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    Travel Writing

    The Curious Case of William S. Baekeland: Billionaire Adventurer or World-Class Scammer?

    By Dave Seminara  May 21, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    John McPhee on Wrestling with a First Draft

    By John McPhee  May 21, 2021
    Keen On

    With Nationalism on the Rise, Is There a Future for the Center Left?

    By Keen On  May 21, 2021
    Interview with a Journal

    Interview with a Journal: Apogee

    By Vanessa Willoughby  May 21, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Why You Won’t Catch Ralph Nader Complaining About Food

    By The Literary Life  May 21, 2021
    The Hub

    Peek inside Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s annotated law school textbook.

    By Walker Caplan  May 20, 2021
    The Hub

    Doubleday is doubling down on Stacey Abrams thrillers.

    By Dan Sheehan  May 20, 2021
    The Hub

    Two of India’s most famous writers are protesting the reissue of a Narendra Modi exam book.

    By Dan Sheehan  May 20, 2021
    The Hub

    Bob’s Burgers is the most literary TV show ever. (Arguably, anyway.)

    By Katie Yee  May 20, 2021
    The Hub

    Valeria Luiselli has won the world’s richest prize for a novel written in English.

    By Walker Caplan  May 20, 2021
    The Hub

    Gaza’s largest bookstore has been destroyed.

    By Emily Temple  May 20, 2021
    Storytelling

    A Witness to the Human Experience: Why Medicine Needs Storytellers

    By David Weill, MD  May 20, 2021
    Revolutions

    A Revolutionary Reading List from PEN America’s World Voices Festival

    By Literary Hub  May 20, 2021
    Poets

    Contemplating the Devotions of W.S. Merwin in the Wilds of North Jersey

    By Nick Ripatrazone  May 20, 2021
    Feminist History

    Mary Wollstonecraft is a Double Taurus, Or: How an Astrologer Helped Unstick My Novel

    By Samantha Silva  May 20, 2021
    Literary Adaptations

    How Does a Book Get Adapted for TV or Film?

    By Chaya Bhuvaneswar  May 20, 2021
    Open Form

    R.O. Kwon on the Joy of Seeing a New Kind of Korean Childhood in Minari

    By Open Form  May 20, 2021
    Just the Right Book

    Can We Salvage Patriotism? Should We?

    By Just the Right Book   May 20, 2021
    War

    The Arsenal of Imperialism: How Arbitrary Borders Make Unequal People

    By Suchitra Vijayan  May 20, 2021
    Classics

    How Ancient Tales Became a Rallying Cry for Modern Women

    By Phoebe Wynne  May 20, 2021
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Carolin Benack and Sanjena Sathian on the Fiction of the Economy and the Dangerous Appeal of Excess

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 20, 2021
    American History

    The “Mystic Inklings” and Savvy Business Acumen of Victoria Woodhull

    By Emily Midorikawa  May 20, 2021
    We Have Ways of Making You Talk

    Katja Hoyer on Hitler’s Campaign for Office

    By We Have Ways of Making You Talk   May 20, 2021
    The Hub

    The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses has split its prize money among the longlist.

    By Walker Caplan  May 19, 2021
    The Hub

    Roald Dahl’s secrets for writing children’s literature are officially up for auction.

    By Walker Caplan  May 19, 2021
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