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    Chinese History

    How Ancient Chinese Philosophical Frameworks Dictated the Politics of Water

    By Giulio Boccaletti  September 17, 2021
    Keen On

    William M. Arkin on How the US Government Failed its Citizens on 9/11

    By Keen On  September 17, 2021
    Keen On

    Peter Baker and Susan Glasser on The Man Who Ran Washington

    By Keen On  September 17, 2021
    Red Ink Series

    Live at the Red Ink Series: On Using Reinvention as a Writing Tool

    By Literary Hub  September 17, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Margaret Renkl on Finding Ideas Everywhere

    By Margaret Renkl  September 17, 2021
    Open Source

    Tragic Architecture: A History of the World Trade Center and the Unluckiest Architect You’ve Never Heard Of

    By Open Source  September 17, 2021
    The Writing Life

    From Exobiology and Geology to… Writing Fiction?

    By Linda Rui Feng  September 17, 2021
    New Books Network

    Trisha Thomas on the Photograph That Catalyzed Questions of Race In Her New Book

    By New Books Network  September 17, 2021
    The Hub

    Here’s the longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

    By Emily Temple  September 16, 2021
    The Hub

    Stephen Sondheim is working on a new musical—with David Ives.

    By Walker Caplan  September 16, 2021
    The Hub

    “Poetry is telegrams of the human soul”: Watch a rare video interview with Richard Brautigan.

    By Walker Caplan  September 16, 2021
    The Hub

    A new study suggests that backlash against critical race theory is linked to white fear.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  September 16, 2021
    The Hub

    Zibby Owens to publish books using a company-wide profit-sharing model.

    By Jonny Diamond  September 16, 2021
    The Hub

    Here’s the longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry.

    By Emily Temple  September 16, 2021
    Good Uses of Time

    50 Great Literary Cameos in Terrible* Early 2000s Movies

    By Emily Temple  September 16, 2021
    Literary History

    An Alleged Lock of Emily Dickinson’s Hair is Selling for $450,000…
    But Was it Stolen?

    By Jen DeGregorio  September 16, 2021
    Open Form

    Carmen Maria Machado Revisits the Artistic Genius of Jennifer’s Body

    By Open Form  September 16, 2021
    Baking

    Wonder Bread Sucks: On the First Great Sourdough Boom of the 1960s

    By Eric Pallant  September 16, 2021
    Memoir

    Encountering Annie Ernaux’s Urban Landscapes and Scattered Selves

    By Lauren Elkin  September 16, 2021
    Mental Illness

    On the Importance of How We Write Mental Illness in Fiction

    By Louise Nealon  September 16, 2021
    Plagues

    Brilliance and Blind Luck: How Did Medieval Europe Invent the Concept of Quarantine?

    By Edward Glaeser and David Cutler  September 16, 2021
    Feminism

    Coming of Age and Questioning Traditional Rituals at a Boarding School in Kenya

    By Nice Leng'ete  September 16, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Jai Chakrabarti Launches His Debut Novel

    By The Virtual Book Channel  September 16, 2021
    Literary History

    “Her Novels Were Not For Men.” On Suat Derviş, Turkish Novelist

    By Maureen Freely  September 16, 2021
    Keen On

    David Cutler Discusses the Rapid Evolution of 21st-Century City Life

    By Keen On  September 16, 2021
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