John Vaillant’s “Fire Weather” has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction.

John Vaillant’s “Fire Weather” has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction.

By Jonny Diamond | November 16, 2023

Read Anne Boyer's extraordinary <em>New York Times</em> resignation letter.

Read Anne Boyer's extraordinary New York Times resignation letter.

By Dan Sheehan | November 16, 2023

 Missouri library buys extra copies of “Bang Like a Porn Star” for “research.”

 Missouri library buys extra copies of “Bang Like a Porn Star” for “research.”

By Jonny Diamond | November 16, 2023

What Stig Dagerman's Typewriter Meant to Him, His Descendants, and His Fans

What Stig Dagerman's Typewriter Meant to Him, His Descendants, and His Fans

Diego Courchay Chronicles the Abbreviated Life of a Swedish Literary Prodigy

By Diego Courchay | November 16, 2023

Beth Kephart on the Eternal Hope of Rare Books

Beth Kephart on the Eternal Hope of Rare Books

"We go to books for solace, and for proof, to begin again at the beginning."

By Beth Kephart | November 16, 2023

Not Everyone Agreed with Albert Einstein—Including Children, Schrödinger, and Heisenberg

Not Everyone Agreed with Albert Einstein—Including Children, Schrödinger, and Heisenberg

Samuel Graydon on Three Moments in the Life of the Scientist

By Samuel Graydon | November 16, 2023

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On Literary Empathy and the Performative Reading of Palestinian Authors

By Etaf Rum | November 16, 2023

How Isaac Bashevis Singer Preserved European Jewish Life Through Literature

By David Stromberg | November 16, 2023

Magnets, How Do They Work? On the Magic of Magnetic Force

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Neill Lochery on Chasing Nazi Treasure After World War II

Neill Lochery on Chasing Nazi Treasure After World War II

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 16, 2023

Here is the moment the National Book Award finalists called for a ceasefire.

Here is the moment the National Book Award finalists called for a ceasefire.

By Dan Sheehan | November 16, 2023

Jenny Erpenbeck on Spying, Lying, and Eros

Jenny Erpenbeck on Spying, Lying, and Eros

In Conversation with Ellen Adams in Montréal

By Ellen Adams | November 15, 2023

Archival Romance: On Finding Love in the Papers of an Obscure Medieval Poet

Archival Romance: On Finding Love in the Papers of an Obscure Medieval Poet

"This spring, I fell in love with John Gower, who died in 1408."

By Katherine Churchill | November 15, 2023

Never-Ending Nostalgia: Who and What Inspired Willa Cather

Never-Ending Nostalgia: Who and What Inspired Willa Cather

Benjamin Taylor on the Early Years of America's Chronicler of the Great Plains

By Benjamin Taylor | November 15, 2023

1848: Europe's Year of Revolt and Revolution

1848: Europe's Year of Revolt and Revolution

From Christopher Clark's Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlisted Revolutionary Spring

By Christopher Clark | November 15, 2023

Extreme Ithacans: James Elkins on the Joy of Immersion in a Place

Extreme Ithacans: James Elkins on the Joy of Immersion in a Place

Remembrances of a Childhood Spent in Exploration

By James Elkins | November 15, 2023

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