Why Expertise Has Lost Its Luster in an Age of Populism and Chaos

Why Expertise Has Lost Its Luster in an Age of Populism and Chaos

Amanda Goodall on the Enduring Value of Experts' Opinions

By Amanda Goodall | July 19, 2023

Lupine Cryptids, Tornado Alleys, and Sulfuric Demons: Lillian Stone on Her Complicated Relationship With Her Ozark Roots

Lupine Cryptids, Tornado Alleys, and Sulfuric Demons: Lillian Stone on Her Complicated Relationship With Her Ozark Roots

“I felt like a werewolf—hiding from prying eyes, not wanting anyone to see me transform.”

By Lillian Stone | July 19, 2023

Modern Tourism Makes It Difficult to Truly Appreciate the Sistine Chapel

Modern Tourism Makes It Difficult to Truly Appreciate the Sistine Chapel

Jeannie Marshall on Why We Need to Slow Down and Sit in Silence to Take in Works of Art

By Jeannie Marshall | July 19, 2023

Why Are So Many Babies Born Via C-Section?

Why Are So Many Babies Born Via C-Section?

Allison Yarrow on the Under-Examined Assumption of Cesarean Birth

By Allison Yarrow | July 19, 2023

Can you guess these famous writers by their childhood nicknames?

Can you guess these famous writers by their childhood nicknames?

By Emily Temple | July 18, 2023

The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes mean it is time to rewatch that Ethan Hawke video.

The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes mean it is time to rewatch that Ethan Hawke video.

By Janet Manley | July 18, 2023

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Borges Dealt With His Anxiety About Going Blind by Learning a New Language

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How Syrian Writer Khaled Khalifa Navigates Exile Abroad and At Home

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A Paradise of Birds: The Puffins of the Remote Island of Skellig Michael

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Craig Brown on Bringing Humor to Writing About The Beatles

Craig Brown on Bringing Humor to Writing About The Beatles

The Author of One Two Three Four on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart

By Read Smart | July 18, 2023

Hiding In Plain Sight: Patrick Gale on the Life and Work of Poet Charles Causley

Hiding In Plain Sight: Patrick Gale on the Life and Work of Poet Charles Causley

“Only then did I reread the poems, to see how they might be transformed by the things I had learned.”

By Patrick Gale | July 18, 2023

Talking to the Mafia About Michael Jackson, Donald Trump, and Jimmy Hoffa

Talking to the Mafia About Michael Jackson, Donald Trump, and Jimmy Hoffa

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 18, 2023

Enabling a Conversation Between Rural and Urban America

Enabling a Conversation Between Rural and Urban America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 18, 2023

The Complicated Afterlives of <br>Roberto Bolaño

The Complicated Afterlives of
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Twenty Years After His Death, Aaron Shulman Unpacks the Legacy of the Chilean Poet and Novelist

By Aaron Shulman | July 17, 2023

The Race to Make Hollywood’s First Atomic Bomb Movie

The Race to Make Hollywood’s First Atomic Bomb Movie

Before Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the World Nearly Got Ayn Rand’s ”Tribute to Free Enterprise”

By Greg Mitchell | July 17, 2023

The Old Becomes the New: Lawrence Sutin on the Art of Transforming Books

The Old Becomes the New: Lawrence Sutin on the Art of Transforming Books

“The freedom of erasure is its greatest allure.”

By Lawrence Sutin | July 17, 2023

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