Eve and Joan: Exploring the Tumultuous Friendship of LA’s Literary Ladies

Eve and Joan: Exploring the Tumultuous Friendship of LA’s Literary Ladies

Lili Anolik on the Irresistible Draw of Eve Babitz and Joan Didion, Two Iconic Chroniclers of California

By Lili Anolik | November 12, 2024

Witnesses to a Changing World: On the Longevity and Endurance of the Greenland Shark

Witnesses to a Changing World: On the Longevity and Endurance of the Greenland Shark

Katherine Rundell Considers the Near-Eternal Lives of These Enigmatic Deep Sea Creatures

By Katherine Rundell | November 12, 2024

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Six newsletters to get you through this week.

By Brittany Allen | November 11, 2024

JD Vance Quoted One of Cormac McCarthy’s Most Evil Characters to Make Some Asinine Point

JD Vance Quoted One of Cormac McCarthy’s Most Evil Characters to Make Some Asinine Point

From Hannibal Lecter to Anton Chigurgh, All the Best Fictional People

By James Folta | November 11, 2024

Memories in the Marsh: A Love Letter to Exploring, Studying, and Creating Art in Nature

Memories in the Marsh: A Love Letter to Exploring, Studying, and Creating Art in Nature

Anna Farro Henderson Reflects on Romance, Distance, and Change as She Studies a Maine Marshland

By Anna Farro Henderson | November 11, 2024

On Understanding and Capturing the Horrors of War and Fascism

On Understanding and Capturing the Horrors of War and Fascism

Julian Zabalbeascoa Explores His Family’s Experience of the Spanish Civil War Through Fiction

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Neal Stephenson Jumps From Speculative Fancy to Strange History

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Eric Olson Talks to the Author of “Polostan”

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Tim Robey Remembers “Mad Max” Director George Miller's Late 90s Cinematic Flop

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How a Legacy of Poverty and Systematic Exclusion Created “White Trash” in America

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Jaydra Johnson on the Intersections of Literature, Classism and Family History

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How Woodrow Wilson’s Privileged Southern Upbringing Influenced His Love Life

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Christopher Cox on the 28th President’s Relationship With His First Wife, Ellen Axson Wilson

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