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Memorializing History's Dark Corners With Absurdity

Memorializing History's Dark Corners With Absurdity

Keith Lowe Visits Lithuania's Grutas Park

By Keith Lowe | December 10, 2020

The Private Lives of Shuttered Stores: On Abandoned Interiors

The Private Lives of Shuttered Stores: On Abandoned Interiors

Mark Hage Recounts the Origins of His Latest Book

By Mark Hage | December 10, 2020

The Problem of Comparing Allied and Axis Forces

The Problem of Comparing Allied and Axis Forces

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | December 10, 2020

Edith Vonnegut on the Love Letters of Kurt and Jane Vonnegut

Edith Vonnegut on the Love Letters of Kurt and Jane Vonnegut

"Jane recognized her husband’s tremendous talent and put her own dreams and ambitions aside."

By Edith Vonnegut | December 9, 2020

On Struggling with Drug Addiction and the System of Incarceration

On Struggling with Drug Addiction and the System of Incarceration

Chris Dennis: "The war on drugs is also a war on the poor, and the addicted, and the mentally ill."

By Chris Dennis | December 9, 2020

How KISS Became a Rock & Roll Phenomenon

How KISS Became a Rock & Roll Phenomenon

Doug Brod on the Haphazard Success of One of
America's Greatest Bands

By Doug Brod | December 9, 2020

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WATCH: Reyna Grande in Conversation with John Freeman

By The Virtual Book Channel | December 9, 2020

How Textiles Made the World

By New Books Network | December 9, 2020

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

By Robert Kaufman and Philip Gerard | December 9, 2020

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

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

Phoebe Hamilton-Jones in Praise of Literary Tourism (Done Well)

By Phoebe Hamilton Jones | December 8, 2020

Finding An Unlikely Literary Figure on Tinder: Kurt Vonnegut

Finding An Unlikely Literary Figure on Tinder: Kurt Vonnegut

Mikka Jacobsen on Why Men Can't Keep Him Off Their Dating Profiles

By Mikka Jacobsen | December 8, 2020

Finding Black Community in the UK as a Black American Expatriate

Finding Black Community in the UK as a Black American Expatriate

Kenya Hunt on Social Media, Black Excellence, and
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The Cost of Prejudice in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The Cost of Prejudice in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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By New Books Network | December 8, 2020

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

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

Rebecca Worby Reckons with the Objects Others Leave Behind

By Rebecca Worby | December 7, 2020

On James Dickey and the Truths<br> That Matter

On James Dickey and the Truths
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Paul Hendrickson Tells a Story of War and Family

By Paul Hendrickson | December 7, 2020

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

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

"The poet, critic, and teacher June Jordan was also an architect."

By Doreen St. Félix | December 7, 2020

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