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    Mary Martin Devlin on Scandal and Monarchy in 18th-Century France

    By New Books Network  September 3, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Biblioasis

    By Corinne Segal  September 3, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Exploring the “Hidden Figures” of the WWII Women’s Army Corps

    By Kaia Alderson  September 3, 2021
    Keen On

    Michael Pye on the Rise and Fall of Antwerp as a “World City”

    By Keen On  September 3, 2021
    The Hub

    You can now download Robin Marty’s handbook to abortion access and support for free.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  September 2, 2021
    The Hub

    At long last, here’s the trailer for Amazon’s adaptation of The Wheel of Time.

    By Walker Caplan  September 2, 2021
    The Hub

    Faber is opening a Sally Rooney pop-up shop—but what does a Sally Rooney pop-up shop look like?

    By Walker Caplan  September 2, 2021
    Open Form

    Esmé Weijun Wang on Turning the “Meet Cute” on Its Head

    By Open Form  September 2, 2021
    Terrorism

    On Extremism, Terrorism, and the Words We Use to Foster Division

    By Carla Power  September 2, 2021
    Medieval History

    What We Know About Women in the Viking Age Is Steeped in Cultural Bias

    By Nancy Marie Brown  September 2, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    Yiyun Li on “Decanting” War and Peace

    By The Virtual Book Channel  September 2, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Julia Turshen on Celebrating Food and Canceling Diet Culture

    By The Maris Review  September 2, 2021
    On Writing

    The Ambiguous Loss of (Probably) Not Selling My Novel

    By Danielle Lazarin  September 2, 2021
    Overlooked Women

    On the Life and Under-Recognized Work of Margery Latimer, Visionary Modernist Writer

    By Joy Castro  September 2, 2021
    Identity

    To Be Pure: On Doubt, the Rules of Jewish Identity, and Questions of Familial Inheritance

    By Deborah Feldman  September 2, 2021
    Book Dreams

    Ariel Sabar Debunks the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife

    By Book Dreams  September 2, 2021
    Keen On

    Mike Duncan on Defending the Principles of Liberty and Equality

    By Keen On  September 2, 2021
    Behind the Mic

    My Garden World by Monty Don, Read by the Author

    By Behind the Mic   September 2, 2021
    The Hub

    Why Toni Morrison knew Song of Solomon had to be about men.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  September 1, 2021
    The Hub

    Apparently the new Lady Chatterley’s Lover will be “raunchier than Bridgerton.”

    By Emily Temple  September 1, 2021
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    21 of the most unusual novelty bookshelves you can buy.

    By Emily Temple  September 1, 2021
    The Hub

    Alicia Keys is adapting her own song “Girl on Fire” into a book.

    By Walker Caplan  September 1, 2021
    The Hub

    Salman Rushdie’s next work of fiction will be published on his new Substack.

    By Walker Caplan  September 1, 2021
    Physics

    Theory of Everything, Theory of Nothing: On Physics and Other Profanities

    By Joshua Roebke  September 1, 2021
    Memory

    What Would Marcel Proust’s Instagram Grid Look Like?

    By Meredith Westgate  September 1, 2021
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