“Brother, you’ve got a fan now!” Read a letter from Nina Simone to Langston Hughes.

“Brother, you’ve got a fan now!” Read a letter from Nina Simone to Langston Hughes.

By Walker Caplan | July 29, 2021

The only known recording of J.D. Salinger’s voice will be cremated with the woman who stole it.

The only known recording of J.D. Salinger’s voice will be cremated with the woman who stole it.

By Walker Caplan | July 29, 2021

New Yorker Union members have unanimously voted to ratify their first contract.

New Yorker Union members have unanimously voted to ratify their first contract.

By Walker Caplan | July 29, 2021

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on Navigating the Starkly Gendered World of<br> Horseback Riding

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on Navigating the Starkly Gendered World of
Horseback Riding

“I decided that because girl wasn’t a word for me, horse couldn’t be, either.”

By Alex Marzano-Lesnevich | July 29, 2021

How the Oversimplified “Gentrification Narrative” Was Born

How the Oversimplified “Gentrification Narrative” Was Born

Bo McMillan on the Novels of L.J. Davis and What Certain Kinds of Stories Reveal About Cities

By Bo McMillan | July 29, 2021

How Much Did the History of American Chattel Slavery Shape William Faulkner’s <em>Absalom, Absalom!</em>?

How Much Did the History of American Chattel Slavery Shape William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!?

W. Ralph Eubanks on the Connection Between Faulkner’s Fiction, His Longtime Home, and the University of Mississippi

By W. Ralph Eubanks | July 29, 2021

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What is the Point of Children’s Books About the Climate Crisis?

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The Green Knight Unmakes a Classic—to Unsettling and Glorious Effect

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An Evening of Comics: Kristen Radtke in Conversation with Mira Jacob and Malaka Gharib

An Evening of Comics: Kristen Radtke in Conversation with Mira Jacob and Malaka Gharib

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 29, 2021

Love Affairs with Dead Composers: How Discovering Chopin Saved Mena Suvari

Love Affairs with Dead Composers: How Discovering Chopin Saved Mena Suvari

The American Beauty Actor on the Power of Music and the Challenges of Belonging

By Mena Suvari | July 29, 2021

Tahmima Anam on the Marriage of Rom-Com and Satire

Tahmima Anam on the Marriage of Rom-Com and Satire

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 29, 2021

Being Seen: 5 Great Books That Capture the Essence of Coming of Age

Being Seen: 5 Great Books That Capture the Essence of Coming of Age

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By Laura Silverman | July 29, 2021

Shaping Hunger Into Practice: On the Creative Relationship Between Writers and Visual Artists

Shaping Hunger Into Practice: On the Creative Relationship Between Writers and Visual Artists

Sally Cabot Gunning Talks Painting the Light and Books that Spotlight Women Artists

By Sally Cabot Gunning | July 29, 2021

Patrick Wyman on the “Great Divergence” Between Western Europe and the Rest of the Globe

Patrick Wyman on the “Great Divergence” Between Western Europe and the Rest of the Globe

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 29, 2021

Ursula Burns on the Dangers of Exceptionalism

Ursula Burns on the Dangers of Exceptionalism

This Week from Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | July 29, 2021

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