Can an Artist Help Captive Elephants Win Legal Personhood?

Can an Artist Help Captive Elephants Win Legal Personhood?

On Photographer Colleen Plumb's Collaboration with the Nonhuman Rights Project

By Julia Cooke | December 5, 2017

The Ghosts of Literary Greatness That Forever Haunt Paris

The Ghosts of Literary Greatness That Forever Haunt Paris

From Balzac to Max Jacob, a Pilgrimage to Bygone Genius

By Peter Wortsman | December 5, 2017

Laura Ingalls Wilder and One of The Greatest Natural Disasters in American History

Laura Ingalls Wilder and One of The Greatest Natural Disasters in American History

When a Trillion Locusts Ate Everything in Sight

By Caroline Fraser | December 5, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week:

5 Books Making News This Week: "Best of" Season Edition

Kevin Young, Mary Oliver, Fred Moten, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | December 5, 2017

Trapped in an Abusive Relationship with the United States of America

Trapped in an Abusive Relationship with the United States of America

Scott Esposito on Lies, Bullying and Gaslighting on a National Scale

By Veronica Esposito | December 4, 2017

11 Books to Read If You Want to Understand Caste in India

11 Books to Read If You Want to Understand Caste in India

A Reading List Anchored by Dalit Voices

By S. Shankar | December 4, 2017

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Spare Us Your Elegies: Who Will Advocate for West Virginia?

By Steven Stoll | December 4, 2017

A Fleeting Resource: In Praise of the Deep Cold

By Miranda Weiss | December 4, 2017

A Virtuoso Graphic Novel, Painted While in Hiding From the Nazis

By Literary Hub | December 1, 2017

As the World Ends, Has the Time for Grieving Arrived?

As the World Ends, Has the Time for Grieving Arrived?

Sue Sinclair on Poetry in the Age of a New Sadness

By Sue Sinclair | December 1, 2017

Love and Death at the Library with the Astro Poets

Love and Death at the Library with the Astro Poets

"I had that nervous date feeling, like you were all a giant Earth sign”

By Kyle Lucia Wu | December 1, 2017

SILENCE = DEATH: How an Iconic Protest Poster Came Into Being

SILENCE = DEATH: How an Iconic Protest Poster Came Into Being

When People Need to Communicate with Each Other, There is Always the Street

By Avram Finkelstein | December 1, 2017

How I Turned My Discarded Novel Drafts Into an AI

How I Turned My Discarded Novel Drafts Into an AI

Could a Computer Learn to Imitate Me?

By Kirsten Menger-Anderson | November 30, 2017

See It Here First: The Cover for Porochista Khakpour's New Memoir

See It Here First: The Cover for Porochista Khakpour's New Memoir

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Sick

By Literary Hub | November 30, 2017

Encountering My Son's Older Doppelganger

Encountering My Son's Older Doppelganger

Ashley Hay on the Scandinavian Concept of Vardøger

By Ashley Hay | November 30, 2017

Some Baffling Omissions From the NY Times' 100 Notable Books List

Some Baffling Omissions From the NY Times' 100 Notable Books List

What, Exactly, Counts as Notable?

By Literary Hub | November 30, 2017

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