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    Gardening

    We Have Ancient Greece to Thank For Contemporary Gardens

    By Penelope Hobhouse  August 31, 2020
    Irish Literature

    The Humble Confidence of Seamus Heaney

    By R. F. Foster  August 31, 2020
    Museums

    As The Met Reopens, a Former Employee Longs For Its Art

    By Christine Coulson  August 31, 2020
    Russian Literature

    On the Experimental Realism of an Eccentric Russian Anglophile

    By Caryl Emerson  August 31, 2020
    Presidential Campaign 2020

    A Brief History of the Presidential Election-to-Be

    By Marvin Kitman  August 31, 2020
    Emergence Magazine

    Lia Purpura on Decomposing Deer and the Forces of Restoration

    By Emergence Magazine  August 31, 2020
    New Books Network

    How FDR Could Have Saved More Lives During the Holocaust

    By New Books Network  August 31, 2020
    The Hub

    Check out this gorgeous illustrated map of Black-owned bookshops across the country.

    By Corinne Segal  August 28, 2020
    The Hub

    This Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day: no better time to stock up on books.

    By Emily Temple  August 28, 2020
    The Hub

    Here are six movie adaptations that drastically changed their novels’ endings.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 28, 2020
    American History

    The Making of the Reagan Generation

    By Rick Perlstein  August 28, 2020
    Design

    The 13 Best Book Covers
    of August

    By Emily Temple  August 28, 2020
    The Natural World

    Lake Michigan Thinks It’s
    Still an Ocean

    By Jill Sisson Quinn  August 28, 2020
    Virginia Woolf

    She Said She Would Write the Essay Herself: Reading Virginia Woolf in Middle Age

    By Heather O'Neill  August 28, 2020
    Diarists

    Learning to Appreciate the Small Things From a 1,000-Year-Old Japanese Writer

    By Eric Weiner  August 28, 2020
    Poetry

    Prayer to the Redwood

    By Mai Der Vang  August 28, 2020
    The Cold War

    On the Brink of War: A View of North and South Korea in 1950

    By Charles J. Hanley  August 28, 2020
    Being Trans

    But You Don’t Look Trans?
    A Tale of Microagression

    By Veronica Esposito  August 28, 2020
    Read Smart

    Hallie Rubenhold on Winning and Writing History

    By Read Smart  August 28, 2020
    New Books Network

    The History of Witch Hunts in the Early Modern Atlantic World

    By New Books Network  August 28, 2020
    Keen On

    Ian Buruma on the So-Called Special Relationship Between the US and the UK

    By Keen On  August 28, 2020
    The Literary Life

    Dr. Michele Harper: Healing Yourself by Understanding How to Heal Others

    By The Literary Life  August 28, 2020
    The Hub

    Poetry magazine will skip its September issue to address its “deep-seated white supremacy.”

    By Corinne Segal  August 27, 2020
    The Hub

    Powell’s Books will stop selling books through Amazon due to its “detrimental impact” on stores.

    By Corinne Segal  August 27, 2020
    Writer's Retreats

    A writer’s retreat in Tokyo will treat you like a Real Author, deadlines, nosy editors, and all.

    By Aaron Robertson  August 27, 2020
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