<em>Leave the World Behind</em> is a Tense, Uneasy Thriller

Leave the World Behind is a Tense, Uneasy Thriller

Olivia Rutigliano on Sam Esmail’s Adaptation of Rumaan Alam’s National Book Award-Nominated Novel

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How <em>Siskel & Ebert</em> Brought Movies to the People

How Siskel & Ebert Brought Movies to the People

Matt Singer on the Bygone Era Before Movie Clips

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A Cartogropher’s Glorious Paean to the Landscape of Connemara

A Cartogropher’s Glorious Paean to the Landscape of Connemara

Tim Robinson on the Lore of Sea and Shore in Ireland

By Tim Robinson | November 17, 2023

On Learning to Ride a Motorcycle After Fifty

On Learning to Ride a Motorcycle After Fifty

Kim McLarin on Why It's Never Too Late to Feel Dangerous and Accomplished

By Kim McLarin | November 17, 2023

How Michele Wallace Sought Black Women’s Liberation Through Art

How Michele Wallace Sought Black Women’s Liberation Through Art

Courtney Thorsson on the Emergence of a Black Feminist Literary Culture in America

By Courtney Thorsson | November 17, 2023

The Ability to Transform: On Wolves Becoming People, and People Becoming Wolves

The Ability to Transform: On Wolves Becoming People, and People Becoming Wolves

Sonja Swift Considers Lupine Representation and Demonization Across Cultures

By Sonja Swift | November 17, 2023

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

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Diego Courchay Chronicles the Abbreviated Life of a Swedish Literary Prodigy

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Beth Kephart on the Eternal Hope of Rare Books

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Not Everyone Agreed with Albert Einstein—Including Children, Schrödinger, and Heisenberg

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Samuel Graydon on Three Moments in the Life of the Scientist

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On Literary Empathy and the Performative Reading of Palestinian Authors

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Etaf Rum Considers Reading and Writing During Times of Crisis

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How Isaac Bashevis Singer Preserved European Jewish Life Through Literature

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