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On the Importance of How We Write Mental Illness in Fiction

On the Importance of How We Write Mental Illness in Fiction

Louise Nealon Considers the Ways in Which We Translate Experience

By Louise Nealon | September 16, 2021

Brilliance and Blind Luck: How Did Medieval Europe Invent the Concept of Quarantine?

Brilliance and Blind Luck: How Did Medieval Europe Invent the Concept of Quarantine?

Edward Glaeser and David Cutler on the History of Medieval Plagues and Its Connections to COVID-19

By Edward Glaeser and David Cutler | September 16, 2021

Coming of Age and Questioning Traditional Rituals at a Boarding School in Kenya

Coming of Age and Questioning Traditional Rituals at a Boarding School in Kenya

Nice Leng’ete on the Teacher Who Led Her to Question the Maasai Practice of Female Genital Mutilation

By Nice Leng'ete | September 16, 2021

WATCH: Jai Chakrabarti Launches His Debut Novel

WATCH: Jai Chakrabarti Launches His Debut Novel

In Conversation with Brigid Hughes at Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | September 16, 2021

“Her Novels Were Not For Men.” On Suat Derviş, Turkish Novelist

“Her Novels Were Not For Men.” On Suat Derviş, Turkish Novelist

Maureen Freely on How a Writer Gets Erased From Literary History

By Maureen Freely | September 16, 2021

David Cutler Discusses the Rapid Evolution of 21st-Century City Life

David Cutler Discusses the Rapid Evolution of 21st-Century City Life

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By Snigdha Koirala | September 15, 2021

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Colin Meloy's novel is becoming a full-length stop-motion movie.

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Read the short story that introduced Jeeves the butler to the world.

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The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember is a new kind of library.

The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember is a new kind of library.

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Here's the longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

Here's the longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

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The time Norm Macdonald dunked on Bret Easton Ellis in defense of Alice Munro.

The time Norm Macdonald dunked on Bret Easton Ellis in defense of Alice Munro.

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On the Subversive Power of Gossip

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