Why We Need to Bring Down Global Birth Rates and Have Fewer Children

Why We Need to Bring Down Global Birth Rates and Have Fewer Children

Vegard Skirbekk in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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“Women afraid of dying while / they are trying to find their life.” Poetry of Abortion by Alissa Quart

“Women afraid of dying while / they are trying to find their life.” Poetry of Abortion by Alissa Quart

Katha Pollitt Introduces “Clinic,” a Documentary Poem

By Katha Pollitt and Alissa Quart | May 6, 2022

The Dust of Ancient Suns: Making Art and Meaning From the Depths of Deep Time

The Dust of Ancient Suns: Making Art and Meaning From the Depths of Deep Time

David Farrier on the Work of Katie Paterson

By David Farrier | May 6, 2022

When You Learn Your Mother Was a Serious Writer Only After She’s Gone

When You Learn Your Mother Was a Serious Writer Only After She’s Gone

Michael Bourne Remembers His Mother, Nancy Bourne, Author of Spotswood, Virginia

By Michael Bourne | May 6, 2022

Lara Bazelon on the Knife’s Edge That Ambitious Women Must Navigate

Lara Bazelon on the Knife’s Edge That Ambitious Women Must Navigate

“Instinctive self-diminishment isn’t a biologically determined female trait; it is a learned and rewarded behavior.”

By Lara Bazelon | May 6, 2022

Why <em>Roe v. Wade</em> Was Just the Beginning of a Long Fight

Why Roe v. Wade Was Just the Beginning of a Long Fight

Lauren Rankin on the People Who Have Kept Clinics Open

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How the Threat of Abuse Silences Women Online

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Nina Jankowicz on the Problem of Harassment and Self-Censorship

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The Complex Grief of Losing a Mother You Already Mourned

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Candice Iloh on Coming to Terms with Their Mother as Ancestor

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How Zabar’s Grew from a Modest Business to a Culinary Icon

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Lori Zabar on a Pivotal Point in the History of a New York Landmark

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Trieste vs. Milan, Poetry vs. Plot: Beppe Severgnini on the Italian Love—And Need—For Poetry

Trieste vs. Milan, Poetry vs. Plot: Beppe Severgnini on the Italian Love—And Need—For Poetry

“Poetry belongs not only to those who write it but also to those who read it and listen to it.”

By Beppe Severgnini | May 6, 2022

Can Conservatives Be Funny?

Can Conservatives Be Funny?

Nick Marx in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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The Moral Case for Demilitarizing the Southern Border

The Moral Case for Demilitarizing the Southern Border

Levi Vonk in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 6, 2022

A bookstore owner's petition to make Harriet Tubman Day a holiday is at 8,000 signatures.

A bookstore owner's petition to make Harriet Tubman Day a holiday is at 8,000 signatures.

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