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On Escaping the Madness of the World at Large and Finding Joy in Literature

On Escaping the Madness of the World at Large and Finding Joy in Literature

Todd Doughty Recommends Books That Can Brighten Your Day or Lighten the Load

By Todd Doughty | October 14, 2021

“More Than a Fearful Refusal To Participate.“ On the Complexities of the 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion

“More Than a Fearful Refusal To Participate.“ On the Complexities of the 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion

From This Year's Cundill History Prize Shortlisted Title Blood on the River by Marjoleine Kars

By Marjoleine Kars | October 14, 2021

On the Women Who Succeeded in the “Man’s World” of Mountaineering

On the Women Who Succeeded in the “Man’s World” of Mountaineering

Katie Ives on Jean Crenshaw and Helen Kilness, the Women Behind Summit Magazine

By Katie Ives | October 14, 2021

How Opera Invented the Modern Fan

How Opera Invented the Modern Fan

Alison Kinney Investigates the Barriers to Appreciating Art the “Right” Way

By Alison Kinney | October 14, 2021

Robbie Bach on the Concept of “Venture Terrorism”

Robbie Bach on the Concept of “Venture Terrorism”

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 14, 2021

Georgina Pazcoguin on Patriarchy in the Ballet

Georgina Pazcoguin on Patriarchy in the Ballet

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | October 14, 2021

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Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda on the Alchemy of Making Music and Art

By Change Lab | October 14, 2021

On the Controversies of WWII Military Leader George S. Patton

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | October 14, 2021

Fiona Hill on the Increasingly Russian Way of Life in America

By Keen On | October 14, 2021

Max Chafkin on the Dangerous Intersection of Tech and Politics

Max Chafkin on the Dangerous Intersection of Tech and Politics

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 14, 2021

9 very niche bookstores for your very specific interests.

9 very niche bookstores for your very specific interests.

By Katie Yee | October 13, 2021

Remembering Harold Pinter’s anti-Iraq War Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

Remembering Harold Pinter’s anti-Iraq War Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

By Walker Caplan | October 13, 2021

Uzo Aduba is leading a new book club for all of Netflix's literary adaptations.

Uzo Aduba is leading a new book club for all of Netflix's literary adaptations.

By Walker Caplan | October 13, 2021

Another Don DeLillo adaptation is coming—with Jez Butterworth adapting.

Another Don DeLillo adaptation is coming—with Jez Butterworth adapting.

By Walker Caplan | October 13, 2021

How to donate a box of books without getting the bomb-squad involved.

How to donate a box of books without getting the bomb-squad involved.

By Jonny Diamond | October 13, 2021

Hanif Abdurraqib on What It Was Like to Work at a Chain Bookstore

Hanif Abdurraqib on What It Was Like to Work at a Chain Bookstore

The Life and Times of a Retail Foot Soldier

By Hanif Abdurraqib | October 13, 2021

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