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    The Complex Freedom of Creating Art as a Black Woman in Post-Apartheid South Africa

    By Colleen van Niekerk  October 4, 2021
    Emergence Magazine

    Jack Dash and Luke Swenson on Ecologies that Resist Borders

    By Emergence Magazine  October 4, 2021
    Keen On

    Janine di Giovanni on the End of Christianity in Its Historical Homeland

    By Keen On  October 4, 2021
    Keen On

    Eric J. Johnson on How Decisions are Made

    By Keen On  October 4, 2021
    The Hub

    The most memorable English teachers on TV, ranked.

    By Katie Yee  October 1, 2021
    The Hub

    Joan Didion’s whole backlist is getting a minimalist new redesign.

    By Emily Temple  October 1, 2021
    The Hub

    A British school just banned slang—and it’s irritating linguists.

    By Walker Caplan  October 1, 2021
    The Hub

    The best kind of library is a koala library.

    By Walker Caplan  October 1, 2021
    The Hub

    “Food is healing.” Learn how to make one of Maya Angelou’s beloved family recipes.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  October 1, 2021
    The Hub

    Exclusive cover reveal: Bryan Doerries’s The Oedipus Trilogy.

    By Literary Hub  October 1, 2021
    The Hub

    At least one person hasn’t read Sally Rooney, and it’s Jonathan Franzen.

    By Walker Caplan  October 1, 2021
    What to Watch

    The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in October

    By Emily Temple  October 1, 2021
    Food History

    When Life Gives You Lemons, It’s a Status Symbol: On the Evolving Literary and Cultural History of Citrus

    By Jean Huang  October 1, 2021
    Literary Criticism

    Rooney, Powers, Whitehead… Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books

    By Book Marks  October 1, 2021
    Pirates

    On the Ebb and Flow of 21st-Century Maritime Piracy

    By Bruce Jones  October 1, 2021
    Advice

    The Theory of (Artistic) Relativity, Illustrated

    By Michelle Rial  October 1, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Roy Peter Clark on How to Write Cinematically

    By Roy Peter Clark  October 1, 2021
    Indie Booksellers Recommend

    Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This September and October

    By Corinne Segal  October 1, 2021
    Open Source

    A Ghost in His Own Life: Colm Tóibín on the Great Thomas Mann

    By Open Source  October 1, 2021
    New Books Network

    On the First Modern Person to Enter King Tutankhamun’s Tomb

    By New Books Network  October 1, 2021
    Literary Criticism

    AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of September

    By Book Marks  October 1, 2021
    Keen On

    Kinari Webb on Her Quest to Heal the World

    By Keen On  October 1, 2021
    Indigenous History

    On the History of Powhatan Culture and Colonization: A Reading List

    By Brian Swann  October 1, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Jonathan Plutzik on Why a Hotel Should Be a Space for Creativity

    By The Literary Life  October 1, 2021
    Keen On

    Talya Miron-Shatz on Choosing to Live a Healthier and Happier Life

    By Keen On  October 1, 2021
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