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    Literary Criticism

    The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2020

    By Book Marks  December 22, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Sarah Broom: ‘We Are Making Art for Each Other and for Our Survival’

    By The Quarantine Tapes  December 22, 2020
    Drinking

    The Obvious Truth About Drinking with Colleagues

    By David Nutt  December 22, 2020
    Baseball

    When Tom Seaver Came Into the Big Leagues He Came in Pitching

    By Bill Madden  December 22, 2020
    Family Histories

    Finding My Father Through His Relationship with Judaism

    By Deborah Tannen  December 22, 2020
    Keen On

    Does America Really Deserve a ‘Seat at the Head of the Table’?

    By Keen On  December 22, 2020
    Time to Eat the Dogs

    How We Talk About the Boys Club of NASA’s Apollo Program

    By Time to Eat the Dogs   December 22, 2020
    The Hub

    Barack Obama has created a playlist to accompany A Promised Land.

    By Walker Caplan  December 21, 2020
    The Hub

    Roxane Gay is starting a book club—and you can join.

    By Walker Caplan  December 21, 2020
    The West

    On the Solstice: Deep Winter Dreams of the Spring to Come

    By Rick Bass  December 21, 2020
    Lit Crit

    Why Does Goodreads Have a Problem with Fiction by Women, About Women?

    By Ruth Madievsky  December 21, 2020
    Children's Literature

    What 2020 Children’s Book Roundups Are Missing

    By Sara B. Franklin  December 21, 2020
    Best of the Year

    The 10 Best Book Reviews
    of 2020

    By Adam Morgan  December 21, 2020
    Activism

    Facing Crisis Together: On the Revolutionary Potential of Mutual Aid

    By Alisa Bohling  December 21, 2020
    Pets

    What Does an Animal Communicator Really Do?

    By Kelly Conaboy  December 21, 2020
    Keen On

    On 1979 and the Unraveling of the Modern Middle East

    By Keen On  December 21, 2020
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Dec. 21st to Dec. 27th

    By Kiki Nicole  December 21, 2020
    Poetry

    Lorna Dee Cervantes on Allen Ginsberg and the Interplay Between Beat and
    Chicano Poetry

    By Lorna Dee Cervantes  December 21, 2020
    The History of Literature

    Rewriting the American Canon with The Book of Firsts

    By History of Literature  December 21, 2020
    Emergence Magazine

    Reverend angel Kyodo williams on the Liberating Possibilities of Radical Dharma

    By Emergence Magazine  December 21, 2020
    The Hub

    Frances McDormand and Sarah Polley are bringing Women Talking to the big screen.

    By Dan Sheehan  December 18, 2020
    Best of the Year

    What Did You Read This Year
    That You Loved?

    By Literary Hub  December 18, 2020
    Anthropology

    Barry Lopez on the Life of a True Naturalist

    By Barry Lopez  December 18, 2020
    On Death

    Notable Literary Deaths in 2020

    By Emily Temple  December 18, 2020
    Audiobooks

    Great Holiday Audiobooks for Young Readers

    By James Tate Hill  December 18, 2020
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