The dentist should let you read instead of watch TV.

The dentist should let you read instead of watch TV.

By James Folta | October 16, 2025

Where to start with the writing of Jamaica Kincaid.

Where to start with the writing of Jamaica Kincaid.

By Brittany Allen | October 16, 2025

Biography of a Biographer: Searching For My Father on Mark Twain’s Farm

Biography of a Biographer: Searching For My Father on Mark Twain’s Farm

“He could not imagine then that I would write in order to find him.”

By Hester Kaplan | October 16, 2025

Anatomy of a Lynching: Racist Retribution in Owensboro, Kentucky

Anatomy of a Lynching: Racist Retribution in Owensboro, Kentucky

Sonya Lea Chronicles a Notorious Case of White Supremacist Violence in the American South

By Sonya Lea | October 16, 2025

What the Picture Knows: Books That Seamlessly Blend Text and Image

What the Picture Knows: Books That Seamlessly Blend Text and Image

Caleb Klaces on the Often-Overlooked Role of Photography in Works of Fiction

By Caleb Klaces | October 16, 2025

How Silicon Valley Became a Center of Reactionary, Anti-Democratic Politics

How Silicon Valley Became a Center of Reactionary, Anti-Democratic Politics

Jacob Silverman on the Rise of Tech Authoritarianism in San Francisco

By Jacob Silverman | October 15, 2025

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Anna North Thinks About the Roman Empire All the Time

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How Self-Satire Can Act as Catharsis

How Self-Satire Can Act as Catharsis

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Who Was Peter Matthiessen, Really?

Who Was Peter Matthiessen, Really?

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On the Terrible Toll of the Last Bloody Year of WWII

On the Terrible Toll of the Last Bloody Year of WWII

David Nasaw Delves Into the Physical and Mental Trauma of the Second World War

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Poetry for Everyone: Remembering Courtney Kampa

Poetry for Everyone: Remembering Courtney Kampa

On Creating a Posthumous Collection That Captures a Vibrant Life and Creative Ethos

By Catherine Pond and T Bambrick | October 14, 2025

On the Mysteries, Real and Imagined, Surrounding Christopher Columbus

On the Mysteries, Real and Imagined, Surrounding Christopher Columbus

Matthew Restall on the Familiar Political Battleground of Columbus

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This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

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Here’s what’s making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

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