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    Book Dreams

    On the Life of Belle da Costa Greene, Visionary Librarian and Democratizer of Museums

    By Book Dreams  November 29, 2021
    Keen On

    Roderick Beaton on the Greek Revolution of 1821

    By Keen On  November 29, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Bob Spitz on Writing the Definitive History of the Greatest Rock Band of All Time

    By The Literary Life  November 29, 2021
    The History of Literature

    On Eliza Haywood’s Explorations of Gender Politics and Sexual Passion

    By History of Literature  November 29, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    Where the Deer and Antelope Play by Nick Offerman, Read by the Author

    By Behind the Mic   November 29, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    Tastemakers by Mayukh Sen, Read by Tovah Ott

    By Behind the Mic   November 29, 2021
    The Hub

    After 40 years, the man wrongfully convicted of Alice Sebold’s rape has been exonerated.

    By Walker Caplan  November 24, 2021
    The Hub

    Breaking: Alaska teen turns Gilgamesh into rap.

    By Walker Caplan  November 24, 2021
    Book Covers

    How to Reframe the Strangeness of The Plague as Sci-Fi Noir

    By Sunra Thompson  November 24, 2021
    Civil Rights

    We Shall Overcome: John Lewis on the Symbolism of the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Urgency of the Civil Rights Movement

    By John Lewis  November 24, 2021
    What to Watch

    Behind the Scenes of David Fincher’s Fight Club

    By Adam Nayman  November 24, 2021
    Film

    Drive My Car, a New Adaptation of the Haruki Murakami Story, Far Surpasses Its Source Material

    By Ryan Chapman  November 24, 2021
    TV

    What Lovecraft Country Gave to Black Audiences

    By James Andrew Miller  November 24, 2021
    Open Source

    Richard Rhodes and E.O. WIilson on Ants and Life on Earth

    By Open Source  November 24, 2021
    Writing Advice

    If You Want to Write a Novel, Start with a Plan

    By Stephanie Gangi  November 24, 2021
    Folk Music

    How Black Spiritual Songs Gave Rise to New Musical Genres

    By Joseph Horowitz  November 24, 2021
    Storytelling

    Why Stories Are Like Taking Drugs

    By Jonathan Gottschall  November 24, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles, Read by a Full Cast

    By Behind the Mic   November 24, 2021
    Keen On

    Sam Quinones on Finding Hope in the Time of Fentanyl

    By Keen On  November 24, 2021
    The Hub

    Impeachment probe confirms: yeah, Cuomo’s book deal was shady.

    By Walker Caplan  November 23, 2021
    The Hub

    J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate has shut down a cryptocurrency called . . . “J.R.R. Token.”

    By Walker Caplan  November 23, 2021
    Writing

    Ann Patchett on Creating the Work Space You Need

    By Ann Patchett  November 23, 2021
    Journalism

    Revisiting Hunter S. Thompson’s Weird, Brief Stint as a Local Sports Editor

    By David S. Wills  November 23, 2021
    Language

    In Search of Words for the Most Obscure Sorrows

    By John Koenig  November 23, 2021
    Sex

    Learning About BDSM—By Doing It Myself

    By Jenny Valentish  November 23, 2021
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