This year's International Booker Prize shortlist is led by women.

This year's International Booker Prize shortlist is led by women.

By Corinne Segal | April 7, 2022

An Essay About Men: Considering the Inner Worlds of Those Who Are Taught to Deny Them

An Essay About Men: Considering the Inner Worlds of Those Who Are Taught to Deny Them

Holly Haworth on Robert Bly, Toxic Masculinity, and the Hole at the Center of Our World

By Holly Haworth | April 7, 2022

How—and Why—Did Cultural Tastes for Spicy Food Develop?

How—and Why—Did Cultural Tastes for Spicy Food Develop?

Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli Explore the Functions of Seemingly Random Preferences

By Erez Yoeli and Moshe Hoffman | April 7, 2022

Writer on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Time Philip Roth Lied to Me

Writer on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Time Philip Roth Lied to Me

Barbara Shulgasser-Parker Illuminates the Perverse Side to the Famed Writer

By Barbara Shulgasser-Parker | April 7, 2022

It’s Time to Reframe the Legacy of 70s Screenwriter Carole Eastman

It’s Time to Reframe the Legacy of 70s Screenwriter Carole Eastman

Chris Stanton on the Easy-to-Mythologize Reclusive Perfectionist

By Chris Stanton | April 7, 2022

Chloé Cooper Jones on Self-Erasure, Vulnerability, and Writing About Tennis as a Dodge

Chloé Cooper Jones on Self-Erasure, Vulnerability, and Writing About Tennis as a Dodge

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | April 7, 2022

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How Watching Men’s Figure Skating Helped Me Fall Back in Love with Writing

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In Praise of Tobey “Mopey” Maguire, Middle School Hero

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How Acting in True Crime Shows Allowed Me to Write the Story of My Stepsister’s Murder

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Rachel Rear on Grappling with Her Family’s Trauma, and Her Own

By Rachel Rear | April 7, 2022

The Power and Necessity of Learning from Books That Reflect Our Communities

The Power and Necessity of Learning from Books That Reflect Our Communities

Luma Mufleh on Designing Culturally Responsive Curricula

By Luma Mufleh | April 7, 2022

WATCH: Roger Reeves and A. Van Jordan on the Evolving Vitality of Verse

WATCH: Roger Reeves and A. Van Jordan on the Evolving Vitality of Verse

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How Racial Bias Facilitated the US Child Welfare System’s Targeting of Black Communities

How Racial Bias Facilitated the US Child Welfare System’s Targeting of Black Communities

Dorothy Roberts on the Policing of Black Families

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EJ Hill on the Challenges of Artistic Visibility

EJ Hill on the Challenges of Artistic Visibility

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | April 7, 2022

Artist Kim Schoenstadt on Finding Redemption Through Creativity and Kinship

Artist Kim Schoenstadt on Finding Redemption Through Creativity and Kinship

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By Change Lab | April 7, 2022

Scottish university cruelly cancels poor, defenseless, under-read Jane Austen. England panics.

Scottish university cruelly cancels poor, defenseless, under-read Jane Austen. England panics.

By Jonny Diamond | April 6, 2022

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