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“Are We Lost?” How Ancient Cultures Across the Globe Found Their Way Around

“Are We Lost?” How Ancient Cultures Across the Globe Found Their Way Around

Jerry Brotton on the Diverse Origins of the Language of Cardinal Directions

By Jerry Brotton | November 15, 2024

Poems of Power and Our Planet: Six Essential Ecopoetry Collections to Read

Poems of Power and Our Planet: Six Essential Ecopoetry Collections to Read

Dorsía Smith Silva Recommends Craig Santos Perez, Juliana Spahr, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and More

By Dorsia Smith Silva | November 15, 2024

<i> The Onion </i> has bought <i> InfoWars. </i> (And no, this isn't a joke.)

The Onion has bought InfoWars. (And no, this isn't a joke.)

By Brittany Allen | November 14, 2024

Benjamin Franklin: As Much Scientist As Statesman

Benjamin Franklin: As Much Scientist As Statesman

Richard Munson Considers the Founding Father’s Long-Overlooked Passion for Scientific Inquiry

By Richard Munson | November 14, 2024

Want to know how libraries fared on the ballot? This cool non-profit made a chart.

Want to know how libraries fared on the ballot? This cool non-profit made a chart.

By Brittany Allen | November 13, 2024

Bid on a note from your favorite author in The Common's Postcard Auction.

Bid on a note from your favorite author in The Common's Postcard Auction.

By James Folta | November 13, 2024

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Per his own book, Trump’s Secretary of Defense nominee is down for Civil War II

By Jonny Diamond | November 13, 2024

Here are Libro’s bestselling audiobooks of 2024.

By Brittany Allen | November 13, 2024

Meet the 2024 National Book
Award Finalists

By Literary Hub | November 13, 2024

They’re Screening an Adaptation of My Novel in an Israeli Settlement, So I’m Boycotting It

They’re Screening an Adaptation of My Novel in an Israeli Settlement, So I’m Boycotting It

Mirza Waheed: “Boycotts are not acts designed to foster exclusion or hatred; they are, in fact, statements of intent.”

By Mirza Waheed | November 13, 2024

A Gesture Larger Than Death: On Bill T. Jones’s AIDS Elegy “Still/Here” at 30

A Gesture Larger Than Death: On Bill T. Jones’s AIDS Elegy “Still/Here” at 30

Jen Benka Considers Art in the Face of Cataclysm

By Jen Benka | November 13, 2024

The Mystery of Wallis Simpson’s Visit to Shanghai and Her Search for the Elusive “Hurry-Up” Divorce

The Mystery of Wallis Simpson’s Visit to Shanghai and Her Search for the Elusive “Hurry-Up” Divorce

Paul French Chronicles the Future Duchess of Windsor’s Sojourn in China

By Paul French | November 13, 2024

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Linda Grant: “We are all made up of private family legends, we are all novels in the making.”

By Linda Grant | November 13, 2024

Marcia Bjornerud on the Persistence of Past Worlds on Earth

Marcia Bjornerud on the Persistence of Past Worlds on Earth

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | November 13, 2024

Must the Professor Crusade? W. Ralph Eubanks on the Connection Between Black Writing and Black Resistance

Must the Professor Crusade? W. Ralph Eubanks on the Connection Between Black Writing and Black Resistance

“Books and stories can be a light that leads toward the pursuit of truth in what might be dark times.”

By W. Ralph Eubanks | November 12, 2024

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

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