• News and Culture

    Underreported

    Populism, Nationalism, Socialism: Charting the Political Moods of Our Time

    By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann  September 28, 2020
    Emergence Magazine

    Language Keepers: Compiling the First Ever Wukchumni Dictionary

    By Emergence Magazine  September 28, 2020
    New Books Network

    How to Rebuild America’s Hollowed-Out Middle Class

    By New Books Network  September 28, 2020
    The Hub

    Namwali Serpell will donate Clarke Prize money to those protesting Breonna Taylor’s murder.

    By Corinne Segal  September 25, 2020
    In Memoriam

    Scenes From a Vigil: New York City Mourns the Loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    By Rachel Cobb  September 25, 2020
    The Hub

    Here are the best reviewed books of the week!

    By Book Marks  September 25, 2020
    Bestsellers

    Just how odd is this month’s bestseller list? A look at pre-election bestsellers from years past.

    By Aaron Robertson  September 25, 2020
    Ghosts!

    How Literary Ghosts Can Help Us All Be a Little More Human

    By Amy Shearn  September 25, 2020
    On Race

    Black Death Does Not Happen “In the Greek Sense”

    By Aaron Robertson  September 25, 2020
    Bookable

    Claudia Rankine on What It Means When a White Person “Doesn’t See Color”

    By Bookable   September 25, 2020
    Keen On

    On the Tragedy of Syria and Journalism’s Other Crisis of Truth

    By Keen On  September 25, 2020
    War

    Pesticides, Incendiaries… How US Chemical Companies Endeared Themselves to the Public

    By Frank A. von Hippel  September 25, 2020
    American Presidents

    How the US-Soviet Relationship Shaped Eisenhower’s Presidency

    By Tim Weiner  September 25, 2020
    The Literary Life

    Carl Hiaasen on Satire as a Product of Anger

    By The Literary Life  September 25, 2020
    LGBTQ

    On Alternative Forms of Communal Care and Expanded Kinship Circles

    By The Care Collective  September 25, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Lisa Lucas on Equity in Publishing and Becoming Comfortable in Her Anger

    By The Quarantine Tapes  September 25, 2020
    New Books Network

    Everyone’s Talking About Democratic Socialism

    By New Books Network  September 25, 2020
    The Antibody Reading Series

    Antibody: Starring Megan Cummins, Melissa Ragsly, and Kelli Jo Ford

    By The Antibody Reading Series  September 24, 2020
    The Hub

    The greatest job in the literary world is accepting applications again.

    By Dan Sheehan  September 24, 2020
    Travel

    You can stay in the house where F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald lived for $72 a night.

    By Corinne Segal  September 24, 2020
    2020 Election

    Dynastic Privilege, A Terrible Novel, and the Race for a Crucial Senate Seat

    By Anjali Enjeti  September 24, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., on the Urgency of James Baldwin’s Lessons

    By The Quarantine Tapes  September 24, 2020
    Mythology

    Fornicating and Fighting: A Brief History of the Ancient Cult of Aphrodite

    By Bettany Hughes  September 24, 2020
    Keen On

    Why Americans Don’t Care About Their Presidents’ Sex Scandals

    By Keen On  September 24, 2020
    Inspiration

    The Book That Changed My Life: Giving Voice to the Divine, Inexplicable Ocean

    By Jock Serong  September 24, 2020
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