Seeing Green: Why We Should All Be Paying Attention to Plants

Seeing Green: Why We Should All Be Paying Attention to Plants

Klaudia Khan on the Arrogance of Anthropocentrism and the Overlooked Wonders of the Natural World

By Klaudia Khan | July 23, 2024

Shalom Auslander on the First Story He Was Ever Told

Shalom Auslander on the First Story He Was Ever Told

“The first part of You Suck is known as The Old Testament.”

By Shalom Auslander | July 23, 2024

The Cofounder of <em>Guernica</em> on Free Speech and the Retraction of the Israel-Gaza Essay

The Cofounder of Guernica on Free Speech and the Retraction of the Israel-Gaza Essay

“Is freedom of speech all that much to hold onto if one has no forum in which to put that speech forward?”

By Michael Archer | July 22, 2024

On the Simple Prophecy of Octavia Butler’s <em>Parable of the Sower</em>

On the Simple Prophecy of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower

Roz Dineen on the Book Everyone Should Read Now

By Roz Dineen | July 22, 2024

The Hard Art of Seeing Your Own Writing Through Rose-Colored Glasses

The Hard Art of Seeing Your Own Writing Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Mira Ptacin on Transforming One’s Inner Critic

By Mira Ptacin | July 22, 2024

A Better Way to Teach History: On Adapting James Loewen’s “Lies My Teacher Told Me”

A Better Way to Teach History: On Adapting James Loewen’s “Lies My Teacher Told Me”

Nate Powell on Book Bans and the Problem of American “Heroification”

By Nate Powell | July 22, 2024

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From Dream to Nightmare: On the Deadly Manifestations of Religious Hatred in India

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Florida’s Commissioner of Education thinks Jane Austen was an American.

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Joe Biden’s Gaza Problem: It’s Not Just the Pundit Class That Wants Him Gone

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Should you read Keanu Reeves's novel?

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On the Aftermath of a Brutal Murder-Suicide in an Idyllic Small Town

On the Aftermath of a Brutal Murder-Suicide in an Idyllic Small Town

George Choundas Ponders How Life Continues In the Face of Senseless Tragedy

By George Choundas | July 19, 2024

What the Gradual Corporate Capture of the Supreme Court Means For Democracy

What the Gradual Corporate Capture of the Supreme Court Means For Democracy

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Jennifer Mueller on the Current Dangers Facing the American Judiciary

By Sheldon Whitehouse and Jennifer Mueller | July 19, 2024

How America’s Sex Education—and Oversexed Culture—Continues to Fail Women

How America’s Sex Education—and Oversexed Culture—Continues to Fail Women

Natalie Lampert on Moving the Conversation About Controlling Women’s Bodies Beyond Abortion

By Natalie Lampert | July 19, 2024

100+ translators call for PEN America to relinquish control of the Heim Fund.

100+ translators call for PEN America to relinquish control of the Heim Fund.

By Dan Sheehan | July 18, 2024

Meet the writers who garden against time.

Meet the writers who garden against time.

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Russian missiles destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest book-printing presses.

Russian missiles destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest book-printing presses.

By James Folta | July 18, 2024

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