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Literature in the Bardo: Tenzin Dickie on the Past, Present, and Future of the Tibetan Essay

Literature in the Bardo: Tenzin Dickie on the Past, Present, and Future of the Tibetan Essay

“The essay—as act of truth—changes not just the writer but also the reader.”

By Tenzin Dickie | June 26, 2023

Jackson Lears on the American Pursuit of Vitality From Walt Whitman to Donald Trump

Jackson Lears on the American Pursuit of Vitality From Walt Whitman to Donald Trump

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 26, 2023

Jason Del Rey on the Amazon vs. Walmart War For Our Wallets, Bodies, and Souls

Jason Del Rey on the Amazon vs. Walmart War For Our Wallets, Bodies, and Souls

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 26, 2023

Garrett Neiman on Uprooting the Old Boy’s Club in Order to Transform America

Garrett Neiman on Uprooting the Old Boy’s Club in Order to Transform America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 26, 2023

Between Fear and Resignation: How German Writers Reacted to Hitler’s Rise

Between Fear and Resignation: How German Writers Reacted to Hitler’s Rise

Uwe Wittstock on Intellectual Suppression in the Early Days of Nazi Terror

By Uwe Wittstock | June 23, 2023

More Than A Children’s Story: <em>The Velveteen Rabbit</em> At 100

More Than A Children’s Story: The Velveteen Rabbit At 100

Lisa Rowe Fraustino on the Enduring Relevance of Margery Williams’s Most Famous Book

By Lisa Rowe Fraustino | June 23, 2023

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The Revolutionary Chinese Suffragette Who Challenged America’s Politics

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The Rituals of Death and Dying in Central Appalachia

The Rituals of Death and Dying in Central Appalachia

Stacy Jane Grover on the Quiet Shuffle of a Death Vigil

By Stacy Jane Grover | June 21, 2023

Where Artists Became Rockstars: Brett Sokol on Stephen Aiken’s 1970s NYC

Where Artists Became Rockstars: Brett Sokol on Stephen Aiken’s 1970s NYC

“This was a conversation about art where the stakes seemed as weighty as life itself.”

By Brett Sokol | June 21, 2023

On the Importance of Critical Race Theory—and the Delusional Attacks On It

On the Importance of Critical Race Theory—and the Delusional Attacks On It

Richard Delgado, Aja Martinez, and Victor Ray in Conversation on Structural Racism, the Future of CRT, and More

By Richard Delgado | June 21, 2023

How African American Sacrifice Abroad Was Ignored Back Home

How African American Sacrifice Abroad Was Ignored Back Home

Tamara J. Walker Considers Collective and Personal Histories of Black WWII Vets

By Tamara J. Walker | June 21, 2023

“Born in Sin.” Patrick Radden Keefe Talks Narrative Nonfiction

“Born in Sin.” Patrick Radden Keefe Talks Narrative Nonfiction

In Conversation with Toby Mundy on the Read Smart Podcast

By Read Smart | June 20, 2023

Is There a French National Dish? On the History and Making of French Cuisine

Is There a French National Dish? On the History and Making of French Cuisine

Anya von Bremzen Considers Questions of Culinary Nationalism

By Anya von Bremzen | June 20, 2023

The Story of American Ice Begins with an Outrageous Marketing Plan

The Story of American Ice Begins with an Outrageous Marketing Plan

Amy Brady and Jeff Vandermeer in Conversation About the History and Future of Ice

By Jeff VanderMeer | June 16, 2023

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