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    Adaptations

    Prayers for the Stolen: How Two Artists Portray the Violence of Human Trafficking in Mexico

    By Jennifer Clement  December 10, 2021
    French literature

    In Which a Direct Line is Drawn From Flaubert’s Unfinished Novel to Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

    By Alex Lockwood  December 10, 2021
    Open Source

    “How Did We Get Stuck?” David Wengrow on Imagining Alternatives To Our Current Systems

    By Open Source  December 10, 2021
    Cities

    Time Is Water: On the Past, Present, and Looming Future of Venice

    By Marco Magini, Paolo Nelli, Giorgia Tolfo, and Maddalena Vatti  December 10, 2021
    Dance

    Puncturing a Dream: On the Dark-Edged Fantasy of the Ballerina and Traditional Femininity

    By Rachel Kapelke-Dale  December 10, 2021
    Keen On

    Jonathan Karl on the Aftermath of the Trump Presidency

    By Keen On  December 10, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    Paul Mason on How to Stop Fascism

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 10, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Cara Blue Adams on How to Build a Short Story Collection

    By Cara Blue Adams  December 10, 2021
    Keen On

    David Cay Johnston on Donald Trump and the Fleecing of America

    By Keen On  December 10, 2021
    The Hub

    FSG will publish Judith Butler’s first non-academic press book.

    By Walker Caplan  December 9, 2021
    The Hub

    Post-controversy, Chris Cuomo’s book has been scrapped by its publisher.

    By Walker Caplan  December 9, 2021
    Climate Crisis

    Searching for the Sacred on a
    Planet in Crisis

    By Megan Mayhew Bergman  December 9, 2021
    Motherhood

    On the Fleeting Wonder of Youth and the Surreal Permanence of Motherhood

    By Mira Ptacin  December 9, 2021
    Opera

    On Opera’s Indisputable Rules of Gravity

    By Matthew Aucoin  December 9, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

    By Literary Hub  December 9, 2021
    Keen On

    Jay Parini on His Encounter with Jorge Luis Borges

    By Keen On  December 9, 2021
    Nature Writing

    Secrets of the Sea: On the Hidden Past of Orford Ness and the Residue of Human Destruction

    By Polly Crosby  December 9, 2021
    Book Dreams

    Understanding the Universe: A Conversation with Astronomer Emily Levesque

    By Book Dreams  December 9, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Myisha Cherry and Jacqueline Woodson Discuss the Liberatory Possibilities of Lordean Rage

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 9, 2021
    Literary Spaces

    How the Mosul Book Forum Became a Hub of Expression in a Struggling City

    By Hannah McCarthy  December 9, 2021
    Keen On

    Tanya Talaga on Cultural Genocide’s Link to Indigenous Suicides

    By Keen On  December 9, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    AudioFile’s 2021 Best Audiobooks: An Interview with Louis Ozawa

    By Behind the Mic   December 9, 2021
    Keen On

    Frank Vogl on the Global Fight Against Corruption

    By Keen On  December 9, 2021
    We Have Ways of Making You Talk

    Ian Toll on the Lead Up to the Pearl Harbor Attack

    By We Have Ways of Making You Talk   December 9, 2021
    Activism

    Rise Up in Anger and Hope: How Eruptive Protests Can Propel Urgent Issues to the Center of Political Debate

    By David Palumbo-Liu  December 9, 2021
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