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Nick Davis on Writing Himself Into a Biography–And Taking Himself Out

Nick Davis on Writing Himself Into a Biography–And Taking Himself Out

This Week on Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | March 24, 2022

What Was More Deadly to a WWII Soldier, a Bullet or the Bacteria on It?

What Was More Deadly to a WWII Soldier, a Bullet or the Bacteria on It?

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | March 24, 2022

The Dutch publisher of a controversial new book on Anne Frank is dropping it.

The Dutch publisher of a controversial new book on Anne Frank is dropping it.

By Corinne Segal | March 23, 2022

The Logistical Challenges of a Supersize Acid Test: On the Merry Pranksters’ Trips Festival

The Logistical Challenges of a Supersize Acid Test: On the Merry Pranksters’ Trips Festival

John Markoff Details the Publicity Campaign for a Happening

By John Markoff | March 23, 2022

How Public Shaming Helps Society Maintain Its Norms and Ethical Standards

How Public Shaming Helps Society Maintain Its Norms and Ethical Standards

Cathy O'Neil on Hopi Traditions of the “Shame Clown”

By Cathy O'Neil | March 22, 2022

Karen Joy Fowler on Decentering John Wilkes Booth in a Novel About His Family

Karen Joy Fowler on Decentering John Wilkes Booth in a Novel About His Family

The Author of Booth Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | March 22, 2022

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How Ancient Rome’s Descent Into Autocracy Mirrors the Fragility of Our Own Political Systems

By Barry Strauss | March 22, 2022

The Subtle Authoritarianism of Southeast Asia’s Wealthiest City-State

By Jeevan Vasagar | March 21, 2022

Researchers are mapping the effects of climate change on Walden Pond—with help from Thoreau.

By Walker Caplan | March 18, 2022

The Essential Value—and Deep Cost—of Reporting From War

The Essential Value—and Deep Cost—of Reporting From War

Dan O’Brien on His Friendship With Conflict Journalist Paul Watson

By Dan O'Brien | March 18, 2022

Telling the Story of (the Real) Greenwich Village

Telling the Story of (the Real) Greenwich Village

Michele Herman on a Disappearing Way of Life

By Michele Herman | March 18, 2022

“War shortens the distance from person to person, from birth to death.” New Work by Ukrainian Poet Halyna Kruk

“War shortens the distance from person to person, from birth to death.” New Work by Ukrainian Poet Halyna Kruk

Translated by Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk

By Literary Hub | March 17, 2022

What an Ecofeminist Pioneer Can Teach Us Today

What an Ecofeminist Pioneer Can Teach Us Today

On Françoise d’Eaubonne's Radical Vision

By Myriam Bahaffou and Julie Gorecki | March 17, 2022

Scott Anderson on What Russia’s Wars in Chechnya Tell Us about the Invasion of Ukraine

Scott Anderson on What Russia’s Wars in Chechnya Tell Us about the Invasion of Ukraine

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 17, 2022

Telling the Stories of the Wrongly Incarcerated

Telling the Stories of the Wrongly Incarcerated

Phoebe Zerwick Recommends Books About Justice and the Carceral State

By Phoebe Zerwick | March 17, 2022

On the Second Battle of Kiev, 1943

On the Second Battle of Kiev, 1943

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | March 17, 2022

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