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    Nobel Prize?

    Some Predictions For Who (Should) Win the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

    By Lavanya Krishnan and Sandeep Bethanabhotla  September 30, 2022
    Recap

    The Rings of Power: Great Television or Deflating Entry to the Tolkien Canon?

    By Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth  September 30, 2022
    Recipes

    Japanese Cuisine Made Simple: Okonomiyaki

    By Maori Murota  September 30, 2022
    Religion

    Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on Making Amends to Someone Who Can’t Hear Your Apology

    By Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg  September 30, 2022
    What to Watch

    What’s the Point of a Prequel When We All Know Things End Badly?

    By Matthew Redmond  September 30, 2022
    Economics

    How the Federal Reserve Can Be Used To Help the Average American

    By Owen Ullmann  September 30, 2022
    The Literary Life

    Ibram X. Kendi on Why Our Children Need to Be Told the Stories of Slavery and Colonialism

    By The Literary Life  September 30, 2022
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best
    Audiobooks of September

    By Book Marks  September 30, 2022
    The Hub

    Here’s the shortlist for the Center for Fiction’s 2022 First Novel Prize.

    By Corinne Segal  September 29, 2022
    The Hub

    Hundreds of authors signed a letter in support of libraries’ digital rights.

    By Corinne Segal  September 29, 2022
    New Music USA

    Maddi Baird Explores the Sounds of Los Angeles and the West Coast

    By New Music USA  September 29, 2022
    Robots

    So, What Exactly Does Our Robot Future Look Like?

    By Dr. Steven Novella with Bob Novella & Jay Novella  September 29, 2022
    Reading

    In Praise of Physical Books: From Symbols of Cultural Capital to… Cultural Relics?

    By George Prochnik  September 29, 2022
    Fashion

    Thrifted Suits, Gender Anarchy, and the Power of a Writing Uniform

    By Heidi Sopinka  September 29, 2022
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Saeed Jones on the Apocalypse as a State of Being

    By The Virtual Book Channel  September 29, 2022
    Women Writers

    On the Meteoric Rise of “Aunt Elsie,” Beloved Newswoman and Children’s Columnist

    By Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert  September 29, 2022
    entomology

    “Let the Bees Tell You.” On the Holy Bible (For Beekeepers) of Buckfast Abbey

    By Allison LaSorda  September 29, 2022
    TK TK TK

    In Praise of TK: Why the Handy Shorthand Has a Surprising Emotional Hold on Me

    By Sophie Vershbow  September 29, 2022
    Book Covers

    The 15 Best Book Covers of September

    By Emily Temple  September 29, 2022
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Jonathan Escoffery Talks About How Belonging Shifts Across Generations

    By Fiction Non Fiction  September 29, 2022
    Open Form

    Celebrating One-Note Men in Legally Blonde

    By Open Form  September 29, 2022
    Recipes

    Morning Brew: Nadiya Hussain’s Very Simple Coffee Cake

    By Nadiya Hussain  September 29, 2022
    We Have Ways of Making You Talk

    How Ross McCall Prepared for His Role in Band of Brothers

    By We Have Ways of Making You Talk   September 29, 2022
    The Hub

    Dozens of libraries in England and Wales may become “warm banks” for people who need shelter.

    By Corinne Segal  September 28, 2022
    The Hub

    Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and Clint Smith have won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

    By Dan Sheehan  September 28, 2022
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