Gemma Tizzard on Researching for Historical Fiction

Gemma Tizzard on Researching for Historical Fiction

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A Self-Made Myth: How Edith Wharton Rewrote Her Own Childhood

A Self-Made Myth: How Edith Wharton Rewrote Her Own Childhood

Constance Roisin on the Author’s Construction of Herself in Fiction and in Life

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Laugh a Little: Why We All Should Be Telling More Jokes

Laugh a Little: Why We All Should Be Telling More Jokes

Alison Wood Brooks on the Importance of Humor in Building Professional and Personal Relationships

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Here are this year's National Book Critics Circle Award finalists.

Here are this year's National Book Critics Circle Award finalists.

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Matter, That Curious and Complex Illusion: Grieving for the Dead in a Universe of Atoms

Matter, That Curious and Complex Illusion: Grieving for the Dead in a Universe of Atoms

Guido Tonelli on the Human Urge to Honor the Dead

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Democracy vs. Autocracy, Cooperation vs. Conflict: How World War II Was Won

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Hal Brands Explores the Differing Strategies, Systems and Worldviews of the Axis and the Allies

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“When I Quit Drinking I Quit Writing.” Matthew Nienow on Stumbling Back Into Poetic Vulnerability

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All in the Family: Considering Television’s Orphan Plot

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Kristen Martin on the Superficial Portrayals of Orphanhood on 90s TV

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An Understanding Ear: How Martha Goddard Became An Advocate For Victimized Women

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Pagan Kennedy on the Activist Awakening of the Woman Who Helped Develop the Rape Kit

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John Vaillant on <em>Fire Weather</em>

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live at the 2024 Sun Vally Writers' Conference

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Now might be a good time to re-read George Orwell.

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Make 2025 the year you read more books in translation.

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Trump 2.0: What the Book World Should Do Now

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An Essay Series by Josh Cook on How We Should Respond to the New Administration

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We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid

We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid

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