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Orwell's Notes on <em>1984</em>: Mapping the Inspiration of a Modern Classic

Orwell's Notes on 1984: Mapping the Inspiration of a Modern Classic

objective truth."">"The nightmare feeling caused by the disappearance of
objective truth."

By D.J. Taylor | October 18, 2019

The Role of Librarians in a Historical Age of Obsession

The Role of Librarians in a Historical Age of Obsession

Mark Purcell on European Bibliomania and Libraries in the 18th and 19th Centuries

By Mark Purcell | October 18, 2019

Global Stories That Have Expanded the “Great American” Literary Canon

Global Stories That Have Expanded the “Great American” Literary Canon

A Short Survey of the Last 90 Years

By Sara Nović and Alison Kolesar | October 18, 2019

Tiffany Shlain on How Unplugging One Day a Week Can Save Society

Tiffany Shlain on How Unplugging One Day a Week Can Save Society

The Author of 24/6
Talks to Andrew on Keen On

By Keen On | October 18, 2019

Panic is Worse Than Pain: How Fiction Failed Me After Trauma

Panic is Worse Than Pain: How Fiction Failed Me After Trauma

Jenn Ashworth on the Aftereffects of Surgery

By Jenn Ashworth | October 18, 2019

Yang-Sze Choo on the Confucian Virtues and Man's Transformation Into Beast

Yang-Sze Choo on the Confucian Virtues and Man's Transformation Into Beast

The Author of The Night Tiger Speaks to Gabrielle Mathieu on
the New Books Network

By New Books Network | October 18, 2019

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Daphne Kalotay on American Intervention in Afghanistan and Civilian Responsibility

By New Books Network | October 18, 2019

How Beth Brant Uplifted the Voices of Native American Queer Women

By Janice Gould | October 18, 2019

Stephen King's home will become a museum and writers' retreat.

By Jessie Gaynor | October 17, 2019

Rebecca Solnit: Life Under the First Thousand Days of Donald Trump

Rebecca Solnit: Life Under the First Thousand Days of Donald Trump

When We Talk About "Surviving," Who is "We"?

By Rebecca Solnit | October 17, 2019

Tim O'Brien: Where is Our Allegiance to the “Toneless Dead”?

Tim O'Brien: Where is Our Allegiance to the “Toneless Dead”?

On the Scars of War and the Bonds of Vietnam

By Tim O'Brien | October 17, 2019

Finding a Way to Understand the World on a Basketball Court

Finding a Way to Understand the World on a Basketball Court

Reginald Dwayne Betts on That Most Democratic of Sports

By Reginald Dwayne Betts | October 17, 2019

The Little-Known 'Slow Fire' That’s Destroying All Our Books

The Little-Known 'Slow Fire' That’s Destroying All Our Books

Chloe Vassot on the Relentless, Inevitable Process of Decay

By Chloe Vassot | October 17, 2019

Cyrus Grace Dunham on Why We Need to Explode the Gender Binary

Cyrus Grace Dunham on Why We Need to Explode the Gender Binary

Sarah Neilson in Conversation with the Author of A Year Without a Name

By Sarah Neilson | October 17, 2019

Nnedi Okorafor on Writing <em>and</em> Narrating the Audiobook of Her Memoir

Nnedi Okorafor on Writing and Narrating the Audiobook of Her Memoir

The Author of Broken Places and Outer Spaces in Conversation with AudioFile's Emily Connelly

By Emily Connelly | October 17, 2019

The Hungarian Author Who Foresaw the Future of Nationalism

The Hungarian Author Who Foresaw the Future of Nationalism

Considering Krisztina Tóth's Pointed Case for Open Borders

By Stephanie Newman | October 17, 2019

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