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Your weekly book deal memo: Shirley Jackson, Rafia Zakaria, Megan Rapinoe, & more.

Your weekly book deal memo: Shirley Jackson, Rafia Zakaria, Megan Rapinoe, & more.

By Emily Temple | August 2, 2019

5 Great Audiobooks For That Summer Road Trip

5 Great Audiobooks For That Summer Road Trip

From Disneyland to the Genteel South, Stories to Pass the Miles

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What the Beginning of an Ebola Outbreak Looks Like

What the Beginning of an Ebola Outbreak Looks Like

Richard Preston Chronicles the Epidemic of 2013

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Walter Benjamin: How WWI Changed the Meaning of 'Barbaric'

Walter Benjamin: How WWI Changed the Meaning of 'Barbaric'

On the 'Monstrous Development of Technology'

By Walter Benjamin | August 2, 2019

How Cooking Helped Me Find Joy After Coming Out

How Cooking Helped Me Find Joy After Coming Out

Veronica Esposito on Samin Nosrat and What Cooking Taught Her About Transitioning

By Veronica Esposito | August 2, 2019

The Life of Afong Moy, the First Chinese Woman in America

The Life of Afong Moy, the First Chinese Woman in America

Contending with the Orientalist Fears and Fantasies of a Young Nation

By Nancy E. Davis | August 2, 2019

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On Our Relentless Quest for Bigfoot

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The Utopian Dream and Surveillance Nightmare of Electronic Money

The Utopian Dream and Surveillance Nightmare of Electronic Money

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On the Difficulty of Translating British Humor Into American Comedy 

On the Difficulty of Translating British Humor Into American Comedy 

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127 years after his death, letters of love and angst still come to Rimbaud's grave.

127 years after his death, letters of love and angst still come to Rimbaud's grave.

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