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The View from the Middle of Everything

The View from the Middle of Everything

Dispatches From Flatville, Illinois

By Kristin L. Hoganson | April 25, 2019

On Early 20th-Century America's Unhealthy Fixation with 'Hygiene'

On Early 20th-Century America's Unhealthy Fixation with 'Hygiene'

Junk Science, Paternalism, and a Misplaced Faith in 'Expertise'

By Anne Harrington | April 25, 2019

How to Be a Normal Person <br>in Hollywood

How to Be a Normal Person
in Hollywood

A Humble Writer Reports From the Land of Movie Stars

By Melanie Benjamin | April 25, 2019

Every Day is Earth Day: 365 Books to Start Your Climate Change Library

Every Day is Earth Day: 365 Books to Start Your Climate Change Library

Part Four: The Ideas

By Literary Hub | April 25, 2019

The History Behind Baseball's<br> Weirdest Pitch

The History Behind Baseball's
Weirdest Pitch

Tyler Kepner on the Improbable Success of the Curveball

By Tyler Kepner | April 24, 2019

Every Day is Earth Day: 365 Books to Start Your Climate Change Library

Every Day is Earth Day: 365 Books to Start Your Climate Change Library

Part Three: Fiction and Poetry

By Literary Hub | April 24, 2019

Best Reviewed
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  • Permanence
  • No Way Home
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Finding My Character's Home
on Google Street View

By Lydia Fitzpatrick | April 24, 2019

The 'Dark Ages' Weren't As Dark
As We Thought

By Simon Winder | April 24, 2019

Can You Save a Dying Italian Town with the Art of Storytelling?

By Alessandra Bergamin | April 23, 2019

How John Hersey Revealed the Horrors of the Atomic Bomb to the US

How John Hersey Revealed the Horrors of the Atomic Bomb to the US

Remembering Hiroshima, the Story That Changed Everything

By Jeremy Treglown | April 23, 2019

Every Day is Earth Day: 365 Books to Start Your Climate Change Library

Every Day is Earth Day: 365 Books to Start Your Climate Change Library

Part Two: The Science

By Literary Hub | April 23, 2019

Was Shakespeare Agnostic About<br> the Afterlife?

Was Shakespeare Agnostic About
the Afterlife?

Happy Death Day, Shakespeare!

By John S. Garrison | April 23, 2019

Amy Tan Reflects on 30 Years Since<br> <em>The Joy Luck Club</em>

Amy Tan Reflects on 30 Years Since
The Joy Luck Club

Writing Fiction That's Truer Than Memoir

By Amy Tan | April 23, 2019

Ian McEwan on Bach, Philip Roth and Living an Episodic Life

Ian McEwan on Bach, Philip Roth and Living an Episodic Life

"All creative acts demand a fruitful pause at certain points."

By Literary Hub | April 23, 2019

Every Day is Earth Day: 365 Books to Start Your Climate Change Library

Every Day is Earth Day: 365 Books to Start Your Climate Change Library

Part One: The Classics

By Literary Hub | April 22, 2019

It's Not Coming, It's Here: Bill McKibben on Our New Climate Reality

It's Not Coming, It's Here: Bill McKibben on Our New Climate Reality

“We are now truly in uncharted territory.”

By Bill McKibben | April 22, 2019

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