The Man Who Set Out to Kill Segregation... or Be Killed by It

The Man Who Set Out to Kill Segregation... or Be Killed by It

Charles Person Remembers Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the Movement in Birmingham

By Charles Person | April 28, 2021

How a Bold Young American Changed the Way Scholars Think About Homer

How a Bold Young American Changed the Way Scholars Think About Homer

Robert Kanigel on the Unlikely Legacy of Milman Parry

By Robert Kanigel | April 28, 2021

Imagine your ideal artist’s retreat in this breathtakingly beautiful forest library.

Imagine your ideal artist’s retreat in this breathtakingly beautiful forest library.

By Walker Caplan | April 27, 2021

Why Nabokov’s poem about Superman’s sex life was rejected by <em>The New Yorker</em>.

Why Nabokov’s poem about Superman’s sex life was rejected by The New Yorker.

By Walker Caplan | April 27, 2021

An artist is designing book covers for strangers' unwritten memoirs—and you can submit your own.

An artist is designing book covers for strangers' unwritten memoirs—and you can submit your own.

By Emily Temple | April 27, 2021

Have you met Roshan the Book-Carrying Camel?

Have you met Roshan the Book-Carrying Camel?

By Jonny Diamond | April 27, 2021

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Comfort in Quarantine: On Going Deeper Into the Solitude of Books

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Light the Fire and Fan the Flames: Surviving China’s Cultural Revolution

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Foraging for Wild Edible Bamboo on Mount Moriyoshi

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What is a Philosopher? A Laughingstock, an Absentminded Buffoon?

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Simon Critchley is Unafraid to Ask the Hard Questions

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Would Taxing the Rich Protect Democracy?

Would Taxing the Rich Protect Democracy?

David Stasavage in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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The Education of an Idealist: US Ambassador Samantha Power on Soft Power and Hard Lessons

The Education of an Idealist: US Ambassador Samantha Power on Soft Power and Hard Lessons

From Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers‘ Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | April 27, 2021

Life Beyond Act One: Why We Need More Stories About Older Women

Life Beyond Act One: Why We Need More Stories About Older Women

Mary Sharratt on Moving Beyond Coming of Age

By Mary Sharratt | April 27, 2021

What the fresh hell? Magnum is releasing a Dante-themed ice cream bar.

What the fresh hell? Magnum is releasing a Dante-themed ice cream bar.

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“Nobody saw it as contemporary.” Why Stacey Abrams’s new novel went unpublished for a decade.

“Nobody saw it as contemporary.” Why Stacey Abrams’s new novel went unpublished for a decade.

By Walker Caplan | April 26, 2021

The Endangered Albatross: Elusive, Beautiful, Ancient

The Endangered Albatross: Elusive, Beautiful, Ancient

Allison Cobb on the Ever-Present Environmental Threat of Plastic

By Allison Cobb | April 26, 2021

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