Why Quitting Good Ideas Is Often a Winning Strategy

Why Quitting Good Ideas Is Often a Winning Strategy

John A. List in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 4, 2022

Here is a great resource for what you can do in the fight for abortion rights in all 50 states.

Here is a great resource for what you can do in the fight for abortion rights in all 50 states.

By Jonny Diamond | May 3, 2022

A Shakespearean Study Guide for <em>The Northman</em>

A Shakespearean Study Guide for The Northman

Saxo and Shakespeare, Masculine Fantasies, and Racist Fictions in Robert Eggers’s New Blockbuster

By The Why Shakespeare? Course | May 3, 2022

Following the Workings of My Mind: Gerald Murnane Rereads His First Novel

Following the Workings of My Mind: Gerald Murnane Rereads His First Novel

The Writer Revisits Tamarisk Row, Nearly 50 Years Later

By Gerald Murnane | May 3, 2022

“Auld Lang Syne” in July: Yiyun Li on the Solaces and Limits of Music

“Auld Lang Syne” in July: Yiyun Li on the Solaces and Limits of Music

“Music, in its absolute right to exist, perhaps is not unlike mood, or landscape—external or internal.”

By Yiyun Li | May 3, 2022

Charlie Porter on the Unspoken Language of the Sartorial

Charlie Porter on the Unspoken Language of the Sartorial

“What might an artist’s wardrobe say about their bravery and defiance?”

By Charlie Porter | May 3, 2022

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The Untold and Very True Story of The Devil Wears Prada

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On the Groundbreaking Art of Bascove’s Book Covers

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Lessons Learned from a Year Listening to the Fictional Octopus in My Head

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Struggling with Disaster—and Language—in the Hebrew Bible

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From Season 3 of The Cosmic Library Podcast

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How the Small Moments That Haunt Us Can Form the Seeds of a Novel

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Steve Almond on Writing as a Means of Dealing With Obsession

By Steve Almond | May 3, 2022

How Hawks Teach Us a Different Way to Love

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Sy Montgomery in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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How “My Old Kentucky Home” Is a Sonic Monument to a Segregated America

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Emily Bingham in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in May

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in May

From True Crime to Giant Snakes, Something for Everyone

By Eliza Smith | May 2, 2022

Jeff VanderMeer Talks to the Designers About His Book Covers

Jeff VanderMeer Talks to the Designers About His Book Covers

Creating Covers that Are Playful, Distinct, and Surreal

By Jeff VanderMeer | May 2, 2022

Searching for a Lost History in Modern-Day Russia

Searching for a Lost History in Modern-Day Russia

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