Men on Campus

Eileen Pollack Considers Their Rage—and Our Responsibility

By Eileen Pollack | October 4, 2019

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