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Cuomo is refusing to release documents that supposedly prove staffers’ work on his book was legit.

Cuomo is refusing to release documents that supposedly prove staffers’ work on his book was legit.

By Walker Caplan | June 3, 2021

Together As We Burn: On a Complicated Maternal Bond and Intergenerational Love

Together As We Burn: On a Complicated Maternal Bond and Intergenerational Love

Ashley C. Ford Considers the Struggles of Her Mother and the Familial Ties That Bind

By Ashley C. Ford | June 3, 2021

How the Poets Wrote <br>of Billie Holiday

How the Poets Wrote
of Billie Holiday

Cedar Sigo on the Voice of a Lifetime, and the Writing it Inspired

By Cedar Sigo | June 3, 2021

Dispatches from the “Reconstruction” of Afghanistan, c. 2004

Dispatches from the “Reconstruction” of Afghanistan, c. 2004

Frank Light: “You had to believe the people who sent you had a clue. You had to believe they cared.”

By Frank Light | June 3, 2021

The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Fictionalizing the Life of a Great Artist

The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Fictionalizing the Life of a Great Artist

Lorenza Pieri on Finding Inspiration in Niki de Saint Phalle’s Tarot Garden

By Lorenza Pieri | June 3, 2021

On the Timeliness—and Timelessness—of Muriel Rukeyser’s Far-Reaching Poetry

On the Timeliness—and Timelessness—of Muriel Rukeyser’s Far-Reaching Poetry

Natasha Trethewey Considers the Essential Role of Poetry in Our Lives

By Natasha Trethewey | June 3, 2021

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Judy Batalion on the Emotional Legacy of the Holocaust

By Just the Right Book | June 3, 2021

How Don Cherry Employed the Metaphysical Body-Space to Inspire Communal Creativity

By Fumi Okiji | June 3, 2021

Daniel Levin on the Hopelessness of Syria’s War Economy

By Keen On | June 3, 2021

How Has One Book That Barely Mentions Sports Reshaped the Game of Baseball?

How Has One Book That Barely Mentions Sports Reshaped the Game of Baseball?

Joe Lemire Guests on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | June 3, 2021

Jill Lepore on Nazi Propaganda and the Fate of “Axis Sally”

Jill Lepore on Nazi Propaganda and the Fate of “Axis Sally”

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | June 3, 2021

Justice for Clubber Lang: Kiese Laymon on a Cast-Off American Hero

Justice for Clubber Lang: Kiese Laymon on a Cast-Off American Hero

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith
on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | June 3, 2021

David Diop's <em>At Night All Blood is Black</em> has won the 2021 International Booker Prize.

David Diop's At Night All Blood is Black has won the 2021 International Booker Prize.

By Dan Sheehan | June 2, 2021

Watch a young Flannery O’Connor teaching her chicken to walk backwards.

Watch a young Flannery O’Connor teaching her chicken to walk backwards.

By Walker Caplan | June 2, 2021

Has anyone seen this Bible-eating bookstore customer?

Has anyone seen this Bible-eating bookstore customer?

By Walker Caplan | June 2, 2021

A close reading of Margaret Atwood’s sexy cicada poem.

A close reading of Margaret Atwood’s sexy cicada poem.

By Jonny Diamond | June 2, 2021

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