Did Novels of the Enlightenment Teach Empathy?

Did Novels of the Enlightenment Teach Empathy?

Ritchie Robertson on the Reading Revolution of the 18th Century

By Ritchie Robertson | February 23, 2021

How Protestantism (Unintentionally) Spread Literacy

How Protestantism (Unintentionally) Spread Literacy

Joseph Henrich in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 23, 2021

What It Means to Be a Black Mother in White America

What It Means to Be a Black Mother in White America

Rebecca Carroll: “Most white people go straight to their
own sense of guilt.”

By Rebecca Carroll | February 23, 2021

Te-Ping Chen on Navigating Generational Difference and Political Turmoil

Te-Ping Chen on Navigating Generational Difference and Political Turmoil

The Author of Land of Big Numbers Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | February 23, 2021

The Dangers of Brain Science Overdetermining Legal Outcomes

The Dangers of Brain Science Overdetermining Legal Outcomes

Jed S. Rakoff on Eugenics, Lobotomy, and Psychoanalysis

By Jed S. Rakoff | February 23, 2021

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em>Hamnet</em> by<br> Maggie O’Farrell

This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: Hamnet by
Maggie O’Farrell

Colette Bancroft on One of the Finalists for Fiction

By Colette Bancroft | February 23, 2021

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Here are the finalists for the 2020 Bram Stoker Award.

By Rasheeda Saka | February 22, 2021

This is the supernatural, time-traveling romance series YOU SHOULD be watching.

By Jonny Diamond | February 22, 2021

Did everyone else know about Ryan Gosling's enormous literary tattoo?

By Emily Temple | February 22, 2021

Victor LaValle and Jo Mi-Gyeong are teaming up on a comic about a young girl and her android teddy bear.

Victor LaValle and Jo Mi-Gyeong are teaming up on a comic about a young girl and her android teddy bear.

By Walker Caplan | February 22, 2021

All the memes in Patricia Lockwood’s <em> No One Is Talking About This,</em> explained.

All the memes in Patricia Lockwood’s No One Is Talking About This, explained.

By Walker Caplan | February 22, 2021

Malcolm X's family has released a letter that claims the FBI and NYPD conspired in his murder.

Malcolm X's family has released a letter that claims the FBI and NYPD conspired in his murder.

By Vanessa Willoughby | February 22, 2021

Megan Giddings’s <em>Lakewood</em> is an Undeniable Classic of<br> Black Horror

Megan Giddings’s Lakewood is an Undeniable Classic of
Black Horror

Steffan Triplett on Writing Towards the Boundaries of Reality

By Steffan Triplett | February 22, 2021

Own a Complete Set of the Paperback Experiment That Paved the Way for Penguin

Own a Complete Set of the Paperback Experiment That Paved the Way for Penguin

For Sale: A Tower of Rare Bonibooks

By Rebecca Rego Barry | February 22, 2021

How the “One Drop Rule” Became a Tool of White Supremacy

How the “One Drop Rule” Became a Tool of White Supremacy

Yaba Blay on Historical Definitions of Race

By Yaba Blay | February 22, 2021

The Unlikely Celebration of Fireflies in a Declining City of Japan’s Far North

The Unlikely Celebration of Fireflies in a Declining City of Japan’s Far North

Dreux Richard Visits With the Aging Citizens of Wakkanai

By Dreux Richard | February 22, 2021

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