“Poetry is telegrams of the human soul”: Watch a rare video interview with Richard Brautigan.

“Poetry is telegrams of the human soul”: Watch a rare video interview with Richard Brautigan.

By Walker Caplan | September 16, 2021

A new study suggests that backlash against critical race theory is linked to white fear.

A new study suggests that backlash against critical race theory is linked to white fear.

By Vanessa Willoughby | September 16, 2021

Zibby Owens to publish books using a company-wide profit-sharing model.

Zibby Owens to publish books using a company-wide profit-sharing model.

By Jonny Diamond | September 16, 2021

Here’s the longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry.

Here’s the longlist for the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry.

By Emily Temple | September 16, 2021

50 Great Literary Cameos in Terrible* Early 2000s Movies

50 Great Literary Cameos in Terrible* Early 2000s Movies

The Good, The Bad, The Gigli

By Emily Temple | September 16, 2021

An Alleged Lock of Emily Dickinson’s Hair is Selling for $450,000... <br>But Was it Stolen?

An Alleged Lock of Emily Dickinson’s Hair is Selling for $450,000...
But Was it Stolen?

Jen DeGregorio Investigates the Curious Case of a Great Poet’s Hair

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Carmen Maria Machado Revisits the Artistic Genius of Jennifer's Body

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

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

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

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

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WATCH: Jai Chakrabarti Launches His Debut Novel

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

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Maureen Freely on How a Writer Gets Erased From Literary History

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

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

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Keith Boykin on the End of the White Majority in America

Keith Boykin on the End of the White Majority in America

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