The Day My Mother Vanished<br> as a Child

The Day My Mother Vanished
as a Child

Laura Cumming on the Mysterious Kidnapping
of a Three-Year-Old Girl

By Laura Cumming | August 30, 2019

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in New Orleans

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in New Orleans

Walk in Faulkner's Footsteps and Discover the City's Newest Voices

By Colleen Rothman | August 30, 2019

Where the Amateur Reader Ends, and the Professional Critic Begins

Where the Amateur Reader Ends, and the Professional Critic Begins

Tom Lutz on Where the Love of Books Can Lead

By Tom Lutz | August 30, 2019

The 12 Best Book Covers<br> of August

The 12 Best Book Covers
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Or, Fun with Text and Cutouts

By Emily Temple | August 29, 2019

Jenny Odell: Our Vision of 'Productivity' is Way Too Narrow

Jenny Odell: Our Vision of 'Productivity' is Way Too Narrow

The Author of How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy on Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | August 29, 2019

What Data-Driven Corporate Medicine Has Wrought

What Data-Driven Corporate Medicine Has Wrought

Terrence Holt Revisits Paul Starr's Classic, The Social Transformation of American Medicine

By Terrence Holt | August 29, 2019

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Bob Eckstein Draws His Way Through the Writer's Digest Annual Conference

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The Life and Times of a Filipino
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What It's Like to Be Told You Have Dementia

What It's Like to Be Told You Have Dementia

“Little bits of me feel like they’ve dropped off and gone missing.”

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My Decade of Falling in Love with the Writing of José Esteban Muñoz

My Decade of Falling in Love with the Writing of José Esteban Muñoz

Marcos Gonsalez Looks Back at a Landmark Queer Text, Cruising Utopia

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The Best Book You Can Find in a Hospital Gift Shop Is About To Become a TV Show

The Best Book You Can Find in a Hospital Gift Shop Is About To Become a TV Show

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14-year-old literary activist Marley Dias on how her generation is fighting for the future.

14-year-old literary activist Marley Dias on how her generation is fighting for the future.

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Rachel Cusk's house is an austere, experimental, hyper-modern masterpiece. (Shocking, right?)

Rachel Cusk's house is an austere, experimental, hyper-modern masterpiece. (Shocking, right?)

By Emily Temple | August 28, 2019

A robot read 3.5 million books to find we describe women by appearance, and men by virtue.

A robot read 3.5 million books to find we describe women by appearance, and men by virtue.

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On the Politics of Italics

On the Politics of Italics

Jumoke Verissimo Wonders When It's Right to Highlight Difference

By Jumoke Verissimo | August 28, 2019

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