On the Political Weaponization of Words: From “Miscegenation” to “Groomer”

On the Political Weaponization of Words: From “Miscegenation” to “Groomer”

Bruce Handy Explores the Hoax Behind an Early Case of American Fearmongering

By Bruce Handy | September 15, 2022

Why Smarter People Might Be More Prone to Irrational Biases

Why Smarter People Might Be More Prone to Irrational Biases

Woo-kyoung Ahn on the Link Between High Levels of Analytical Reasoning Skills and Biased Interpretations

By Woo-kyoung Ahn | September 15, 2022

Read the Winners of <em>American Short Fiction</em>’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough

Read the Winners of American Short Fiction’s 2022 Insider Prize, Selected by Lauren Hough

Memoir by Michael John Wiese; Fiction by David Antares

By Literary Hub | September 15, 2022

Rachel Aviv: Why It’s Difficult to Trust Your Own Experiences of Mental Illness

Rachel Aviv: Why It’s Difficult to Trust Your Own Experiences of Mental Illness

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | September 15, 2022

On Malcolm Lowry’s Yearslong, Fruitless Attempt to Adapt Fitzgerald’s <em>Tender Is the Night</em> for Film

On Malcolm Lowry’s Yearslong, Fruitless Attempt to Adapt Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night for Film

Michael Melgaard on the 455-Page Screenplay That Never Was

By Michael Melgaard | September 15, 2022

The True Stories of the Women on the Front Lines of America’s Fledgling Intelligence Services

The True Stories of the Women on the Front Lines of America’s Fledgling Intelligence Services

Nathalia Holt on the Early Wise Gals

By Nathalia Holt | September 15, 2022

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How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Simultaneously Complacent and Paranoid

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How Complicit Is Big Law in the Crimes and Misdemeanors of American Capitalism?

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David Enrich in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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We’ll Play Till We Die: The Role of Revolutionary Music in the Muslim World

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Here’s the longlist for the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

Here’s the longlist for the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

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Here’s the longlist for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

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