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    Ishmael Reed was NOT happy about Jill Biden’s choice of inaugural poet.

    By Walker Caplan  July 19, 2021
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    Emily St. John Mandel’s moon colony novel, written entirely during COVID, comes out in April.

    By Walker Caplan  July 19, 2021
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    Amber Tamblyn is editing an anthology that will feature essays by Jia Tolentino and Samantha Irby.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  July 19, 2021
    Conversations

    Conversations with Strangers on a Cross-Country Train Ride

    By Joe Keohane  July 19, 2021
    Literary Criticism

    David Lowery on the Strange, Arduous Journey of Adapting The Green Knight for Film

    By David Lowery  July 19, 2021
    Corruption

    The Corrupt Arrogance of William Barr

    By Elie Honig  July 19, 2021
    Aesthetics

    How Oscar Wilde Won Over the American Press

    By Nicholas Frankel  July 19, 2021
    Smells

    A Brief History of Perfume: Visiting an Archive of Ancient Scents

    By Sarah Everts  July 19, 2021
    Emergence Magazine

    On the Arctic: Frontier, Paradise, Marker of Human Destruction

    By Emergence Magazine  July 19, 2021
    The Holocaust

    How Two Telephone Books Tell a Condensed Story of the Holocaust

    By Miljenko Jergović, translated by Mirza Purić  July 19, 2021
    The Human Body

    Vocal Effects: How Hormones Change the Way We Sound

    By Carole Hooven  July 19, 2021
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    David Gessner on Channeling Thoreau Throughout the Pandemic

    By Keen On  July 19, 2021
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    The American Booksellers Association promoted an anti-trans book, apologized, and then deleted it.

    By Walker Caplan  July 16, 2021
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    Check out the very first reviews of The Catcher in the Rye.

    By Dan Sheehan  July 16, 2021
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    Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

    By Book Marks  July 16, 2021
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    FX’s Kindred adaptation has found its star.

    By Walker Caplan  July 16, 2021
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    Colin Kaepernick is releasing a deeply personal children’s book.

    By Dan Sheehan  July 16, 2021
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    Dictionary.com just added over 300 words to its website, including “zaddy,” “yeet,” and “youse.”

    By Vanessa Willoughby  July 16, 2021
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    The Sympathizer adaptation will star Robert Downey Jr. as all the villains.

    By Walker Caplan  July 16, 2021
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    Shawshank Redemption is actually about the power of libraries.

    By Katie Yee  July 16, 2021
    Graphic Novels

    Kristen Radtke: How Do You Turn a Graphic Novel Into a Compelling Audiobook?

    By Kristen Radtke  July 16, 2021
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    William H. Gass Considers the Conditions of Adultery

    By William H. Gass  July 16, 2021
    Abortion Rights

    Inside the Decades-Long Conservative Strategy to Weaken Roe v. Wade

    By Kathryn Kolbert and Julie F. Kay  July 16, 2021
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    How a Small French Newspaper Began the Tour de France

    By Adin Dobkin  July 16, 2021
    Philosophy

    The Earth and the Flesh: On Channeling the Serenity of the Tao to Endure a Tibetan Expedition

    By Sylvain Tesson  July 16, 2021
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