The Bizarre, True Story of the World’s Greatest Living Art Thief

The Bizarre, True Story of the World’s Greatest Living Art Thief

Is Stealing a Work of Art Ever Excusable? One Master Thief Claims Yes

By Michael Finkel | June 27, 2023

Christian Cooper on Finding Freedom in a Lifelong Love of Birds

Christian Cooper on Finding Freedom in a Lifelong Love of Birds

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 27, 2023

Class, Power, and Murder on the Emerald Isle: The Case of Malcolm Macarthur

Class, Power, and Murder on the Emerald Isle: The Case of Malcolm Macarthur

Mark O’Connell Investigates the Crimes and the Killer That Defined a Generation

By Mark O’Connell | June 27, 2023

How Inflammatory Rhetoric Feeds the Insurrectional Fantasies of the Far-Right

How Inflammatory Rhetoric Feeds the Insurrectional Fantasies of the Far-Right

David Neiwert on Trump-Inspired Domestic Terrorism

By David Neiwert | June 27, 2023

On the “Peace” Conference That Changed the 20th Century

On the “Peace” Conference That Changed the 20th Century

Historian Margaret MacMillan in Conversation on Baillie Gifford’s Read Smart Podcast

By Read Smart | June 27, 2023

Cinematic Transcendence: On Legendary Quests and Wuxia Cinema

Cinematic Transcendence: On Legendary Quests and Wuxia Cinema

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | June 27, 2023

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Roger Ballen on the Existential Ecological Psychodrama of the Destruction of African Wildlife

By Keen On | June 27, 2023

Bethanne Patrick on How She Escaped Her Double Depression and Wrote a Memoir About It

By Keen On | June 27, 2023

Beth Raymer on Her Delightfully Delusional Father, Homelessness, and Why Florida is Pure America

By Keen On | June 27, 2023

The oldest book in the world is about taxing beer.

The oldest book in the world is about taxing beer.

By Jonny Diamond | June 26, 2023

Harry and Meghan are looking to tap Dickens for their next content outing.

Harry and Meghan are looking to tap Dickens for their next content outing.

By Janet Manley | June 26, 2023

Haruki Murakami is asking developers not to destroy the place where he decided to become a writer.

Haruki Murakami is asking developers not to destroy the place where he decided to become a writer.

By Emily Temple | June 26, 2023

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

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