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Why Film and Literature Fear Telling The Truth About Losing a Parent

Why Film and Literature Fear Telling The Truth About Losing a Parent

Tiffany Graham Charkosky on Finding Healing in Telling Her Own Story of Maternal Loss

By Tiffany Graham Charkosky | November 13, 2025

Celebration and Struggle: On the Life and Work of Alice Childress

Celebration and Struggle: On the Life and Work of Alice Childress

Eve Dunbar Considers the Creative, Professional and Manual Labor of Black Women in America

By Eve Dunbar | November 13, 2025

On David Graeber’s Ideas About the Structural Stupidity of Bureaucracy

On David Graeber’s Ideas About the Structural Stupidity of Bureaucracy

Stuart Jeffries Considers the Everyday Indignity of Modern Life

By Stuart Jeffries | November 12, 2025

On the Early Days of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Rise to Power

On the Early Days of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Rise to Power

The Soviet Union General Secretary’s Anti-Alcohol Campaign, Initial Allies, and Rock-Star Beginnings

By Mikhail Zygar | November 12, 2025

More Than James Brown’s Drummer: Clyde Stubblefield, An Unsung Pioneer of R&B

More Than James Brown’s Drummer: Clyde Stubblefield, An Unsung Pioneer of R&B

John Lingan on the Enduring Influence of One of the Genre's Most Iconic Drum Riffs

By John Lingan | November 12, 2025

Writing While Becoming Two: How Motherhood Influenced My Debut Novel

Writing While Becoming Two: How Motherhood Influenced My Debut Novel

Grace Walker: “Two lives, two minds, combining. It’s the idea that shaped my writing, and now, in a quieter way, my days.”

By Grace Walker | November 12, 2025

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Emma Darwin on Writing About Her Family and Finding Inspiration in Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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The Striking Similarities Between Aphorisms and Poetry

By James Geary | November 12, 2025

Five novels to read if you’re fascinated by the Black bourgeoisie.

By Brittany Allen | November 11, 2025

Meet the 2025 National Book Award Finalists

Meet the 2025 National Book Award Finalists

Quick Questions for the Year’s Best Writers, Poets, and Translators

By Emily Temple | November 11, 2025

What Does It Mean to be Human? (According to Philosopher Alexandre Kojève)

What Does It Mean to be Human? (According to Philosopher Alexandre Kojève)

Boris Groys on the Nothingness of Human Existence

By Boris Groys | November 11, 2025

The Publishing Industry Gambled on Me... and Lost

The Publishing Industry Gambled on Me... and Lost

Maria Kuznetsova on Making Peace with Her Debut’s Failure to Launch

By Maria Kuznetsova | November 11, 2025

What Aging Can Teach Us About Creativity and Fulfillment

What Aging Can Teach Us About Creativity and Fulfillment

Philip Weinstein Explores Philosophical and Literary Approaches to the End of Life

By Philip Weinstein | November 11, 2025

David Szalay’s <em>Flesh</em> has won the 2025 Booker Prize.

David Szalay’s Flesh has won the 2025 Booker Prize.

By Literary Hub | November 10, 2025

Elon Musk gets roasted on his own platform by Joyce Carol Oates.

Elon Musk gets roasted on his own platform by Joyce Carol Oates.

By Jonny Diamond | November 10, 2025

Noam Chomsky and José Mujica on the Double Edged Sword of Automation

Noam Chomsky and José Mujica on the Double Edged Sword of Automation

“Automation is wonderful as a technique; the problem is who controls the technology.”

By Noam Chomsky, José Mujica, and Saúl Alvídrez | November 10, 2025

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