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Chowder and Community: In Praise of Warm Meals and Warm Hearts

Chowder and Community: In Praise of Warm Meals and Warm Hearts

Tammy Armstrong on Finding Comfort and Inspiration in Fellowship and Food

By Tammy Armstrong | October 3, 2024

Here are this year's literary MacArthur Fellows.

Here are this year's literary MacArthur Fellows.

By Brittany Allen | October 2, 2024

The Tyranny of the Best-Of List: On Navigating Book Lists with OCD

The Tyranny of the Best-Of List: On Navigating Book Lists with OCD

Cornelia Powers Grapples with the Pressures of Gamified Reading

By Cornelia Powers | October 2, 2024

A Long, Vital Tradition: Nine Books That Imagine What a Black Utopia Could Be

A Long, Vital Tradition: Nine Books That Imagine What a Black Utopia Could Be

Aaron Robertson Recommends Victoria Wolcott, Nell Irvin Painter, Wilson Jeremiah Moses, and More

By Aaron Robertson | October 2, 2024

What Our Dreams Tell Us About Ourselves and About the World

What Our Dreams Tell Us About Ourselves and About the World

Michelle Tea on the Ancient Origins and Contemporary Relevance of Dream Interpretation

By Michelle Tea | October 2, 2024

“Brilliant, Unquiet Minds.” Remembering the Writers Who Struggled With Their Demons

“Brilliant, Unquiet Minds.” Remembering the Writers Who Struggled With Their Demons

Betsy Lerner Considers the Difficult Yet Important Work of Publishing Messy and Vulnerable Stories

By Betsy Lerner | October 2, 2024

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Here are the finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards.

By Literary Hub | October 1, 2024

The Price of “Progress.” On Development, Displacement and Dictatorship in the Amazon

By José Henrique Bortoluci | October 1, 2024

Footnotes All the Way Down: How Russian Poetry Mines the Past to Reveal the Present

By Forrest Gander | October 1, 2024

Weird No More: On Loving and Leaving Austin, Texas

Weird No More: On Loving and Leaving Austin, Texas

Alex Hannaford Considers the Rapidly Changing Face of a Once-Affordable Artistic and Cultural Center

By Alex Hannaford | October 1, 2024

A Precarious Arrangement: On Appearance, Coloniality and the Creation of the Self

A Precarious Arrangement: On Appearance, Coloniality and the Creation of the Self

Dionne Brand: “I now recognize myself as authored, altered. As selected, sorted, from a series of selves.”

By Dionne Brand | October 1, 2024

Five cultural hubs to follow for Hurricane Helene updates.

Five cultural hubs to follow for Hurricane Helene updates.

By Brittany Allen | September 30, 2024

Attention Austen fans: Now you can have tea with Lizzy Bennet, IRL.

Meet the bot that's bewitched us, body and...soul?

By Brittany Allen | September 30, 2024

Pilsner Goes to America: How Beer Got Big in the 19th Century

Pilsner Goes to America: How Beer Got Big in the 19th Century

Jeffrey M. Pilcher Tracks the Transatlantic Development of Pilsners and Lagers from Central Europe to the Americas

By Jeffrey M. Pilcher | September 30, 2024

Bell-ends, Pillocks, Numpties, and Sh*tgibbons: Why the Brits Swear Better

Bell-ends, Pillocks, Numpties, and Sh*tgibbons: Why the Brits Swear Better

Ben Yagoda Looks at Some Naughty British Words That Have Entered the American Lexicon

By Ben Yagoda | September 30, 2024

Encounters with the Local Possum; Or, How Safety Can Hide Wonder from Us

Encounters with the Local Possum; Or, How Safety Can Hide Wonder from Us

Jarod K. Anderson Rediscovers Awe

By Jarod K. Anderson | September 30, 2024

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