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    What Makes a Great First Sentence?

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    Identity

    On Romanizing Korean Names and Writing Immigrant Stories in an Acquired Language

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    Author Photos

    On Learning to Take Author Photos Remotely During the Pandemic

    By Beowulf Sheehan  August 18, 2021
    Thresholds

    Deesha Philyaw on Leaving a Marriage While Writing a Short Story Collection

    By Thresholds   August 18, 2021
    Literary History

    On the Lost “Lenny Bruce of Athens”

    By Mark Haskell Smith  August 18, 2021
    Climate Crisis

    Tracing the Crisis of Desertification to Colonization

    By Lisa Wells  August 18, 2021
    Capitalism

    How the Humble Avocado Went from the Unwanted “Crocodile Pear” to America’s Favorite Superfood

    By Andy Robinson  August 18, 2021
    Computer Science

    Behind the Invention of the Cryptosystem That Revolutionized Tech

    By Ian Stewart  August 18, 2021
    Reading Women

    Shelby Cole on Climate Grief and Indigenous Land and Water Stewardship

    By Reading Women  August 18, 2021
    Keen On

    Christopher Gray on Hustling to the Top… with an Altruistic Mindset

    By Keen On  August 18, 2021
    The Hub

    Take a look at the 35-pound comic scrapbook that paints a picture of Great Depression-era life.

    By Walker Caplan  August 17, 2021
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    Looks like Ted Cruz’s campaign artificially boosted his book sales.

    By Walker Caplan  August 17, 2021
    The Hub

    Best ever Batman villain Danny DeVito is writing a Penguin comic.

    By Walker Caplan  August 17, 2021
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    Why Does Lionel Messi Ignore the Ball for the First Five Minutes of a Match?

    By Simon Kuper  August 17, 2021
    Reading

    The Ugliness of Comic Sans Has a Practical Use

    By Jonah Lehrer  August 17, 2021
    Singer Songwriters

    One in a Million: Where Were You When You Heard that Aaliyah Died?

    By Kathy Iandoli  August 17, 2021
    Time

    How Surrendering to Communal Time Can Make Us All Happier

    By Oliver Burkeman  August 17, 2021
    Biology

    The Beautiful Impossibility of the World’s Largest Pearl

    By Bill François  August 17, 2021
    Keen On

    Jonah Lehrer on the Science of Mystery

    By Keen On  August 17, 2021
    Inspiration

    My Shadow Book: On Consciously—or Unconsciously—Immortalizing Ex-Partners in Literary Fiction

    By Andrew Palmer  August 17, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Tod Goldberg on Being Ruled By Your Own Game

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    Big Table

    Mariella Guzzoni on Van Gogh’s Love of Literature

    By Big Table  August 17, 2021
    Keen On

    J. Chester Johnson on the Elaine Race Massacre and Whitewashed History

    By Keen On  August 16, 2021
    The Hub

    The winner of a prestigious Dutch literary prize has come under fire for “inappropriate” comments.

    By Walker Caplan  August 16, 2021
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    We’re getting two new Leslie Jamison books.

    By Walker Caplan  August 16, 2021
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