Fashionably Monochrome Mammals: On the Pleasures of Watching Skunks

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How Arabic Translations of Ancient Greek Texts Started a New Scientific Revolution

How Arabic Translations of Ancient Greek Texts Started a New Scientific Revolution

Josephine Quinn on the Myth that Arabic Translations Merely Preserved Greek Literature

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NaNoWriMo defends writing with AI and pisses off the whole internet.

NaNoWriMo defends writing with AI and pisses off the whole internet.

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The <em>Nightbitch</em> trailer is here, and it's even more deranged than you expected.

The Nightbitch trailer is here, and it's even more deranged than you expected.

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The seven kinds of friendships you find in literature: a taxonomy.

The seven kinds of friendships you find in literature: a taxonomy.

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Stanford’s writing program is firing their lecturers and gutting the department.

Stanford’s writing program is firing their lecturers and gutting the department.

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Intifada: On Being an Arabic Literature Professor in a Time of Genocide

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Smarter Than You Think? On the Literary Side of <em>Friends</em>

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Greg Cwik Examines the Reading Habits in the Iconic 90s Sitcom

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As Much Power As the President: How Billionaires Became More Influential than World Leaders

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Here are the finalists for the 2024 Kirkus Prize.

Here are the finalists for the 2024 Kirkus Prize.

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The Best Novel About 21st-Century Male Loneliness Was Written in 1989

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