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    What if Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales came out today?

     
    By James Folta  April 17, 2024
    The Hub

    Center yourself with some springtime affirmations for book lovers.

    By James Folta  April 10, 2024
    The Hub

    A guide to the people you run into at every reading.

    By James Folta  April 2, 2024
    The Hub

    Don’t take career advice from Bukowski, upgrade your hustle with these authors instead.

    By James Folta  March 28, 2024
    The Hub

    What the books you’re giving away on the sidewalk say about you.

    By James Folta  March 26, 2024
    The Internet Age

    Why People Rage at Recipes: On the Current State of Online Food Discourse

    By Geraldine DeRuiter  March 14, 2024
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
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    Humor

    Calvin Trillin Issues Some Important Corrections to Recent News Stories

    By Calvin Trillin  February 16, 2024
    The Hub

    Are you the Literary A**hole?
    Ask Kristen Arnett.

    By Jonny Diamond  December 21, 2023
    Language

    Yes, But Can You Really Explain the Difference Between Morals and Ethics?

    Eli Burnstein on the Subtle Nuances of the English Language

    By Eli Burnstein  April 12, 2024
    Bad Behavior

    My Feral Shelf: On Building a Personal Library of Bad Behavior

    By Jennifer Lucy Allan  November 14, 2023
    Graphic Memoir

    Roz Chast, Like All of Us, Has Recurring Dreams

    By Roz Chast  October 25, 2023
    Medieval History

    Faith, Power, and Survival: What Ruled Life in Early-Medieval England

    By David Mitchell  October 11, 2023
    Religion

    What John Milton’s Heaven Has to Offer the Soul—According to Ken Jennings

    The Former Jeopardy Champion Has Some Thoughts on Literary After Death Destinations

    By Ken Jennings  July 20, 2023
    Cliche

    Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

    By Erin McCarthy & the Team at Mental Floss  June 30, 2023
    Work

    Henry David Thoreau Was Funnier Than You Think, Particularly on the Subject of Work

    By John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle  June 26, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Why David Sedaris Still Keeps His Daily Diary

    By Talk Easy  May 31, 2023
    Comedy

    Jena Friedman Gives Male Comedians the Female Media Treatment

    “Do you think men can be sexy AND funny?”

    By Jena Friedman  April 14, 2023
    Black Humor

    Laughing at the Enemy: How Ukrainians Weaponize Jokes in the Face of Danger

    By Johannes Lichtman and Nazar Romachenko  April 11, 2023
    Film History

    How Blazing Saddles Deflated Western and Gentile Notions of Masculinity

    By Jeremy Dauber  March 20, 2023
    Advice

    “Everything is Riding on Your Author Photo.” Mary Childs on What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Book

    By Mary Childs  March 13, 2023
    Debut Authors

    If Doctors Make the Worst Patients, Do Editors Make the Worst Authors?

    Jenny Jackson, Editor-Turned-Debut-Author, Fears So

    By Jenny Jackson  March 8, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Real Star of North by Northwest is Cary Grant’s Suit

    By Todd McEwen  March 7, 2023
    Friendship

    On the Nerds and Jocks of Yale: Will Schwalbe Revisits the Start of an Unlikely Friendship

    By Will Schwalbe  March 2, 2023
    Gifts

    On the Difficulty of Giving Books as Gifts

    By Lewis Buzbee  December 11, 2023
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