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The Rise of Arthur Ashe: Tennis Star, Civil Rights Activist

The Rise of Arthur Ashe: Tennis Star, Civil Rights Activist

"I finally stopped trying to be part of white society."

By Raymond Arsenault | September 26, 2018

How Small-Town Newspapers Ignored Local Lynchings

How Small-Town Newspapers Ignored Local Lynchings

Sherilynn A. Ifill on Justice (and Its Absence) in the 1930s

By Sherilynn A. Ifill | September 26, 2018

Ben Fountain Reports From the NRA's National Convention, Surrounded by 11 Acres of Guns

Ben Fountain Reports From the NRA's National Convention, Surrounded by 11 Acres of Guns

On the Paranoid Style in American Gun Shows

By Ben Fountain | September 25, 2018

Hannah Arendt, Comics, and Me

Hannah Arendt, Comics, and Me

How a New Yorker Cartoonist Wrestled with One of the Greatest Minds of All Time

By Ken Krimstein | September 25, 2018

Announcing the 2018 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant Winners

Announcing the 2018 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant Winners

Awarded to "ambitious projects that bring writing to the highest possible standards."

By Emily Temple | September 25, 2018

The 12 Best Book Covers of September

The 12 Best Book Covers of September

In Which We Happily Judge Covers By Their Covers

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Where, Exactly, is the Overlap Between Storytelling and Technology?

By Tobias Carroll | September 24, 2018

The Fossil Wars: On the Battle Between Paleontologists and Amateur Dealers

By Paige Williams | September 24, 2018

Teaching the Literature of Mad Women

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'I Started to Cry.' Sally Field on Bringing <em>Norma Rae</em> to Cannes

'I Started to Cry.' Sally Field on Bringing Norma Rae to Cannes

"The people below rose to their feet, turned to us, and cheered."

By Sally Field | September 24, 2018

In the Wake of Trump, YA Novels Highlight Immigrant Narratives

In the Wake of Trump, YA Novels Highlight Immigrant Narratives

In Praise of a Sorely Needed Addition to the Genre

By Holly Genovese | September 21, 2018

What <em>Does</em> Democracy Look Like?

What Does Democracy Look Like?

On Occupy Wall Street, Protest Chants, and Participatory Democracy

By James Miller | September 21, 2018

Remembering My Lola By Teaching Myself How to Cook

Remembering My Lola By Teaching Myself How to Cook

She Taught Me to Take Whatever I Had and Make a Home Out of It

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"i'm sick of pretending to give a shit about what whypeepo think"

A Poem From Danez Smith, Who Has Just Won the UK's Forward Prize

By Danez Smith | September 21, 2018

23 Literary Movies and TV Shows You Should Be Watching This Fall

23 Literary Movies and TV Shows You Should Be Watching This Fall

This is Your Essential Book-to-Screen Fall Preview

By Emily Temple | September 20, 2018

The Mysterious Case of a Mongolian Murder That Might Have Been...

The Mysterious Case of a Mongolian Murder That Might Have Been...

Leonid Yuzefovich Follows a Footnote Across 100 Years and 1,000 Miles

By Leonid Yuzefovich | September 20, 2018

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