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Henry David Thoreau Was Funnier Than You Think, Particularly on the Subject of Work

Henry David Thoreau Was Funnier Than You Think, Particularly on the Subject of Work

John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle on the Necessary “Deep Sincerity” of Dark Humor

By John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle | June 26, 2023

Diana Goetsch on How Elena Ferrante and Milan Kundera Helped Her Write a Memoir

Diana Goetsch on How Elena Ferrante and Milan Kundera Helped Her Write a Memoir

The Author of This Body I Wore on Trans Identity and Making Nonfiction Read Like Fiction

By Diana Goetsch | June 26, 2023

What Suitcases Taught Ana Menéndez About Art, Exile, and Poetry

What Suitcases Taught Ana Menéndez About Art, Exile, and Poetry

The Author of The Apartment on Learning to Trust In Our Destinations

By Ana Menéndez | June 26, 2023

How a Venetian Monk Created the First Annotated Map of the World

How a Venetian Monk Created the First Annotated Map of the World

Meredith F. Small on the Textual Cartography of Fra Mauro

By Meredith F. Small | June 26, 2023

Isabella Hammad: The Idea of Apolitical Art is Very Political

Isabella Hammad: The Idea of Apolitical Art is Very Political

The Author of Enter Ghost in Conversation With Olivia Watson

By Olivia Watson | June 26, 2023

Literature in the Bardo: Tenzin Dickie on the Past, Present, and Future of the Tibetan Essay

Literature in the Bardo: Tenzin Dickie on the Past, Present, and Future of the Tibetan Essay

“The essay—as act of truth—changes not just the writer but also the reader.”

By Tenzin Dickie | June 26, 2023

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R.K. Russell on Being Black and Bisexual in the National Football League

By Keen On | June 26, 2023

Jackson Lears on the American Pursuit of Vitality From Walt Whitman to Donald Trump

By Keen On | June 26, 2023

Revisiting The Graduate: Is It Outdated?

By History of Literature | June 26, 2023

Jason Del Rey on the Amazon vs. Walmart War For Our Wallets, Bodies, and Souls

Jason Del Rey on the Amazon vs. Walmart War For Our Wallets, Bodies, and Souls

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 26, 2023

Garrett Neiman on Uprooting the Old Boy’s Club in Order to Transform America

Garrett Neiman on Uprooting the Old Boy’s Club in Order to Transform America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 26, 2023

Here are the winners of the 2023 Firecracker Awards.

Here are the winners of the 2023 Firecracker Awards.

By Janet Manley | June 23, 2023

Against the Cynicism Cycle: Why TV Could Do with Less Moral Grayness

Against the Cynicism Cycle: Why TV Could Do with Less Moral Grayness

Noah Ciubotaru Wonders if We’ve Given Antihero Stories Too Much Credit

By Noah Ciubotaru | June 23, 2023

Between Fear and Resignation: How German Writers Reacted to Hitler’s Rise

Between Fear and Resignation: How German Writers Reacted to Hitler’s Rise

Uwe Wittstock on Intellectual Suppression in the Early Days of Nazi Terror

By Uwe Wittstock | June 23, 2023

Beyond the Road Not Taken: <em>Past Lives</em> is a Love Story of Thoughtful Restraint

Beyond the Road Not Taken: Past Lives is a Love Story of Thoughtful Restraint

Olivia Rutigliano Reviews Celine Song's "Devastatingly Subtle" New Film

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 23, 2023

More Than A Children’s Story: <em>The Velveteen Rabbit</em> At 100

More Than A Children’s Story: The Velveteen Rabbit At 100

Lisa Rowe Fraustino on the Enduring Relevance of Margery Williams’s Most Famous Book

By Lisa Rowe Fraustino | June 23, 2023

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