"Writing is Fighting:" Inside Toni Morrison's Literary Collaboration With Muhammad Ali

Melina Moe on the Editorial Relationship Between a Great American Writer and "The Greatest"

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“Please Keep Caring.” What John McPhee Taught Generations of Writers and Journalists

“Please Keep Caring.” What John McPhee Taught Generations of Writers and Journalists

Peter Hessler on a Beloved Mentor and Tireless Proponent of Creative Nonfiction

By Peter Hessler | May 19, 2025

Drafting <em>Mrs. Dalloway</em>: How Virginia Woolf Started Her Masterpiece

Drafting Mrs. Dalloway: How Virginia Woolf Started Her Masterpiece

“There should be some fun–”

By Mark Hussey | May 14, 2025

Why the World’s First Celebrity Sex Therapist Had to Flee the Nazis

Why the World’s First Celebrity Sex Therapist Had to Flee the Nazis

Daniel Brook on Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld a Queer Pioneer of the Study of Human Sexuality

By Daniel Brook | May 14, 2025

The Schomburg Library is turning 100 this year—and throwing an <em>epic</em> rager.

The Schomburg Library is turning 100 this year—and throwing an epic rager.

By Brittany Allen | May 7, 2025

Here are the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners.

Here are the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners.

By Brittany Allen | May 5, 2025

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What Can a 17th-Century English Doctor Teach Us About Embracing Uncertainty?

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Urgent Lessons From a Heroic Early AIDS Doctor: On the Legacy of Joseph Sonnabend

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The Most Literary Pope: <br>Requiescat in Pace, Francis

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A Mystic, a Poet, an Old Friend: Haleh Liza Gafori on the Enduring Power of Rumi

A Mystic, a Poet, an Old Friend: Haleh Liza Gafori on the Enduring Power of Rumi

“In the midst of life’s challenges, his lines are lifelines.”

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On the Enduring Power of Charles Reznikoff’s <em>Holocaust</em>, 50 Years Later

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On “Eleanor Rigby” as a Product of the Combined Genius of John Lennon and Paul McCartney

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How Robert Crumb Channeled Mid-Century Teenage Angst Into Art

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