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Rediscovering the Lost Power<br> of Reading Aloud

Rediscovering the Lost Power
of Reading Aloud

Meghan Cox Gurdon Traces the History of Oral Storytelling

By Meghan Cox Gurdon | January 22, 2020

Striving for a Life of Normality in the Occupied West Bank

Striving for a Life of Normality in the Occupied West Bank

On the Simple (Yet Incredibly Complicated) Act of
Taking Children to the Beach

By Ilana Hammerman | January 22, 2020

Wordsworth: Caught in the Act of Making Poetry!

Wordsworth: Caught in the Act of Making Poetry!

Adam Nicolson on the Friendship Between Coleridge and Wordsworth

By Adam Nicolson | January 21, 2020

Kyle Chayka on the Godfather of Minimalism and His Case for Imperfection

Kyle Chayka on the Godfather of Minimalism and His Case for Imperfection

Reading Junichiro Tanizaki's In Praise of Shadows in the 21st Century

By Kyle Chayka | January 21, 2020

The Emotional Aftershocks of Alice Adams' Most Celebrated Work

The Emotional Aftershocks of Alice Adams' Most Celebrated Work

On Families and Survivors: "I know it will be hard for you to read."

By Carol Sklenicka | January 21, 2020

The Legal Fight That Ended the Unjust Confinement of Mental Health Patients

The Legal Fight That Ended the Unjust Confinement of Mental Health Patients

Ayelet Waldman on the Landmark Case O’Connor v. Donaldson

By Ayelet Waldman | January 21, 2020

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Post-Soviet Travel on the Turkmen-­Kazakh Border

By Erika Fatland | January 21, 2020

The War on Poverty Changed a Young George Foreman's Life

By Andrew R.M. Smith | January 17, 2020

The Question Haunting the Hungarian People: “What Would You Have Done?”

By Rory MacLean | January 17, 2020

Christopher Brown on Serving on the Inspiration Behind <em>Rule of Capture</em>

Christopher Brown on Serving on the Inspiration Behind Rule of Capture

In Conversation with Gabrielle Mathieu on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | January 17, 2020

Katherine Kayne on the Strong Women of Hawaii's Painful History

Katherine Kayne on the Strong Women of Hawaii's Painful History

In Conversation with C. P. Lesley on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | January 17, 2020

K Chess: Imagining a Radically Different 20th Century That Might Have Been

K Chess: Imagining a Radically Different 20th Century That Might Have Been

In Conversation with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network About Famous Men Who Never Lived

By New Books Network | January 17, 2020

<em>The Art of War</em> is Actually a Manual on How to Avoid It

The Art of War is Actually a Manual on How to Avoid It

Translator Michael Nylan on Sun Tzu's Oft Misunderstood Classic

By Michael Nylan | January 16, 2020

On John Brown and the Rise of the Radical Republican Abolitionists

On John Brown and the Rise of the Radical Republican Abolitionists

LeeAnna Keith Recounts the Politics and Intrigue of the Harpers Ferry Raid

By LeeAnna Keith | January 16, 2020

John F. Callahan on Ralph Ellison's Two Inviolable Identities

John F. Callahan on Ralph Ellison's Two Inviolable Identities

“To become a true American a white American’s identity
must partake of blackness.”

By John F. Callahan | January 16, 2020

On the Birth of the Economist Class and the Untaming of Corporations

On the Birth of the Economist Class and the Untaming of Corporations

Nicholas Shaxson on New Books by Nicholas Lemann, Binyamin Appelbaum, and More

By Nicholas Shaxson | January 15, 2020

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