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    The Hub

    Jessica Chastain has optioned Jessamine Chan’s The School for Good Mothers for TV.

    By Walker Caplan  January 5, 2022
    The Hub

    Everything you need to know about Norman Mailer’s recent (non-)cancellation.

    By Emily Temple  January 5, 2022
    Keen On

    Why the Pro-Market American Model of Confronting Today’s Climate Emergency Might Offer the Most Realistic Way to Get to Net Zero

    By Keen On  January 5, 2022
    Writing Advice

    Learning, Practice, and Repetition: Why the Act of Writing Is Work

    By Jessie Greengrass  January 5, 2022
    What to Watch

    Into The Matrix: How Trinity’s Rise Responds to the Witch Hunts of the Early Aughts

    By Laura Bogart  January 5, 2022
    Journalism

    On the Legacy of Hunter S. Thompson and Gonzo Journalism

    By Peter Richardson  January 5, 2022
    The Human Body

    On the Surprising Link Between Physical Strength and a Healthy Brain

    By Caroline Williams  January 5, 2022
    Keen On

    Can Accepting That Life is Meaningless Make Us Happier?

    By Keen On  January 5, 2022
    Keen On

    Barbara F. Walter on the Increasing Likelihood of a Second Civil War in the US

    By Keen On  January 5, 2022
    The Hub

    Keanu Reeves is in talks to star in Hulu’s adaptation of The Devil in the White City.

    By Walker Caplan  January 4, 2022
    The Hub

    Politics and Prose is now the first unionized bookstore in Washington, D.C.

    By Walker Caplan  January 4, 2022
    The Hub

    This is just a reminder that Albert Camus named his cat Cigarette, because of course he did.

    By Emily Temple  January 4, 2022
    What to Watch

    Love, Loss, and What We Watched: The Case for Tracking Your Film and TV Consumption

    By Eliza Smith  January 4, 2022
    Soul

    On the Many Miracles of Aretha Franklin

    By Zandria F. Robinson  January 4, 2022
    Philosophy

    In Literature, Considering Love as Both Attention and Absorption

    By Meghan Sullivan and Paul Blaschko  January 4, 2022
    Virtual Book Events

    Virtual Book Events Worth Streaming This Month

    By Arianna Rebolini  January 4, 2022
    Borders

    Crossing the Distance Between Fact and Truth in a Story About Love and Exile

    By Yara Zgheib  January 4, 2022
    Protest

    The Usefulness of Anger in Justice Work

    By Hawa Allan  January 4, 2022
    Relationships

    Fierce, Flawed, and Human: On the Strength of Women of Color

    By Daphne Palasi Andreades  January 4, 2022
    Storybound

    Listen to the Opening Act of Florence Fane in San Francisco, a Civil War Period Romantic Dramady

    By Storybound   January 4, 2022
    Keen On

    Meghan Sullivan and Paul Blaschko on the Search for Meaning

    By Keen On  January 4, 2022
    Keen On

    Meredith Haggerty on the Impact of Inherited Wealth

    By Keen On  January 4, 2022
    Keen On

    Bruce Clark on the 3,000-Year Story of the Birthplace of Western Civilization

    By Keen On  January 4, 2022
    Behind the Mic

    Miracle and Wonder by Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam, and Paul Simon, Read by Malcolm Gladwell and Paul Simon

    By Behind the Mic   January 4, 2022
    The Hub

    J.R.R. Tolkien loved to pull pranks on his students.

    By Walker Caplan  January 3, 2022
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