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Love in the Time of Hillbilly Elegy: On JD Vance’s Appalachian Grift

Love in the Time of Hillbilly Elegy: On JD Vance’s Appalachian Grift

Justin B. Wymer Knows a Snake When He Sees One

By Justin B. Wymer | August 27, 2024

Rejecting Denial and Embracing Sorrow: On Writing the Story of a Husband’s Suicide

Rejecting Denial and Embracing Sorrow: On Writing the Story of a Husband’s Suicide

Alexandra Marshall Explores the Tension Between the Diverging Demands of Fiction and Memoir

By Alexandra Marshall | August 27, 2024

How Foreign Tyrants Contract American Lobbyists to Whitewash Their Crimes

How Foreign Tyrants Contract American Lobbyists to Whitewash Their Crimes

Casey Michel on the Long History of Dark Money and Shadowy Influence in the Hallowed Halls of Washington DC

By Casey Michel | August 27, 2024

An Italian robbery was averted thanks to a good book.

An Italian robbery was averted thanks to a good book.

By James Folta | August 26, 2024

When Art Talks Back: Jonathan Lethem on Graffiti As Visual and Written Expression

When Art Talks Back: Jonathan Lethem on Graffiti As Visual and Written Expression

Exploring Artistic Scribbling in a Rapidly Gentrifying New York City

By Jonathan Lethem | August 26, 2024

How Weimar Berlin Inspired Christopher Isherwood’s <em>Sally Bowles</em>

How Weimar Berlin Inspired Christopher Isherwood’s Sally Bowles

Katherine Bucknell on the Tumultuous World That Made the Novella and Its Protagonist

By Katherine Bucknell | August 26, 2024

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Beyond Saviors and Suffering: On the Complex Dynamics of Animal Rescue

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What the Timelessness of Modern Malaise Reveals About the Human Condition

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J.D. Salinger designed his iconic rainbow corner cover himself.

By James Folta | August 23, 2024

Rebecca Solnit: JD Vance is Just Another Know Nothing Nativist

Rebecca Solnit: JD Vance is Just Another Know Nothing Nativist

“Vance seems to assume that large numbers of native-born white people don't constitute ethnic enclaves.”

By Rebecca Solnit | August 23, 2024

Echoes of Abuse: The Problematic Legacies of Harmful Male Celebrities

Echoes of Abuse: The Problematic Legacies of Harmful Male Celebrities

Joy Neumeyer on the Lingering Effects of the Soviet Union’s Rejection of Feminism

By Joy Neumeyer | August 23, 2024

More Than a Muse: On Salvadoran Artist and Wife of Antoine, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

More Than a Muse: On Salvadoran Artist and Wife of Antoine, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

Gina María Balibrera Paints a Picture of the Forgotten Woman of Surrealism Who Inspired Her Novel

By Gina María Balibrera | August 23, 2024

On the Dark History and Ongoing Ableist Legacy of the IQ Test

On the Dark History and Ongoing Ableist Legacy of the IQ Test

Pepper Stetler Explores How Research Helps Us Understand the Past to Create a Better Future

By Pepper Stetler | August 23, 2024

Here’s the winner of the 2024 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize.

Here’s the winner of the 2024 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize.

By Literary Hub | August 22, 2024

The 20th-Century Technological Debate That Foretold Our 21st-Century Fears

The 20th-Century Technological Debate That Foretold Our 21st-Century Fears

Andrew Smith on the Competing Predictions of Edsger Dijkstra and Douglas Engelbart

By Andrew Smith | August 22, 2024

A Kind of Arctic Madness: On Christiane Ritter’s Essential Memoir of the Far North

A Kind of Arctic Madness: On Christiane Ritter’s Essential Memoir of the Far North

Colin Dickey Goes All the Way to Svalbard to Read “A Woman in the Polar Night”

By Colin Dickey | August 22, 2024

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