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Carrot Quinn on the Danger—and Thrill—of Train Riding

Carrot Quinn on the Danger—and Thrill—of Train Riding

“Out here, I am huge. Expansive.”

By Carrot Quinn | July 12, 2021

What Writing the Story of a Divorce Taught Me About My Own

What Writing the Story of a Divorce Taught Me About My Own

Joyce Maynard on Finding Compassion Through the Distance of Fiction

By Joyce Maynard | July 12, 2021

How Colonization and Christianity Challenged Indigenous Maya Spirituality—and Failed

How Colonization and Christianity Challenged Indigenous Maya Spirituality—and Failed

Emil’ Keme on the Popol Wuj, K’iche’ Authors, and Poetry as Resistance

By Emil’ Keme | July 12, 2021

How America’s Lack of Basic Support is Shortening Lives

How America’s Lack of Basic Support is Shortening Lives

Peter Sterling in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 12, 2021

Kimberly Ruffin Shares Her Guided Practice of Walking Through the Forest

Kimberly Ruffin Shares Her Guided Practice of Walking Through the Forest

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 12, 2021

Paintings in Literature: A Conversation with German Artist Charlie Stein

Paintings in Literature: A Conversation with German Artist Charlie Stein

From the History of Literature with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 12, 2021

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Books of the Week

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  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | July 9, 2021

Now you can buy the glorious mansion where Mark Twain died.

By Walker Caplan | July 9, 2021

Javier Bardem is your new Lyle, Lyle Crocodile.

By Dan Sheehan | July 9, 2021

13 books perfectly summed up with one-liners from <em>Gilmore Girls</em>.

13 books perfectly summed up with one-liners from Gilmore Girls.

By Katie Yee | July 9, 2021

<em>Sleeping or Dead?</em> and other hilarious

Sleeping or Dead? and other hilarious "practical books for librarians" in pulp classic form.

By Emily Temple | July 9, 2021

"She died sniffing life, and enjoying it." Read E.B. White's witty obituary for his dog Daisy.

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 9, 2021

Paulo Coelho's <em>The Alchemist</em> will finally be made into a movie, courtesy Will Smith.

Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist will finally be made into a movie, courtesy Will Smith.

By Emily Temple | July 9, 2021

Danny Trejo on Doing Time with Charles Manson and Finding Freedom in the Boxing Room

Danny Trejo on Doing Time with Charles Manson and Finding Freedom in the Boxing Room

One of America’s Great Character Actors Looks Back at His Time in Prison

By Danny Trejo with Donal Logue | July 9, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Belt Publishing

Interview with an Indie Press: Belt Publishing

Telling Stories from the Rust Belt and Midwest

By Corinne Segal | July 9, 2021

On the Ecstasy—and Agony—of Running an Ultramarathon in Your Seventies

On the Ecstasy—and Agony—of Running an Ultramarathon in Your Seventies

Bernd Heinrich Doesn’t Ever Want to Stop Running

By Bernd Heinrich | July 9, 2021

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