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Simon Sebag Montefiore on Ancient Star Wars, Pierced Penises, and Steam Baths

Simon Sebag Montefiore on Ancient Star Wars, Pierced Penises, and Steam Baths

The Author of The World Explores the Lives of Roman and Mesoamerican Dynasties

By Simon Sebag Montefiore | May 24, 2023

On Jane Austen and The Lovable Unlikability of Emma Woodhouse

On Jane Austen and The Lovable Unlikability of Emma Woodhouse

Emily Harding Can't Separate the Independent Streak from the Austen Worldview

By Emily Harding | May 24, 2023

Kate Lebo on Making and Remaking Recipes On and Off the Page

Kate Lebo on Making and Remaking Recipes On and Off the Page

“Writing a recipe and reading a recipe are both acts of translation.”

By Kate Lebo | May 24, 2023

How a Fabulist Painting Showed Jenny Fran Davis the Cover of <em>Dykette</em>

How a Fabulist Painting Showed Jenny Fran Davis the Cover of Dykette

On the Magical-Realist Painter John Wilde, Butches and Femmes, and How the Author Saw Herself In An Artwork

By Jenny Fran Davis | May 24, 2023

On Xi Jinping’s Purges and the Contradictions of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

On Xi Jinping’s Purges and the Contradictions of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

“Too much fear can paralyze the bureaucracy.”

By Chun Han Wong | May 24, 2023

Knopf will publish Gabriel García Márquez's final novel.

Knopf will publish Gabriel García Márquez's final novel.

By Dan Sheehan | May 23, 2023

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Haymarket Books is launching a fellowship for writers impacted by the criminal legal system.

By Literary Hub | May 23, 2023

Just a few hateful parents are responsible for most of the book challenges in America.

By Jonny Diamond | May 23, 2023

One great short story to read today: Kristin Valdez Quade's "The Five Wounds."

By Emily Temple | May 23, 2023

Author Susanna Kaysen Revisits <em>Girl, Interrupted</em> 30 Years After Its Publication

Author Susanna Kaysen Revisits Girl, Interrupted 30 Years After Its Publication

“There was enough blank space in it for people to insert themselves.”

By Susanna Kaysen | May 23, 2023

Why the Idea of Western Civilization is More Myth Than History

Why the Idea of Western Civilization is More Myth Than History

Naoíse Mac Sweeney on Writing a New History of the West

By Naoíse Mac Sweeney | May 23, 2023

Kwame Alexander on the Legacies of Love Passed Down Through Food

Kwame Alexander on the Legacies of Love Passed Down Through Food

Plus a Free Recipe for 7 Up Pound Cake from the Author of Why Fathers Cry at Night

By Kwame Alexander | May 23, 2023

Time For a Change: Rachel Louise Snyder on the Beginning of the End of Her Family

Time For a Change: Rachel Louise Snyder on the Beginning of the End of Her Family

“No child or parent abuse (verbal or physical). Control your anger and your words.”

By Rachel Louise Snyder | May 23, 2023

How Women and Girls Struggle to Pursue Their Interest In Science

How Women and Girls Struggle to Pursue Their Interest In Science

Melissa L. Sevigny on the Need to Tell More Stories About Ordinary Female Scientists

By Melissa L. Sevigny | May 23, 2023

From This Day Backward: Avery Carpenter Forrey on Social Media and Memory

From This Day Backward: Avery Carpenter Forrey on Social Media and Memory

“If we can access memories with our thumbs, why bother accurately searing them into our brains?”

By Avery Carpenter Forrey | May 23, 2023

“That Was a Big Part of My Healing.” Kwame Alexander on Narrating His New Memoir

“That Was a Big Part of My Healing.” Kwame Alexander on Narrating His New Memoir

In Conversation with Jo Reed on Behind the Mic

By Behind the Mic | May 23, 2023

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