Darrin M. McMahon on the History of Equality

Darrin M. McMahon on the History of Equality

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John Vaillant’s “Fire Weather” has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction.

John Vaillant’s “Fire Weather” has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction.

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Read Anne Boyer's extraordinary <em>New York Times</em> resignation letter.

Read Anne Boyer's extraordinary New York Times resignation letter.

By Dan Sheehan | November 16, 2023

 Missouri library buys extra copies of “Bang Like a Porn Star” for “research.”

 Missouri library buys extra copies of “Bang Like a Porn Star” for “research.”

By Jonny Diamond | November 16, 2023

What Stig Dagerman's Typewriter Meant to Him, His Descendants, and His Fans

What Stig Dagerman's Typewriter Meant to Him, His Descendants, and His Fans

Diego Courchay Chronicles the Abbreviated Life of a Swedish Literary Prodigy

By Diego Courchay | November 16, 2023

Beth Kephart on the Eternal Hope of Rare Books

Beth Kephart on the Eternal Hope of Rare Books

"We go to books for solace, and for proof, to begin again at the beginning."

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Neill Lochery on Chasing Nazi Treasure After World War II

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Here is the moment the National Book Award finalists called for a ceasefire.

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Jenny Erpenbeck on Spying, Lying, and Eros

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In Conversation with Ellen Adams in Montréal

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Archival Romance: On Finding Love in the Papers of an Obscure Medieval Poet

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Benjamin Taylor on the Early Years of America's Chronicler of the Great Plains

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1848: Europe's Year of Revolt and Revolution

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