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Paul Auster on the Time He Met Samuel Beckett

Paul Auster on the Time He Met Samuel Beckett

"One remark speaks to the dilemma all writers must live with: eternal doubt, the inability to judge the worth of what one has created."

By Paul Auster | June 27, 2019

Advice from Montaigne: You Want to Be Wise? Don't Read Too Much.

Advice from Montaigne: You Want to Be Wise? Don't Read Too Much.

The Father of the Modern Essay Was Really Quite Unpretentious

By Antoine Compagnon | June 27, 2019

On the Beauty of Math

On the Beauty of Math

Haim Shapira Examines the Poetry of Numbers

By Haim Shapira | June 27, 2019

Irin Carmon and Jay Wexler Talk Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, and More

Irin Carmon and Jay Wexler Talk Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, and More

With Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 27, 2019

Julianne Moore on Gun Violence and the Women Fighting to Stop It

Julianne Moore on Gun Violence and the Women Fighting to Stop It

Introducing Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts' Book

By Julianne Moore | June 27, 2019

Interview with a Bookstore: Bluestockings

Interview with a Bookstore: Bluestockings

Books, Zines, and Intersectionality on the Lower East Side

By Interview with a Bookstore | June 27, 2019

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We All Really Need to Reread George Orwell's 1984

By Dorian Lynskey | June 27, 2019

On Myra Breckinridge and the Life of Gore Vidal

By Camille Paglia | June 27, 2019

Introduction to Activism:
A Reading List

By Shannon Watts | June 27, 2019

Debate Prep: what the critics wrote about every Democratic presidential candidate's memoir

Debate Prep: what the critics wrote about every Democratic presidential candidate's memoir

By Dan Sheehan | June 26, 2019

I Read One Hundred Books<br> Just to Write One

I Read One Hundred Books
Just to Write One

Heather O'Neill on the Compulsive Joy of Endless Research

By Heather O'Neill | June 26, 2019

Confronting My Well Educated, Father-of-Six, White Supremacist Troll

Confronting My Well Educated, Father-of-Six, White Supremacist Troll

Some Trolls Are More Dangerous Than Others

By Ginger Gorman | June 26, 2019

How the Alphabet Helped Virginia Woolf Understand<br> Her Father

How the Alphabet Helped Virginia Woolf Understand
Her Father

On the Poetry of a Precocious Nine-Year-Old

By Jacquelyn Ardam | June 26, 2019

The Rocket Scientist Who Had to Elude the FBI Before He Could Escape Earth

The Rocket Scientist Who Had to Elude the FBI Before He Could Escape Earth

Frank Malina's Scientific Dreams Were as Radical as His Politics

By Fraser MacDonald | June 26, 2019

The Memoir I Never Wanted<br> to Write

The Memoir I Never Wanted
to Write

Chavisa Woods on Documenting Sexism and Abuse

By Chavisa Woods | June 26, 2019

Remembering Merce Cunningham and Radical Dance in Postwar Paris

Remembering Merce Cunningham and Radical Dance in Postwar Paris

Marianne Preger-Simon on Dancing with an Icon

By Marianne Preger-Simon | June 26, 2019

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