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Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

Featuring W.G. Sebald, Billy Porter, Oscar Wilde, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2021

How McSweeney’s and Radiotopia Created an Audiovisual Magazine Issue

How McSweeney’s and Radiotopia Created an Audiovisual Magazine Issue

A Conversation with Claire Boyle and Julie Shapiro

By Corinne Segal | October 27, 2021

William Souder on the Life and Work of John Steinbeck

William Souder on the Life and Work of John Steinbeck

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 27, 2021

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Growing Up in the Socialist Workers Party

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Growing Up in the Socialist Workers Party

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | October 27, 2021

Frances Badalamenti on the Fleeting, Painful Freedom of Youth and Writing as Self-Care

Frances Badalamenti on the Fleeting, Painful Freedom of Youth and Writing as Self-Care

Chloe Caldwell Talks to the Salad Days Author

By Chloé Caldwell | October 27, 2021

On Centering the Oceanic South and Disrupting the Study of the “Age of Revolutions”

On Centering the Oceanic South and Disrupting the Study of the “Age of Revolutions”

From the 2021 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding Winning Title Waves Across the South by Sujit Sivasundaram

By Sujit Sivasundaram | October 27, 2021

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In his free time, William Makepeace Thackeray loved sketching witches and ghouls.

By Walker Caplan | October 26, 2021

The secret history of your favorite bad writing cliché: "it was a dark and stormy night."

By Emily Temple | October 26, 2021

Beloved is now a detail in the Virginia election—for the dumbest possible reason.

By Walker Caplan | October 26, 2021

Read the letter that began the legendary friendship between Henry James and Edith Wharton.

Read the letter that began the legendary friendship between Henry James and Edith Wharton.

By Vanessa Willoughby | October 26, 2021

“The Strangest Sense of Freedom.” On Jane Eyre and the Power of Narcissism

“The Strangest Sense of Freedom.” On Jane Eyre and the Power of Narcissism

Josh Cohen Turns His Psychoanalyst’s Eye to the Inner Life of an Iconic Character

By Josh Cohen | October 26, 2021

Teju Cole on the Wonder of Epiphanic Writing

Teju Cole on the Wonder of Epiphanic Writing

Or: How Authors “Evoke the Overspilling World”

By Teju Cole | October 26, 2021

Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Featuring a History of Pop Music, a Chronicle of Black Filmmaking, a Counterhistory of Feminism, and More

By Book Marks | October 26, 2021

Terry Tempest Williams on the Loves (and Appetites) of the Great Jim Harrison

Terry Tempest Williams on the Loves (and Appetites) of the Great Jim Harrison

“He was kind and gracious and terrifyingly astute in all manner of his perceptions.”

By Terry Tempest Williams | October 26, 2021

How 11 Punk Bands Took a Leap of Faith, Sold Out, and Shaped Music History

How 11 Punk Bands Took a Leap of Faith, Sold Out, and Shaped Music History

Dan Ozzi on the Impact of Nirvana's Nevermind and the Major-Label Feeding Frenzy that Followed

By Dan Ozzi | October 26, 2021

How to Write an Obituary For Your Mother

How to Write an Obituary For Your Mother

Jenny Qi on the Limits of Language in the Face of Tragedy

By Jenny Qi | October 26, 2021

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