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    Paul Cartledge on the Forgotten Greek City That Shaped Modern Civilization

    By Keen On  November 16, 2021
    The Cosmic Library

    Jim Al-Khalili on the Science of 1,001 Nights

    By The Cosmic Library   November 16, 2021
    Beyond the Page

    How Lincoln Broke the Constitution

    By Sun Valley Writers' Conference  November 16, 2021
    Literary Criticism

    Kafka Roaring With Laughter: Read the First Review of José Saramago’s Blindness

    By Book Marks  November 16, 2021
    Short Stories

    Why I Had to Leave Home to Write About It

    By Tyler Barton  November 16, 2021
    Writing Women

    How Misogyny and Religious Bigotry Have Influenced the Historical Portrayal of the Female Experience

    By Lucy Jago  November 16, 2021
    Priorities

    Stop Obsessing: A Reading List for Finding Joy in Irrelevance

    By Amy Leach  November 16, 2021
    Keen On

    Kamal Al-Solaylee on Why We Go Back to Where We Come From

    By Keen On  November 16, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    Sally J. Pla on Her Journey to Becoming a Children’s Book Author

    By The Virtual Book Channel  November 16, 2021
    The Hub

    The Library of Congress will no longer use “aliens” and “illegal aliens” as categories.

    By Walker Caplan  November 15, 2021
    The Hub

    Somebody finally fixed the ending of The Giving Tree.

    By Emily Temple  November 15, 2021
    The Hub

    Area librarian exchanges books for literal trash.

    By Jonny Diamond  November 15, 2021
    The Hub

    Exclusive cover reveal: Mieko Kawakami’s All The Lovers In The Night.

    By Literary Hub  November 15, 2021
    American History

    Lincoln’s Dictatorship: How the President Broke the Constitutional Compact in Order to Save It

    By Noah Feldman  November 15, 2021
    QAnon

    A Close Reading of the QAnon Shaman’s Conspiracy Manifesto

    By Mark Dery  November 15, 2021
    Directors

    Remembering the Iconic Visuals and Creative Process of Spike Lee’s School Daze

    By Spike Lee  November 15, 2021
    Parenthood

    The Very Real Correlation Between Bilingualism and Advanced Executive Function

    By Masha Rumer  November 15, 2021
    Restaurants

    Inside the Glamorous, Precarious World of Downtown NYC Dining

    By Kim Reed  November 15, 2021
    Climate Crisis

    How Will the World Order Change in the Next Century?

    By Alfred McCoy  November 15, 2021
    Emergence Magazine

    Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder on the Migration of Trees and the Impact on Human and Ecological Communities

    By Emergence Magazine  November 15, 2021
    Big Table

    “Our Photographs Come Out of Our Own Experience.” Jona Frank on Her New Visual Memoir

    By Big Table  November 15, 2021
    Keen On

    Caroline Chambers on Substack and Alternative Forms of Publishing

    By Keen On  November 15, 2021
    Travel

    How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Seattle

    By Literary Hub  November 15, 2021
    The Hub

    Dostoevsky totally did NaNoWriMo.

    By Walker Caplan  November 12, 2021
    The Hub

    Goth-rock queen PJ Harvey is publishing a book-length narrative poem that took six years to write.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  November 12, 2021
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