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Loud, Lewd, Cheating, Smoking, Bisexual Degenerate: Marlene Dietrich, My Teenage Role Model

Loud, Lewd, Cheating, Smoking, Bisexual Degenerate: Marlene Dietrich, My Teenage Role Model

Amanda Lee Koe on the Icon Who Found Her When She Needed It Most

By Amanda Lee Koe | August 7, 2019

Tope Folarin on the Misguided Urge to Carve the World Into Binaries

Tope Folarin on the Misguided Urge to Carve the World Into Binaries

and?"">"Why are we in the West so deeply uncomfortable with and?"

By Tope Folarin | August 7, 2019

Providing Help to Booksellers, When They Need It

Providing Help to Booksellers, When They Need It

BINC Started When Employees Wanted to Help a Sick Coworker

By Matt Grant | August 7, 2019

Finally, some Proust short enough to finish. (New novellas discovered!)

Finally, some Proust short enough to finish. (New novellas discovered!)

By Emily Firetog | August 6, 2019

Toni Morrison, a giant of American letters, has died at 88.

Toni Morrison, a giant of American letters, has died at 88.

By Aaron Robertson | August 6, 2019

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

By Emily Temple | August 6, 2019

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75 Covers of Toni Morrison's Beloved From Around the World

By Emily Temple | August 6, 2019

Lessons From a Decade Reporting on Women During the Iraq War

By Hannah Allam | August 6, 2019

The Painter's Wife vs. The Poet's Husband: Portrait of a Marriage

By Shawna Lemay | August 6, 2019

What I Teach: Seven Titles From a High School Class on Trauma Literature

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Kate McQuade on Yaa Gyasi, Art Spiegelman, Tim O'Brien, and More

By Kate McQuade | August 6, 2019

How the Long Persecution<br> of the Rhineland Jews Shaped Karl Marx

How the Long Persecution
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A Revolutionary Spirit Born of the Crusades and Napoleonic Wars

By Shlomo Avineri | August 6, 2019

Failed Utopias: Can You Buy an Immaculate World With Dirty Money?

Failed Utopias: Can You Buy an Immaculate World With Dirty Money?

Caite Dolan-Leach on the Oneida Experiment

By Caite Dolan-Leach | August 6, 2019

One Another: An Essay About Sex, Reading, and Mary Ruefle

One Another: An Essay About Sex, Reading, and Mary Ruefle

Gunnhild Øyehaug: "That year of reading was a year of transformation."

By Gunnhild Øyehaug | August 6, 2019

On White Nationalism and the Lessons of Charlottesville

On White Nationalism and the Lessons of Charlottesville

Terry McAuliffe on the Ever-Growing Threat of the Alt-Right

By Terry McAuliffe | August 6, 2019

This <em>Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark</em> trailer features music by noted poet Lana Del Rey.

This Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trailer features music by noted poet Lana Del Rey.

By Jessie Gaynor | August 5, 2019

Attention nerds: N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy will be made into an RPG.

Attention nerds: N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy will be made into an RPG.

By Emily Temple | August 5, 2019

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