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Reckoning with the Memory of Jonas Mekas, Godfather of Avant-Garde Cinema

Reckoning with the Memory of Jonas Mekas, Godfather of Avant-Garde Cinema

“I saw no reason to doubt Mekas’s story: hadn’t he written it all down in his diaries and told it in his films?”

By Peter Delpeut | July 22, 2022

How Unjust Drug Policy and Systemic Racism Created a Class of Innocent Felons

How Unjust Drug Policy and Systemic Racism Created a Class of Innocent Felons

Jen Maxfield on Christopher Clemente, the Falsely Accused and Framed "Ivy League Crack Dealer"

By Jen Maxfield | July 22, 2022

We're getting a new book by Michelle Obama this fall.

We're getting a new book by Michelle Obama this fall.

By Corinne Segal | July 21, 2022

The Politics of Craft: Charles Baxter on How His Essays on Writing Respond to a Changing World

The Politics of Craft: Charles Baxter on How His Essays on Writing Respond to a Changing World

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 21, 2022

Paul Hollywood: How To Make the Ultimate Focaccia

Paul Hollywood: How To Make the Ultimate Focaccia

Or: How to Make Friends at a Dinner Party

By Paul Hollywood | July 21, 2022

A Love Letter to (Perpetually Underfunded, Gloriously Democratic) Public Libraries

A Love Letter to (Perpetually Underfunded, Gloriously Democratic) Public Libraries

Michele Herman: “Libraries so clearly help to make good citizens, are so clearly a municipal force for the common good.”

By Michele Herman | July 21, 2022

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8 Women Directors from Around the World You Should Be Watching

By David Jenkins | July 21, 2022

How Corporate America Created Car Culture—And What We Can Do To Change It

By Paris Marx | July 21, 2022

WATCH: CJ Hauser on Finding Joy in the Not-Knowing

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 21, 2022

Isaac Fitzgerald on How We Tell Ourselves Stories To Get By

Isaac Fitzgerald on How We Tell Ourselves Stories To Get By

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 21, 2022

On Finding the Strangeness in the Mundane, and Vice Versa

On Finding the Strangeness in the Mundane, and Vice Versa

Alanna Schubach on Balancing the Fantastical with the Familiar

By Alanna Schubach | July 21, 2022

How Madame Mao Remade Hollywood For Chinese Audiences

How Madame Mao Remade Hollywood For Chinese Audiences

Ying Zhu on Jiang Qing's Influence On Mid-Century Chinese Film

By Ying Zhu | July 21, 2022

Fun fact: Zadie Smith's younger brother is in the bad Austen adaptation.

Fun fact: Zadie Smith's younger brother is in the bad Austen adaptation.

By Emily Temple | July 20, 2022

HarperCollins workers are on strike today (and collecting donations for support).

HarperCollins workers are on strike today (and collecting donations for support).

By Corinne Segal | July 20, 2022

How a <em>Lord of the Rings</em> and Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Almost Happened

How a Lord of the Rings and Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Almost Happened

Ben Riggs on Missed Possibilities in the World of Roleplay Gaming

By Ben Riggs | July 20, 2022

The Challenges of Writing Fiction About the “Darkest Corner of the Dark Ages”

The Challenges of Writing Fiction About the “Darkest Corner of the Dark Ages”

Rebecca Stott On Writing A Novel Set In The Abandoned Ruins Of Sixth-Century Londinium

By Rebecca Stott | July 20, 2022

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