• Humor

    Social Expectations

    Sarah Knight on How to Just F*cking Say No

    By Sarah Knight  January 17, 2020
    Philosophy

    You’re Almost Definitely More of a Jerk Than You Think You Are

    By Eric Schwitzgebel  November 14, 2019
    Encyclopedias

    The Cultural Encyclopedia of Mushrooms That We Need Right Now

    By Lawrence Millman and Amy Jean Porter  October 29, 2019
    News and Culture

    The Media Went Crazy When I Made $20,000 in a Week For Writing

    By Glenn O'Brien  October 25, 2019
    Comics

    On the Countercultural Influence of Peanuts

    By David L. Ulin  October 22, 2019
    Children's Literature

    On the Darkness, Strangeness, and Unbridled Joy of Children’s Books

    By Cara Hoffman  October 22, 2019
    Theater

    Gary Janetti on Patti LuPone

    By Gary Janetti  October 19, 2019
    Humor

    Meme But Not Forgotten: RIP to the Glorious Animals of Our Digital Past

    By Kind Studio   October 18, 2019
    Style

    Josh Gondelman: Please Stop Trying to Make Dad Shoes Cool

    By Josh Gondelman  September 17, 2019
    Self-Reflection

    On Being Mistaken for the Other Elizabeth Ames

    By Elizabeth Ames  September 5, 2019
    Literary Scams

    We Have Always Been Plagued by Literary Scammers

    By Nick Ripatrazone  August 13, 2019
    Grammar

    38 Americanisms the British Can’t Bloody Stand

    By Gyles Brandreth  August 12, 2019
    On Poetry

    My Life as Poet Laureate (of a Law Firm)

    By Elizabeth Bales Frank  July 23, 2019
    Bad Writing Advice

    20 Ways to Be a Great Literary Citizen, According to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    By Adam Ehrlich Sachs  May 23, 2019
    Book Tours

    Ann Beattie: What to Eat When Your Book Tour Comes to an End

    By Ann Beattie  May 22, 2019
    Parenting

    How to Raise a Strapping, Manly Little Boy (Victorian Edition)

    By Therese Oneill  April 16, 2019
    Tragicomedy

    Simpler Times: Janet Malcolm at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity

    By Janet Malcolm  February 21, 2019
    Feature

    Elizabeth McCracken: Toward a Unified Theory of the Doughnut

    By Elizabeth McCracken  February 5, 2019
    Excerpts

    Making Dad Jokes is, in Fact, a Neurological Condition

    By James Geary  December 18, 2018
    Essay

    In Which I, Nathan Englander, Offer Myself Up for Space Force

    By Nathan Englander  August 15, 2018
    Advice

    What If You Win a Comedy Award But Don’t Think You’re Funny?

    By Julie Schumacher  August 14, 2018
    Essay

    How Librarians Survive on the Frontlines of Fake News

    By Kristen Arnett  July 18, 2018
    Excerpts

    Aisha Tyler on Possibly the Worst Night of Her Comedy Life

    By Aisha Tyler  July 12, 2018
    Feature

    My Life is Like a Movie… Starring Librarians!

    By Kristen Arnett  June 6, 2018
    Feature

    How to Run Storytime Without Boring Everyone to Death

    By Kristen Arnett  May 16, 2018
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