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Our Freedom is Fragile: Lessons From the Jewish Children Who Fled Nazi Germany

Our Freedom is Fragile: Lessons From the Jewish Children Who Fled Nazi Germany

Pamela Newton on the Legacy of the Kindertransport

By Pamela Newton | April 3, 2025

The Forest For the Trees: How “Backyard Biology” Can Lead to Scientific Breakthroughs

The Forest For the Trees: How “Backyard Biology” Can Lead to Scientific Breakthroughs

Thor Hanson on the Joys of Slowing Down and Discovering the Unknown In the Familiar

By Thor Hanson | April 3, 2025

What We Can Learn About Death and the Afterlife From the Earliest Humans

What We Can Learn About Death and the Afterlife From the Earliest Humans

Robert Garland Explores the Mourning Rituals and Burial Practices of the Prehistoric and Ancient Past

By Robert Garland | April 3, 2025

Suddenly Old, Suddenly the Other: On the Unfamiliar World of Aging

Suddenly Old, Suddenly the Other: On the Unfamiliar World of Aging

Douglas J. Penick Considers Time, Transitions, and Classical Music

By Douglas J. Penick | April 3, 2025

More Than Just a Toy: What an Old Dollhouse Taught Me About Storytelling and Family

More Than Just a Toy: What an Old Dollhouse Taught Me About Storytelling and Family

Elise Hooper: “In a world that feels increasingly troubling and out of control, the dollhouse is where my mother and I are at our best together.”

By Elise Hooper | April 3, 2025

Republicans in Congress Are Going After a Free and Independent Media

Republicans in Congress Are Going After a Free and Independent Media

The “Anti-American Airwaves” Hearing Was a Very Dangerous Circus

By Aron Solomon | April 3, 2025

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Here are the winners of The National Book Foundation’s "5 Under 35."

By James Folta | April 2, 2025

Here are the finalists for the Women's Prize for Fiction.

By Literary Hub | April 2, 2025

American Literature’s White Whale: Why the “Great American Novel” is Still Worth Pursuing

By Ed Simon | April 2, 2025

The Eureka Moment: How Calculated Risk-Taking Can Lead to Scientific Innovation

The Eureka Moment: How Calculated Risk-Taking Can Lead to Scientific Innovation

Alex Hutchinson on the Intellectual Factors and Cognitive Processes That Produce Boundary-Pushing Science

By Alex Hutchinson | April 2, 2025

The Beast Inside: What the Myth of the Minotaur Reveals About Human Nature

The Beast Inside: What the Myth of the Minotaur Reveals About Human Nature

Natalie Lawrence Explores Our Enduring Obsession With Monsters, Internal and External

By Natalie Lawrence | April 2, 2025

What the Science of Gene Inheritance Reveals About the Humans Behind It

What the Science of Gene Inheritance Reveals About the Humans Behind It

Dalton Conley Explores the Infinite Possibilities and Gross Misuses of Advances in Genetic Research

By Dalton Conley | April 2, 2025

NaNoWriMo is shutting down.

NaNoWriMo is shutting down.

By James Folta | April 1, 2025

Celebrate National Poetry Month with FSG's Dial-A-Poem.

Celebrate National Poetry Month with FSG's Dial-A-Poem.

By Brittany Allen | April 1, 2025

A Single Ray of Light: On Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day” and Living in the Shadow of Long COVID

A Single Ray of Light: On Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day” and Living in the Shadow of Long COVID

Jessie Chaffee: “For a moment, I am the girl, her existence of gray monotony broken by a sliver of sunlight while others revel in the day’s abundance.”

By Jessie Chaffee | April 1, 2025

On the Best (Worst) Best Man Speech Ever (at My Super Mario-Themed Wedding)

On the Best (Worst) Best Man Speech Ever (at My Super Mario-Themed Wedding)

Mike Drucker Finds a Little Humor in Life’s Many Setbacks

By Mike Drucker | April 1, 2025

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