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The Story of the Philosopher-Artist of L.A.

The Story of the Philosopher-Artist of L.A.

On the Life of Noah Purifoy, Keeper of the Watts Towers

By Kellie Jones | May 25, 2017

Remembering My Father Through My Favorite Beatles’ Song

Remembering My Father Through My Favorite Beatles’ Song

Elissa Schappell is Always Happy to Revisit the Octopus’s Garden

By Elissa Schappell | May 25, 2017

A Literary Long Weekend in Charleston, South Carolina

A Literary Long Weekend in Charleston, South Carolina

Confronting History and Celebrating the Arts in the Kingdom by the Sea

By Cinelle Barnes | May 24, 2017

An Incomplete Guide to Literary References in <em>Twin Peaks</em>

An Incomplete Guide to Literary References in Twin Peaks

Or: a compendium of stylish books on Tibet

By Emily Temple | May 24, 2017

Our Bodies Don't Belong to Us: On Living with Trauma

Our Bodies Don't Belong to Us: On Living with Trauma

How do you live in the present when your body is a map of the past?

By Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich | May 24, 2017

How to Make Peace with the Void Through Birdwatching

How to Make Peace with the Void Through Birdwatching

"It was a relief to be back with the bird-loving weirdos"

By Kyo Maclear | May 24, 2017

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Tales of Port-au-Prince: Letting Haitians Speak For Themselves

By Edwidge Danticat | May 23, 2017

Finishing a Memoir with Months to Live

By Tita Ramirez | May 23, 2017

Announcing a New Annual Prize for Young Female Book Collectors

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Looking For Home: Karen Russell on America's Housing Catastrophe

Looking For Home: Karen Russell on America's Housing Catastrophe

This Country's Greatest Natural Disaster is Manmade

By Karen Russell | May 23, 2017

How <em>Girlboss</em> Tries and Fails to Be a Millennial <em>Mary Tyler Moore Show</em>

How Girlboss Tries and Fails to Be a Millennial Mary Tyler Moore Show

a monument to capitalism dressed up as a sitcom

By Emily Harnett | May 23, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week: Activists, American History, and Airbnb

5 Books Making News This Week: Activists, American History, and Airbnb

Rosalind Rosenberg, John B. Boles, Daniel Kehlmann, and More

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20 Years of the Same Prank Call at a Legendary NYC Bar

20 Years of the Same Prank Call at a Legendary NYC Bar

Every Sunday, the Enema Man Calls McSorley's

By Rafe Bartholomew | May 22, 2017

Confronting Anxiety Through Baseball

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Two New Books at the Fraught Intersection of Sports and Mental Illness

By Britni de la Cretaz | May 22, 2017

Classic Jessica Hopper:

Classic Jessica Hopper: "Emo Comes Off Like Rimbaud at the Food Court"

One of America's Great Rock Critics on a Half-Century of Sexist Rock n' Roll

By Jessica Hopper | May 22, 2017

The Week in Literary Film and TV News

The Week in Literary Film and TV News

Elena Ferrante, Ursula K. Le Guin, JG Ballard, Marjane Satrapi & More

By Emily Temple | May 19, 2017

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