Ghostly Survivals: Michael Kimmelman and Lucy Sante on a Shapeshifting City

Ghostly Survivals: Michael Kimmelman and Lucy Sante on a Shapeshifting City

“Nothing is permanent, especially in a city like New York.”

By Michael Kimmelman | November 29, 2022

In Praise of the Worker-Owned Company (OR: What to Do About Simon and Schuster)

In Praise of the Worker-Owned Company (OR: What to Do About Simon and Schuster)

Nick Fuller Googins Has a Few Suggestions For Corporate Publishing

By Nick Fuller Googins | November 29, 2022

When Chekhov Became Chekhov: How the Son of a Serf Became a Literary Genius

When Chekhov Became Chekhov: How the Son of a Serf Became a Literary Genius

Bob Blaisdell in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 29, 2022

Read a New Translation of “The Caucasus” by Ukrainian Poet-Hero Taras Shevchenko

Read a New Translation of “The Caucasus” by Ukrainian Poet-Hero Taras Shevchenko

“The bones / Of many soldiers languish there. / And what of blood, and what of tears?”

By Literary Hub | November 29, 2022

How Stories Create Individual and Collective Pasts, Presents, and Futures

How Stories Create Individual and Collective Pasts, Presents, and Futures

Mary-Alice Daniel on the Role of Narrative in Shaping History and Myth

By Mary-Alice Daniel | November 29, 2022

Bad Trips and Borderlands: Take a Literary Tour of the New American West

Bad Trips and Borderlands: Take a Literary Tour of the New American West

Kay Chronister Recommends Books by Daniel Chacón, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Lydia Millet, and More

By Kay Chronister | November 29, 2022

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Weapons of Mass Distraction: How the Republican Party Lost Its Mind After the January 6 Insurrection

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Deep in the Literary Journal Archives: Poetry That Takes Risks and Takes Up Space

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Do the Oscars Have a Future in an Age of Superhero Sequels and Prequels?

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<em>Friends Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing</em> by Matthew Perry, Read by Matthew Perry

Friends Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry, Read by Matthew Perry

The Actor Shares Difficult Truths

By Behind the Mic | November 29, 2022

Merriam-Webster's 2022 Word of the Year is . . . <em>gaslighting</em>.

Merriam-Webster's 2022 Word of the Year is . . . gaslighting.

By Emily Temple | November 28, 2022

Maryse Meijer on Training to Be a Bullfighter (Who Will Never Fight Bulls)

Maryse Meijer on Training to Be a Bullfighter (Who Will Never Fight Bulls)

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

By Maryse Meijer | November 28, 2022

Finding Comfort and Escape in Marcella Hazan’s <em>Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking</em>

Finding Comfort and Escape in Marcella Hazan’s Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

A. Cerisse Cohen on the Lessons of a Great Bolognese

By A. Cerisse Cohen | November 28, 2022

On <em>Women Talking</em> and the Unreliable Narrators of Post-MeToo Literature

On Women Talking and the Unreliable Narrators of Post-MeToo Literature

Can Sarah Polley’s Film Adaptation Capture Miriam Toews’s Feat of Storytelling?

By Emma Staffaroni | November 28, 2022

How Dogs Explore the World Through Smell

How Dogs Explore the World Through Smell

Jules Howard Considers the Role of the Senses in Animal Consciousness

By Jules Howard | November 28, 2022

Elizabeth McCracken on Grieving Her Mother Through Writing

Elizabeth McCracken on Grieving Her Mother Through Writing

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 28, 2022

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