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Satyrs and Poets and Jazzmen and Muses: Anne Waldman on Life at Bennington in the Early 1960s

Satyrs and Poets and Jazzmen and Muses: Anne Waldman on Life at Bennington in the Early 1960s

“I was competitive with men. I wanted their freedom.”

By Anne Waldman | January 18, 2023

How Scientists Diagnosed King Tut Thousands of Years After His Death

How Scientists Diagnosed King Tut Thousands of Years After His Death

Dale Greenwalt on the Detection of Ancient Diseases

By Dale Greenwalt | January 18, 2023

How Writing Against Empire Helps Heal Its Enduring Wounds

How Writing Against Empire Helps Heal Its Enduring Wounds

Tsitsi Dangarembga on the Brutal Legacy of Colonial Conquest

By Tsitsi Dangarembga | January 18, 2023

Paul Auster: Why Is America the Most Violent Country in the Western World?

Paul Auster: Why Is America the Most Violent Country in the Western World?

On the Normalization of Gun Culture in the United States

By Paul Auster | January 18, 2023

WATCH: Tom Crewe and Colm Tóibín on the Joyful History of Gay Life

WATCH: Tom Crewe and Colm Tóibín on the Joyful History of Gay Life

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | January 18, 2023

What the Social Lives of Koalas Tell Us About Ourselves

What the Social Lives of Koalas Tell Us About Ourselves

Danielle Clode on Solitude and Companionship in the Animal Kingdom

By Danielle Clode | January 18, 2023

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See the covers of the first two books from Roxane Gay's new imprint, Roxane Gay Books.

By Roxane Gay | January 17, 2023

Here’s Your 2023 Literary Film and TV Preview

By Emily Temple | January 17, 2023

Dissolution Foretold: Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh on the Reality of His Own Diagnosis

By Henry Marsh | January 17, 2023

How Leaning into Marginalia Helped Me Accept the Loss of Control That Comes with Publication

How Leaning into Marginalia Helped Me Accept the Loss of Control That Comes with Publication

Josh Riedel on Doodles, Dogears, and Acceptance

By Josh Riedel | January 17, 2023

The Future President and the Novelist: When Norman Mailer Met John F. Kennedy

The Future President and the Novelist: When Norman Mailer Met John F. Kennedy

Richard Bradford on Political Mythmaking and Self-Delusion

By Richard Bradford | January 17, 2023

Florence Pugh called John le Carré an “old f*cking fart,” which… inspired him?

Florence Pugh called John le Carré an “old f*cking fart,” which… inspired him?

By Jonny Diamond | January 13, 2023

What Would It Mean to Really Make Space for Mother-Artists?

What Would It Mean to Really Make Space for Mother-Artists?

Janet Manley on Hettie Judah and the Perennial Problem of the “Mother-Shaped Hole”

By Janet Manley | January 13, 2023

An Extraordinary Partnership: <em>Turn Every Page</em> Illustrates the Rare Ideal of Artistic Collaboration

An Extraordinary Partnership: Turn Every Page Illustrates the Rare Ideal of Artistic Collaboration

Michelle Nijhuis Considers the New Documentary About Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

By Michelle Nijhuis | January 13, 2023

How It Took a Diverse Coalition to Truly Fight for Reproductive Freedom in America

How It Took a Diverse Coalition to Truly Fight for Reproductive Freedom in America

Felicia Kornbluh on the Birth of the Reproductive Justice Movement

By Felicia Kornbluh | January 13, 2023

At long last, watch the (very '70s) trailer for <em>Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret</em>.

At long last, watch the (very '70s) trailer for Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

By Emily Temple | January 12, 2023

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