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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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Good news: there are more bookstores in the US this year than last.

By Jonny Diamond | May 22, 2023

See the cover for Alissa Hattman's Sift

By Literary Hub | May 22, 2023

One great short story to read today: Charles Yu's "Standard Loneliness Package."

By Emily Temple | May 22, 2023

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

Or: Trapped in a Movie Theater with Salman Rushdie, c. 1996

By Martin Amis | May 22, 2023

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 22, 2023

To Promote My Book, I Had To Get To Know My 25-Year-Old Self

To Promote My Book, I Had To Get To Know My 25-Year-Old Self

Casey Plett on the Distance Between Author-Selves, Ten Years Apart

By Casey Plett | May 22, 2023

What I Learned About Writing From Reviewing

What I Learned About Writing From Reviewing

Bethanne Patrick Works Backwards From the Criticism to a Great Book

By Bethanne Patrick | May 22, 2023

When One of the World’s Largest Flying Machines Crashed in a French Field

When One of the World’s Largest Flying Machines Crashed in a French Field

S.C. Gwynne Remembers the Tragic History of the British Airship R101

By S. C. Gwynne | May 22, 2023

“Smoking Ruins Were All Around Me.” On Experiencing Psychosis For the First Time

“Smoking Ruins Were All Around Me.” On Experiencing Psychosis For the First Time

Thomas Melle Experiences an Internal Earthquake

By Thomas Melle and Luise von Flotow | May 22, 2023

Arati Kumar-Rao on the Shifting Embrace of the Ganga River

Arati Kumar-Rao on the Shifting Embrace of the Ganga River

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | May 22, 2023

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