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The More Personal the Joke, the Bigger the Laugh (and More Lessons from a Career in Cartoons)

The More Personal the Joke, the Bigger the Laugh (and More Lessons from a Career in Cartoons)

David Sipress on Comic Timing on the Stage and the Page

By David Sipress | March 11, 2022

Malcolm Gladwell on the Future of Audiobooks

Malcolm Gladwell on the Future of Audiobooks

Audiobooks, Podcasts, and Where the Two Meet

By Behind the Mic | March 11, 2022

Lenin in Paris: When the City Was a Refuge for Russian Artists and Dissidents

Lenin in Paris: When the City Was a Refuge for Russian Artists and Dissidents

Helen Rappaport on Café Life in 1900s

By Helen Rappaport | March 11, 2022

EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Olivia Gatwood Reads Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Sonnet IV”

EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Olivia Gatwood Reads Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Sonnet IV”

From Season Three of Poetry in America

By The Virtual Book Channel | March 11, 2022

Ari Ezra Waldman on Big Tech’s Existential Threat to Our Privacy and Liberty

Ari Ezra Waldman on Big Tech’s Existential Threat to Our Privacy and Liberty

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 11, 2022

<em>Abbott Elementary</em> is bringing free book fairs to underfunded schools.

Abbott Elementary is bringing free book fairs to underfunded schools.

By Literary Hub | March 10, 2022

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The Unglamorous Life of an Editorial Assistant Struggling with Her Mother’s Mental Deterioration

By Liz Scheier | March 10, 2022

“They Didn’t Know Which Way to Go.” Katya Soldak Sheds Light on the Plight of the Ukrainian People

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 10, 2022

Best American Male: An Essay About Masculinity. An Essay About Power.

By Rebecca Hazelton | March 10, 2022

Why Do Some People Believe the Earth is Flat?

Why Do Some People Believe the Earth is Flat?

Kelly Weill on What Draws People To Conspiracies

By Kelly Weill | March 10, 2022

Why Ukrainian Resistance to the Russian Invasion is a Kind of Anti-Colonial Eruption

Why Ukrainian Resistance to the Russian Invasion is a Kind of Anti-Colonial Eruption

Geo Maher in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 10, 2022

How David George Haskell Decodes the Sounds of Our Natural World

How David George Haskell Decodes the Sounds of Our Natural World

The Author of Sounds Wild and Broken Goes in Search of Birdsong, Elk Calls and More

By David George Haskell | March 10, 2022

On Surviving a Journey Across the Sahara (and Other Impossibilities)

On Surviving a Journey Across the Sahara (and Other Impossibilities)

Ousman Umar Reveals His Harrowing Search for a Better Life

By Ousman Umar | March 10, 2022

Why All of Ashley C. Ford’s Comfort Movies Are Sad

Why All of Ashley C. Ford’s Comfort Movies Are Sad

The Author of Somebody's Daughter in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on Open Form

By Open Form | March 10, 2022

Choosing Our Literary Kin: Remembering Valerie Boyd

Choosing Our Literary Kin: Remembering Valerie Boyd

Sejal Shah on the Life and Times of a Beloved Writer and Editor 

By Sejal Shah | March 10, 2022

Amy Bloom: Grief is the Price You Pay for Love

Amy Bloom: Grief is the Price You Pay for Love

This Week on Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | March 10, 2022

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