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Reminder: the most famous short story in American literature was written in one day.

Reminder: the most famous short story in American literature was written in one day.

By Walker Caplan | December 14, 2021

<em>The Red Badge of Courage</em> now has a sequel in which Henry Fleming becomes mayor.

The Red Badge of Courage now has a sequel in which Henry Fleming becomes mayor.

By Walker Caplan | December 13, 2021

On Melville, Mendacity, and Letting the Unknowable Find Its Way in Your Writing

On Melville, Mendacity, and Letting the Unknowable Find Its Way in Your Writing

David Kirby Plumbs the Uncertain Depths of Art and Truth

By David Kirby | December 10, 2021

In Which a Direct Line is Drawn From Flaubert’s Unfinished Novel to <em>Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure</em>

In Which a Direct Line is Drawn From Flaubert’s Unfinished Novel to Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Alex Lockwood on the Original Odd Couple Novel, Bouvard et Pécuchet

By Alex Lockwood | December 10, 2021

“How Did We Get Stuck?” David Wengrow on Imagining Alternatives To Our Current Systems

“How Did We Get Stuck?” David Wengrow on Imagining Alternatives To Our Current Systems

The Co-Author of The Dawn of Everything on Radio Open Source

By Open Source | December 10, 2021

AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: An Interview with Louis Ozawa

AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: An Interview with Louis Ozawa

Honoring Facing the Mountain and the Best History and Biography Audiobooks

By Behind the Mic | December 9, 2021

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Ian Toll on the Lead Up to the Pearl Harbor Attack

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | December 9, 2021

Remember the time Mario Vargas Llosa punched Gabriel García Márquez?

By Walker Caplan | December 8, 2021

Trying to Write About “The Two John Miltons”

By Joe Moshenska | December 8, 2021

On the Birth of the Art Instinct

On the Birth of the Art Instinct

John-Paul Stonard Finds Recurring Themes in the First Cave Drawings

By John-Paul Stonard | December 8, 2021

The Hidden Agency of Women in Medieval Stories, from <em>Beowulf</em> to Guthlac’s <em>Life</em>

The Hidden Agency of Women in Medieval Stories, from Beowulf to Guthlac’s Life

Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry on the Literature of Europe’s Bright Ages

By Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry | December 8, 2021

The Dangerous, Dirty Job of Oil Extraction: On the History of Offshore Exploration

The Dangerous, Dirty Job of Oil Extraction: On the History of Offshore Exploration

Tabitha Lasley Revisits the Disasters of Deepwater Horizon and Piper Alpha

By Tabitha Lasley | December 8, 2021

The Scapegoat: Siri Hustvedt on the Torture and Murder of Sylvia Likens

The Scapegoat: Siri Hustvedt on the Torture and Murder of Sylvia Likens

“Every myth explains too much, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t truths to be found in the story.”

By Siri Hustvedt | December 7, 2021

How Do You Kill a God? On Captain Cook’s Ill-Fated Arrival in Hawaii

How Do You Kill a God? On Captain Cook’s Ill-Fated Arrival in Hawaii

Anna Della Subin Considers the Death of the British Explorer and the Perpetuation of Whiteness as Divinity

By Anna Della Subin | 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

A Brief History of Cheesy Pasta

A Brief History of Cheesy Pasta

Massimo Montanari Explores the Origins of a Culinary Match Made in Heaven

By Massimo Montanari | December 6, 2021

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