One great short story to read today: Deesha Philyaw's

One great short story to read today: Deesha Philyaw's "Eula"

By Emily Temple | May 16, 2024

My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

My Mother Will Live Forever in the Stories of Alice Munro

Jonny Diamond on the Timeless Genius of Canada’s Greatest Writer

By Jonny Diamond | May 16, 2024

What Happens When You Live Strictly According to the Original Constitution in Present Day New York City?

What Happens When You Live Strictly According to the Original Constitution in Present Day New York City?

In Which A.J. Jacobs Carries a Musket Around Manhattan

By A.J. Jacobs | May 16, 2024

What Comes For Us All: Read Elias Canetti on the Many Guises of Death

What Comes For Us All: Read Elias Canetti on the Many Guises of Death

On Those Who End Life and Those Whose Lives End

By Elias Canetti | May 16, 2024

Paternal Instinct: Why Men Go Gaga Over Babies, Too

Paternal Instinct: Why Men Go Gaga Over Babies, Too

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on the Biological and Neurological Impulses That Fuel Parent-Child Bonds

By Sarah Blaffer Hrdy | May 16, 2024

200 authors call on Baillie Gifford to divest from Israel and fossil fuels.

200 authors call on Baillie Gifford to divest from Israel and fossil fuels.

By Dan Sheehan | May 15, 2024

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A bunch of fake Kathleen Hanna biographies were released on the same day as her new memoir.

By Brittany Allen | May 15, 2024

One great short story to read today: John Cheever's "The Enormous Radio"

By Emily Temple | May 15, 2024

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The Yinzers of Glasgow: On the Scottish Origins of Pittsburgh’s Unique Dialect

The Yinzers of Glasgow: On the Scottish Origins of Pittsburgh’s Unique Dialect

Ed Simon Demystifies and Reclaims Pittsburghese

By Ed Simon | May 15, 2024

Tearing Away at the Time Escaping: Lou Stoppard on Pairing Photographs with Annie Ernaux’s <em>Exteriors</em>

Tearing Away at the Time Escaping: Lou Stoppard on Pairing Photographs with Annie Ernaux’s Exteriors

Rebecca Bengal Talks to the Curator and Writer About Photographic and Fictional Truth

By Rebecca Bengal | May 15, 2024

What Freudian Psychoanalysis Gets Wrong About Trans Identity

What Freudian Psychoanalysis Gets Wrong About Trans Identity

Jennifer Finney Boylan Considers “Penis Envy” In the Context of Dysphoria

By Jennifer Finney Boylan | May 15, 2024

“I Enjoy It Somethin’ Terrible.” Studs Terkel Talks to Babe Secoli About Her Work as a Supermarket Checker

“I Enjoy It Somethin’ Terrible.” Studs Terkel Talks to Babe Secoli About Her Work as a Supermarket Checker

From “Working,” the Classic Oral History of Americans' Working Lives

By Studs Terkel | May 15, 2024

Four Must-See Museums For Bibliophiles This Summer

Four Must-See Museums For Bibliophiles This Summer

Bob Eckstein Recommends Some Unmissable Sights For Writers and Book Lovers Across America

By Bob Eckstein | May 15, 2024

Kiyo Sato on Japanese American Incarceration’s Language of Dehumanization

Kiyo Sato on Japanese American Incarceration’s Language of Dehumanization

“Here’s the truth: I am now called a non-alien, stripped of my constitutional rights.”

By Kiyo Sato | May 15, 2024

Remembering Alice Munro

Remembering Alice Munro

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By Emily Temple | May 14, 2024

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