How African American Sacrifice Abroad Was Ignored Back Home

How African American Sacrifice Abroad Was Ignored Back Home

Tamara J. Walker Considers Collective and Personal Histories of Black WWII Vets

By Tamara J. Walker | June 21, 2023

Here is the 2023 Miles Franklin award shortlist.

Here is the 2023 Miles Franklin award shortlist.

By Janet Manley | June 20, 2023

What to Do If Your House is Overflowing with Books

What to Do If Your House is Overflowing with Books

Emily Grosvenor Offers Some Interior Design Tips for the Struggling Bibliophile

By Emily Grosvenor | June 20, 2023

“Born in Sin.” Patrick Radden Keefe Talks Narrative Nonfiction

“Born in Sin.” Patrick Radden Keefe Talks Narrative Nonfiction

In Conversation with Toby Mundy on the Read Smart Podcast

By Read Smart | June 20, 2023

Is There a French National Dish? On the History and Making of French Cuisine

Is There a French National Dish? On the History and Making of French Cuisine

Anya von Bremzen Considers Questions of Culinary Nationalism

By Anya von Bremzen | June 20, 2023

How to Think Like a Costume Designer When Writing Historical Fiction

How to Think Like a Costume Designer When Writing Historical Fiction

Claudia Cravens on What Clothes Tell Us About Character

By Claudia Cravens | June 20, 2023

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"A Race Problem." Jolene Hubbs on Class, Whiteness, and Southern Literature

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Read a 1922 review of James Joyce's Ulysses.

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<em>Asteroid City</em> is Wes Anderson’s Metaphysical Masterpiece

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A Lovely Meditation on Unknowable Phenomena of All Kinds: Love, Death, and Aliens

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Happy Bloomsday! Turn off your wifi and read some Joyce.

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Zain Khalid has won the 2023 Young Lions Award.

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Seven Swims: Omar El Akkad Chronicles a Life In Water

Seven Swims: Omar El Akkad Chronicles a Life In Water

“The sense of drowning comes with a clarity of sorts: you get to know intimately, if only for a few seconds.”

By Omar El Akkad | June 16, 2023

Helen Ellis on Writing About People You Know (in a Nice Way).

Helen Ellis on Writing About People You Know (in a Nice Way).

“If you’ve told the same story three times this week, write that one.”

By Helen Ellis | June 16, 2023

The Story of American Ice Begins with an Outrageous Marketing Plan

The Story of American Ice Begins with an Outrageous Marketing Plan

Amy Brady and Jeff Vandermeer in Conversation About the History and Future of Ice

By Jeff VanderMeer | June 16, 2023

A Desi Mr. Darcy: Sayantani DasGupta on Diverse Retellings of Regency Tales

A Desi Mr. Darcy: Sayantani DasGupta on Diverse Retellings of Regency Tales

“Maybe the sort of multicultural representation we see in recent Regency romances can be a kind of medicine.”

By Sayantani DasGupta | June 16, 2023

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