Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

Nickolas Butler on Writing as an Act of Service and the Power of Local News

By Nickolas Butler | October 18, 2021

Amitav Ghosh on the Lies of History and How the Natural World Fights Back

Amitav Ghosh on the Lies of History and How the Natural World Fights Back

Ben Ehrenreich in Conversation with the Author of The Nutmeg’s Curse

By Ben Ehrenreich | October 18, 2021

Mary Beard on What We Can Learn from Images of Roman Autocrats

Mary Beard on What We Can Learn from Images of Roman Autocrats

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 18, 2021

How Do You Write About People Who Don’t Want To Be Written About?

How Do You Write About People Who Don’t Want To Be Written About?

Ethan Lou on Unauthorized Biographies and Uncomfortable Writing

By Ethan Lou | October 18, 2021

On Teaching at the End of the World

On Teaching at the End of the World

Rashaan Alexis Meneses Confronts a Season of Pandemic and Fire

By Rashaan Alexis Meneses | October 18, 2021

“Its eyes were as large as a dinner plate...” Encounters with Dragons in Early America

“Its eyes were as large as a dinner plate...” Encounters with Dragons in Early America

When Local Newspapers Reported on Harrowing Encounters with Large Winged Reptiles

By Scott G. Bruce | October 18, 2021

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On the Historical Stigmatization and Persistent Vilification of Epilepsy in Literature

By Louise Fein | October 18, 2021

On Dr. Eduard Bloch, Hitler’s Family Physician (Who Happened to Be Jewish)

By Meriel Schindler | October 18, 2021

Oedipus at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter: How Sophocles Speaks to Contemporary Trauma

By Bryan Doerries | October 18, 2021

On the Unattainable Myth of Feminine Beauty Ideals and Our Culture of Fat Phobia

On the Unattainable Myth of Feminine Beauty Ideals and Our Culture of Fat Phobia

Sesali Bowen Considers What It Means to Be a "Bad Bitch" and the Politicization of Attractiveness

By Sesali Bowen | October 18, 2021

“Unknitting Despair.” Catherine Bush on Reciprocity, Care, and Ecological Loss

“Unknitting Despair.” Catherine Bush on Reciprocity, Care, and Ecological Loss

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | October 18, 2021

Jean Becker on George H.W. Bush's Life After Presidency

Jean Becker on George H.W. Bush's Life After Presidency

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 18, 2021

Read Ezra Pound's extensive revisions to T. S. Eliot's <em>The Waste Land</em>.

Read Ezra Pound's extensive revisions to T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land.

By Vanessa Willoughby | October 15, 2021

Solange has launched a community library of rare books and art by Black creators.

Solange has launched a community library of rare books and art by Black creators.

By Walker Caplan | October 15, 2021

“Dialogue reeketh, play stinketh.” The worst insults from reviews of <em>The Iceman Cometh</em>.

“Dialogue reeketh, play stinketh.” The worst insults from reviews of The Iceman Cometh.

By Walker Caplan | October 15, 2021

Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

By Emily Temple | October 15, 2021

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