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A Revolt Against Rationality: On the Utopian Dreams of Early 20th-Century Occultists

A Revolt Against Rationality: On the Utopian Dreams of Early 20th-Century Occultists

Raphael Cormack Explores the Emergence of a Spiritual Movement That Sought to Transform the Modern Age

By Raphael Cormack | March 14, 2025

How the Vietnam War Exposed America’s Military and Political Vulnerabilities

How the Vietnam War Exposed America’s Military and Political Vulnerabilities

James A. Warren on the Origins and Lasting Impact of a Generation-Defining Cold War Conflict

By James A. Warren | March 14, 2025

A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>Pipe Dreams on Pico</em> by Brent L. Smith

A Small Press Book We Love:
Pipe Dreams on Pico by Brent L. Smith

By James Folta | March 13, 2025

What Nathaniel Hawthorne Has To Say to Silicon Valley About Techno-Optimism

What Nathaniel Hawthorne Has To Say to Silicon Valley About Techno-Optimism

Lisa Catherine Harper on the Painfully Enduring Lessons of a Celebrated 19th-Century American Writer

By Lisa Catherine Harper | March 13, 2025

Truth, Power, Art: A Critical Manifesto on Creative Nonfiction

Truth, Power, Art: A Critical Manifesto on Creative Nonfiction

Lauren Markham and Chris Feliciano Arnold on the Urgency Writing Truth to Power

By Lauren Markham and Chris Feliciano Arnold | March 13, 2025

Why We Fear Real-Life Dystopia but Love Dystopian Fiction

Why We Fear Real-Life Dystopia but Love Dystopian Fiction

Laila Lalami: "Our world... may not be the best of all possible worlds, but it’s the one we have—and the one we make."

By Laila Lalami | March 13, 2025

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Here are the finalists for the 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize.

By Literary Hub | March 12, 2025

Stenographers of Empire: Where is the Moral Courage in the American Media?

By Steven W. Thrasher | March 12, 2025

A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>The Days of Abandonment</em> by Elena Ferrante

A Small Press Book We Love:
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By Emily Firetog | March 12, 2025

For its tenth birthday(!), <em> A Little Life </em> is getting a makeover.

For its tenth birthday(!), A Little Life is getting a makeover.

By Brittany Allen | March 12, 2025

Sloane Crosley: On the Fine Art of Saying “No”

Sloane Crosley: On the Fine Art of Saying “No”

The Benefits of Bluntly Turning Down Unwanted Requests

By Sloane Crosley | March 12, 2025

What the Rise of AI-Powered Weapons Reveals About the State of Modern Warfare

What the Rise of AI-Powered Weapons Reveals About the State of Modern Warfare

Christopher Summerfield on the Practical and Ethical Ramifications of Surrendering Human Military Knowledge to Machines

By Christopher Summerfield | March 12, 2025

What Kafka’s Hypochondria Reveals About His Literary and Personal Life

What Kafka’s Hypochondria Reveals About His Literary and Personal Life

Will Rees on the Shared Characteristics Between Health Anxiety and the Writer’s Calling

By Will Rees | March 12, 2025

A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction</em>

A Small Press Book We Love:
That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction

By Drew Broussard | March 11, 2025

When an (Extremely Prolific) Author Shares Your Name

When an (Extremely Prolific) Author Shares Your Name

Bryan Alistair Charles on the Unexpected Gifts of Discovering Brian Charles

By Bryan Alistair Charles | March 11, 2025

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