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Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize.

By Walker Caplan | April 15, 2021

Waste Not: A Brief History of the Urban Sewer System

Waste Not: A Brief History of the Urban Sewer System

Chelsea Wald on How We Get Rid of What We Don’t Want

By Chelsea Wald | April 15, 2021

How Linda Wertheimer and Susan Stamberg Found Their Voices at NPR

How Linda Wertheimer and Susan Stamberg Found Their Voices at NPR

Lisa Napoli on Four Radical Women Who Changed
Broadcast Journalism

By Lisa Napoli | April 15, 2021

Melissa Febos on Reckoning with the Pain of Girlhood

Melissa Febos on Reckoning with the Pain of Girlhood

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | April 15, 2021

Will the AIs Really Be Kind to Us?

Will the AIs Really Be Kind to Us?

Ximena Vengoechea in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 15, 2021

Simon Winchester Advises Against Eating Polar Bear Liver

Simon Winchester Advises Against Eating Polar Bear Liver

This Week from the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | April 15, 2021

Best Reviewed
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  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

The Lesser-Known Protest that Kicked Off Gay Liberation in Los Angeles

By Jon Wiener and Mike Davis | April 15, 2021

From K-Pop to a Bach Cantata: How the Brain Recognizes Music

By Michael Spitzer | April 15, 2021

Inside the Secret Facility Where the USSR’s First Cosmonauts Trained

By Stephen Walker | April 15, 2021

Announcing the winners of the 2021 Whiting Awards.

Announcing the winners of the 2021 Whiting Awards.

By Emily Temple | April 14, 2021

Gawker is coming back.

Gawker is coming back.

By Walker Caplan | April 14, 2021

Hanya Yanagihara's next novel, <em> To Paradise</em>, is coming in January.

Hanya Yanagihara's next novel, To Paradise, is coming in January.

By Walker Caplan | April 14, 2021

Check out these trippy new covers for eight modern classics.

Check out these trippy new covers for eight modern classics.

By Emily Temple | April 14, 2021

A scammer just stole £30k of literary prize money—and is trying to steal more.

A scammer just stole £30k of literary prize money—and is trying to steal more.

By Walker Caplan | April 14, 2021

How <em>Invisible Man</em> paved the way for Kendrick Lamar’s <em>To Pimp a Butterfly</em>.

How Invisible Man paved the way for Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly.

By Vanessa Willoughby | April 14, 2021

This 1980 George Plimpton TV commercial for video games is a masterpiece.

This 1980 George Plimpton TV commercial for video games is a masterpiece.

By Jonny Diamond | April 14, 2021

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