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How Do We Quantify the Elusive Concept of Wasted Time?

How Do We Quantify the Elusive Concept of Wasted Time?

Byron Reese and Scott Hoffman on Our Endless Fascination with the Way We Spend Our Days

By Byron Reese and Scott Hoffman | June 1, 2021

What Makes a Great Speech?

What Makes a Great Speech?

Simon Sebag Montefiore Considers the Qualities of Great Oratory Throughout History

By Simon Sebag Montefiore | June 1, 2021

David Farrier in Search of the Fossils That Humans Are Leaving Behind

David Farrier in Search of the Fossils That Humans Are Leaving Behind

This Week on the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | June 1, 2021

On the Long Debated Origin Story of Domestic Chickens

On the Long Debated Origin Story of Domestic Chickens

Gina G. Warren Considers the History of the Backyard Bird

By Gina G. Warren | June 1, 2021

The ACLU’s Long Fight For Marriage Equality

The ACLU’s Long Fight For Marriage Equality

Sasha Issenberg on Constitutional Rights in the 80s and the Shifting Definitions of Marital Union

By Sasha Issenberg | June 1, 2021

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, June 1st to June 5th

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, June 1st to June 5th

Including the 2021 Lambda Literary Awards and the Roxbury Poetry Festival

By Rasheeda Saka | June 1, 2021

Best Reviewed
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  • Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink, and Deviant Desire

WATCH: Patricia Lockwood in Conversation with Nina Stibbe at the Hay Festival

By The Virtual Book Channel | June 1, 2021

Robert McKee on the Design of a Character Universe

By Keen On | June 1, 2021

Libraries are crowdfunding an open access collection of American prison newspapers.

By Walker Caplan | May 28, 2021

That inspiring Eric Carle quote making the rounds yesterday was actually an April Fool’s joke.

That inspiring Eric Carle quote making the rounds yesterday was actually an April Fool’s joke.

By Walker Caplan | May 28, 2021

Here are May's best reviewed books.

Here are May's best reviewed books.

By Book Marks | May 28, 2021

Get in the mood for summer with Maya Angelou's 1957 performance of calypso hit

Get in the mood for summer with Maya Angelou's 1957 performance of calypso hit "Run Joe."

By Emily Temple | May 28, 2021

This new production of <em>Blindness</em> is unlike any literary adaptation you've ever seen.

This new production of Blindness is unlike any literary adaptation you've ever seen.

By Emily Temple | May 28, 2021

When Will the Church Have Its Racial Reckoning?

When Will the Church Have Its Racial Reckoning?

Monica West Demands Justice and Recognition in Today’s Christianity

By Monica West | May 28, 2021

75 Nonfiction Books You Should <br>Read This Summer

75 Nonfiction Books You Should
Read This Summer

History, Science, Memoir, Biography, Food, Politics, and More!

By Literary Hub | May 28, 2021

Life in Palestine: On the Thriving Artistic Life of Ramallah

Life in Palestine: On the Thriving Artistic Life of Ramallah

“To many writers, Ramallah is an ideal, a dream, a promise.”

By Maya Abu Al-Hayat | May 28, 2021

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