These three writers just won MacArthur “genius” grants.

These three writers just won MacArthur “genius” grants.

By Dan Sheehan | October 4, 2023

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing Characters of Color

WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing Characters of Color

“Most of the fantasies I read as a child, all the good guys were white.”

By Arwen Curry | October 4, 2023

50 Years Ago, One of the Gutsiest, Strangest Sci-Fi Movie Franchises Came to a Close with <em>Battle for the Planet of the Apes</em>

50 Years Ago, One of the Gutsiest, Strangest Sci-Fi Movie Franchises Came to a Close with Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Matthew Hays on the Literary Adaptation (Yes, Really) That Doubled as a Hate Letter to America

By Matthew Hays | October 4, 2023

On the Difficulty of Narrating the Audiobook for Your Own Memoir

On the Difficulty of Narrating the Audiobook for Your Own Memoir

Freda Love Smith Admits, "It's Kind of Hard to Read"

By Freda Love Smith | October 4, 2023

On the Multifaceted Women Who Inspired Saint Augustine

On the Multifaceted Women Who Inspired Saint Augustine

From Kate Cooper's Cundill Prize-Nominated Queens of a Fallen World

By Kate Cooper | October 4, 2023

Charles Derber on How Capitalism is Driving Extinction

Charles Derber on How Capitalism is Driving Extinction

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 4, 2023

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How Alexei Ratmansky Brought A New Kind of Ballet to America

How Alexei Ratmansky Brought A New Kind of Ballet to America

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What the WGA’s Historic Contract Means for All Writers in the Fight Against Generative AI

What the WGA’s Historic Contract Means for All Writers in the Fight Against Generative AI

Alexis Gunderson on the Wins of Hollywood’s Hot Labor Summer

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The Italian Monk Who Foresaw Europe's Obsession With Eugenics

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From Mackenzie Cooley's Cundill Prize-Nominated The Perfection of Nature

By Mackenzie Cooley | October 3, 2023

Taylor Lorenz on Being Extremely Online

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Check out the first trailer for <em>Leave the World Behind</em>.

Check out the first trailer for Leave the World Behind.

By Dan Sheehan | October 2, 2023

Announcing the winner of the 2023 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.

Announcing the winner of the 2023 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.

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If Lydia Davis Wasn't a Writer, She’d Devote Herself to Climate Activism

If Lydia Davis Wasn't a Writer, She’d Devote Herself to Climate Activism

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