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Journalists are being prosecuted for covering the Black Lives Matter protests.

Journalists are being prosecuted for covering the Black Lives Matter protests.

By Walker Caplan | March 10, 2021

Did you know the <em>Legend of Zelda</em> heroine was named after Zelda Fitzgerald?

Did you know the Legend of Zelda heroine was named after Zelda Fitzgerald?

By Katie Yee | March 10, 2021

Apparently John Steinbeck once wrote a horror story about a boy being chewed by his own gum.

Apparently John Steinbeck once wrote a horror story about a boy being chewed by his own gum.

By Walker Caplan | March 10, 2021

Here are the finalists for the 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

Here are the finalists for the 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka | March 10, 2021

If writing's got you down, remember that James Patterson's first book was rejected 31 times.

If writing's got you down, remember that James Patterson's first book was rejected 31 times.

By Jessie Gaynor | March 10, 2021

Deesha Philyaw has won the 2020 Story Prize.

Deesha Philyaw has won the 2020 Story Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka | March 10, 2021

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Lauren Groff on the Subtle, Poetic Voice of Shirley Hazzard

Lauren Groff on the Subtle, Poetic Voice of Shirley Hazzard

The Transit of Venus “Returns Quietly to the Mind”

By Lauren Groff | March 10, 2021

How Kurt Wolff Transformed Pantheon into a 20th-Century Publishing Powerhouse

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Alexander Wolff on the Life and Career of His Celebrated Grandfather

By Alexander Wolff | March 10, 2021

Reckoning with Sentiment (and Writing the Unsaid) in a Novel About Motherhood

Reckoning with Sentiment (and Writing the Unsaid) in a Novel About Motherhood

Lynn Steger Strong in Conversation with Jessica Winter

By Lynn Steger Strong | March 10, 2021

Is Data the Western World’s New Religion?

Is Data the Western World’s New Religion?

Tim Harford in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 10, 2021

The Terrifying Doubts—and Important Lessons—of Becoming an Older Father

The Terrifying Doubts—and Important Lessons—of Becoming an Older Father

Josh Mohr Reckons With a Later-in-Life-Changing Event

By Joshua Mohr | March 10, 2021

Growing Up in the Shadow of Birmingham’s Racist Violence

Growing Up in the Shadow of Birmingham’s Racist Violence

John Archibald on Living with the Domestic Terror of 1960s “Bombingham”

By John Archibald | March 10, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>How to Pronounce Knife</em> by Souvankham Thammavongsa

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

David Varno on One of the Finalists for Fiction

By David Varno | March 10, 2021

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