We did it!! “Goblin mode” is Oxford's Word of the Year.

We did it!! “Goblin mode” is Oxford's Word of the Year.

By Katie Yee | December 5, 2022

For your holiday to-do list: Donate to the HarperCollins Union Solidarity Fund.

For your holiday to-do list: Donate to the HarperCollins Union Solidarity Fund.

By Jonny Diamond | December 5, 2022

How Language Can Be Used to Destroy and Dominate, and How It Can Be Used to Remember and Reclaim

How Language Can Be Used to Destroy and Dominate, and How It Can Be Used to Remember and Reclaim

Jake Skeets on the Violent Reality and Liberatory Potential of Words

By Jake Skeets | December 5, 2022

“There’s No Story to Tell About Swimming.” Madeleine Watts on How to Quiet the Mind

“There’s No Story to Tell About Swimming.” Madeleine Watts on How to Quiet the Mind

Introducing When I’m Not Writing, a Series About Writers and Their Hobbies

By Madeleine Watts | December 5, 2022

<em>Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio</em> Imbues the Fairy Tale with Human Frailty and Historical Darkness

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Imbues the Fairy Tale with Human Frailty and Historical Darkness

Jonathan Russell Clark on Fascists, Fathers, and Federico Fellini

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 5, 2022

Prosecution Over Protection: How the Justice System Treats Entire Communities as Suspects

Prosecution Over Protection: How the Justice System Treats Entire Communities as Suspects

Lenore Anderson on the Politically Motivated Focus on Drug Convictionsr

By Lenore Anderson | December 5, 2022

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Is this the best library Instagram in America?

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Anna Hogeland on the Rewards of Procrastination

Anna Hogeland on the Rewards of Procrastination

"The answer lies in the need to inquire."

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The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in December

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in December

Have Yourself a Merry Literary Movie Night

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’Tis the Season: What 80s Mall Movies Tell Us About an Enduring Site of American Tension

’Tis the Season: What 80s Mall Movies Tell Us About an Enduring Site of American Tension

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Of Grief and Book Tours

Of Grief and Book Tours

Silas House on the Power of Collective Mourning

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Quentin Tarantino on How He Never Intended to Write a Book of Film History

Quentin Tarantino on How He Never Intended to Write a Book of Film History

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

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