How Two Versions of a Family Story Sparked a Writer's Quest for Truth

How Two Versions of a Family Story Sparked a Writer's Quest for Truth

Grace Elizabeth Hale Explores Racial Violence and Individual and Collective Complicity in the American South

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Magical and Essential: On the Mineral and Metallic Bases of Our World

Magical and Essential: On the Mineral and Metallic Bases of Our World

Ed Conway Explores Chile's Salar de Atacama, the World's Richest Source of Lithium

By Ed Conway | November 8, 2023

Counter History: Nine Retellings and Reinventions of Noah's Ark

Counter History: Nine Retellings and Reinventions of Noah's Ark

What is the Price of Being Saved During Ecological Catastrophe?

By Jeffrey J. Cohen and Julian Yates | November 8, 2023

Daniel Finkelstein on How His Family Survived Both Hitler and Stalin

Daniel Finkelstein on How His Family Survived Both Hitler and Stalin

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 8, 2023

David J. Helfand on Piecing Together the Past With Atomic Science

David J. Helfand on Piecing Together the Past With Atomic Science

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 8, 2023

Meet the 2023 National Book Award Finalists

Meet the 2023 National Book Award Finalists

Rapid-Fire Interviews with Some of Our Best Writers and Translators

By Emily Temple | November 8, 2023

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Ed Conway on the Global Extractive Economy

Ed Conway on the Global Extractive Economy

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Rupi Kaur has declined an invitation from the White House.

Rupi Kaur has declined an invitation from the White House.

By Dan Sheehan | November 6, 2023

How American Critics Originated Jane Austen Scholarship

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On the Birth of Austen Criticism

By Juliette Wells | November 6, 2023

In Search of Hidden Family History in the Late Ottoman Empire

In Search of Hidden Family History in the Late Ottoman Empire

Alice Sparberg Alexiou on Love and Loss From Jerusalem to Izmir

By Alice Sparberg Alexiou | November 6, 2023

What the Marabou Stork Taught Me About Writing in an Era of Mass Extinction and Waste

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Ashia Ajani on Figuring Out How to Thrive During an Apocalypse

By Ashia Ajani | November 6, 2023

On Art, Music and the Humanist Spirit in the Face of Nazi Atrocities

On Art, Music and the Humanist Spirit in the Face of Nazi Atrocities

From Jeremy Eichler's Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlisted Time's Echo

By Jeremy Eichler | November 6, 2023

The Lifesaving Potential of Latin American Passports in the Warsaw Ghetto

The Lifesaving Potential of Latin American Passports in the Warsaw Ghetto

Roger Moorhouse on the Story of the Desperately Sought-After Document

By Roger Moorhouse | November 6, 2023

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