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    World Building

    Imagining More: Women Writing Worlds in Crisis

    By Erin Swan  June 1, 2022
    Healthcare

    Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Challenge of Writing Satire in Present-Day America

    By Jane Ciabattari  June 1, 2022
    Immigration

    The Myth of the Rapid Mobility of European Immigrants

    By Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan  June 1, 2022
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    9 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
    to Jazz Up Your June

    By Book Marks  June 1, 2022
    Keen On

    What America’s Long Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage Can Teach Us About the Possibility of Gun Control

    By Keen On  June 1, 2022
    Keen On

    Why China, Not Russia, Is Our Greatest Threat And What We Should Do About It

    By Keen On  June 1, 2022
    Keen On

    How a First Novel About America’s Vanished Earth Took 6 Years to Write and 30 Years to Plan

    By Keen On  June 1, 2022
    Authors in the Tent

    David L. Ulin on How Walking Is an Act of “Re-Creation”

    By The Virtual Book Channel  May 31, 2022
    The Hub

    Are fathers discouraging their sons from reading because it’s too “girly”?

    By Emily Temple  May 31, 2022
    The Hub

    Tom Hanks is the perfect Geppetto for Disney’s new Pinocchio adaptation.

    By Katie Yee  May 31, 2022
    Nonfiction Novels

    Between Fact and Fable: Historical Fiction or Nonfictional Novel?

    By Clayton Wickham  May 31, 2022
    Hiking

    Kim Stanley Robinson on Waking Up in the High Sierra

    By Kim Stanley Robinson  May 31, 2022
    Shakespeare

    What’s In a Name? Tracing an Obsession with the Shakespeare Authorship Question

    By Michael Blanding  May 31, 2022
    Residencies

    Lydia Conklin on Writing Residencies and the Invaluable Gift of Permission

    By Lydia Conklin  May 31, 2022
    Queer Culture

    Why Did It Take So Long for Star Trek to Embrace Queer Characters?

    By Ryan Britt  May 31, 2022
    Secrets of the Book Designer

    Secrets of the Book Designer: On Typography, Painting, and Finding That Single Visual Moment

    By Peter C. Baker  May 31, 2022
    Writing Advice

    David Yoon on How to Cultivate Creative Endurance

    By David Yoon  May 31, 2022
    Emergence Magazine

    What Does Living in an Unfolding Apocalyptic Reality Look Like?

    By Emergence Magazine  May 31, 2022
    Queer History

    Why the “Bad Gays” of History Deserve More Attention

    By Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller  May 31, 2022
    Keen On

    Why the Techlash Has Gone Too Far

    By Keen On  May 31, 2022
    Keen On

    Why the Real Power of Conflict Is About Respect Rather Than Violence

    By Keen On  May 31, 2022
    Keen On

    On Hitler’s Boy Soldiers: Can Germans Ever Forget the Second World War?

    By Keen On  May 31, 2022
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best
    Audiobooks of May

    By Book Marks  May 31, 2022
    Keen On

    How to Tell Effective Stories About the Environment

    By Keen On  May 31, 2022
    Behind the Mic

    Singled Out by Andrew Maraniss, Read by Kevin R. Free

    By Behind the Mic   May 31, 2022
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