An educator was fired for reading <em>I Need A New Butt!</em> aloud. Now PEN America’s involved.

An educator was fired for reading I Need A New Butt! aloud. Now PEN America’s involved.

By Walker Caplan | March 15, 2022

A fundraising auction for Ukraine is offering submission critiques, book packages, and more.

A fundraising auction for Ukraine is offering submission critiques, book packages, and more.

By Corinne Segal | March 15, 2022

The kids are alright: North Carolina high schoolers are fighting book bans.

The kids are alright: North Carolina high schoolers are fighting book bans.

By Jonny Diamond | March 15, 2022

Finance Books for People Who Hate Finance: A Reading List

Finance Books for People Who Hate Finance: A Reading List

Mary Childs is Here to Help Ease You Into the Economy

By Mary Childs | March 15, 2022

No Place You’d Want to Go: On Writing About Flint

No Place You’d Want to Go: On Writing About Flint

Kelsey Ronan Considers the Stories of a Home That Broke Her Heart

By Kelsey Ronan | March 15, 2022

Diana Abu-Jaber: “Among the Bedouins, a Knife is Never Just a Knife.”

Diana Abu-Jaber: “Among the Bedouins, a Knife is Never Just a Knife.”

On Nourishment, Betrayal, and Finding Family Histories

By Diana Abu-Jaber | March 15, 2022

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Maya Lee on the Unique and Fraught Position Her Mother Held During the Holocaust

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How to Fix Everything By Transforming Ourselves From Consumers Into Citizens

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The Mysterious Man Who Discovered Neurons and Changed Science Forever

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How a Secret Becomes a Story: Melissa Fu on the Importance of Listening to Elders

How a Secret Becomes a Story: Melissa Fu on the Importance of Listening to Elders

“There was a sense I had to write this story now. A sense that time was running out.”

By Melissa Fu | March 15, 2022

How Environmental Apocalypse Led to the Genocide of 3 Million Bangladeshis

How Environmental Apocalypse Led to the Genocide of 3 Million Bangladeshis

Scott Carney in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | March 15, 2022

Ally Sheedy has been secretly, pseudonymously working as a book editor?

Ally Sheedy has been secretly, pseudonymously working as a book editor?

By Walker Caplan | March 14, 2022

Mapping the Unknown: Literary Defamiliarization in Our Pandemic Era

Mapping the Unknown: Literary Defamiliarization in Our Pandemic Era

Gabrielle Bellot on Viktor Shklovsky, the Risk of Life, and Art as a Way of Reencountering

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 14, 2022

After <em>How to with John Wilson</em>, Will More Filmmakers Use the Tools of Lyric Essay?

After How to with John Wilson, Will More Filmmakers Use the Tools of Lyric Essay?

Matthew King on the Genre-Bending Portrait of Public Life

By Matthew King | March 14, 2022

Put Down That Flyswatter: Why We Need Flies to Exist

Put Down That Flyswatter: Why We Need Flies to Exist

Oliver Milman on Our Great Debt to Insects

By Oliver Milman | March 14, 2022

How To Leave the World Behind: On the Dreams of Utopian Groupies

How To Leave the World Behind: On the Dreams of Utopian Groupies

Adrian Shirk Considers the Perpetual American Desire for Better Worlds

By Adrian Shirk | March 14, 2022

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