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    On Engaging with Judaism Through Poetry: A Roundtable

    By Rachel Mennies  December 2, 2019
    But That's Another Story

    Michael Eric Dyson on Faith, Blackness, and Jay Z’s Appreciation for Language

    By But That's Another Story  December 2, 2019
    New Books Network

    C.P. Lesley and Charles Todd Talk Victorian Sleuths and the Toll of WWI

    By New Books Network  December 2, 2019
    The Hub

    Jeremy Corbyn vows to protect libraries from forces of doom.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 27, 2019
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    Damp, wrinkly, virile: Here are this year’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award nominees.

    By Jessie Gaynor  November 27, 2019
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    The anonymous author of A Warning has answered some of the public’s questions.

    By Emily Temple  November 27, 2019
    Climate Change

    The Car Culture That’s Helping Destroy the Planet Was By No Means Inevitable

    By Jeff Sparrow  November 27, 2019
    Religion

    Where Have All the Sin-Eaters Gone? (We Could Use Some Right Now)

    By Thomas Lynch  November 27, 2019
    Writing Life

    How to Throw a Shower for a Novel

    By Caroline Louise Walker  November 27, 2019
    Political History

    Remember, Remember Where the Word ‘Guy’ Comes From

    By Allan Metcalf  November 27, 2019
    Material History

    The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History

    By Alanna Okun  November 27, 2019
    Reading Women

    Maaza Mengiste on Women Pushing to the Front Lines of Conflict

    By Reading Women  November 27, 2019
    The Hub

    Literary giant Edna O’Brien has won a £40,000 lifetime achievement award.

    By Emily Temple  November 26, 2019
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    ‘Ok boomer’ goes from meme to book fodder, and a generation sighs.

    By Corinne Segal  November 26, 2019
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    Here are the 5 books you should read this week.

    By Katie Yee  November 26, 2019
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    West Virginia prison system seeks to profit from inmates desire to read books.

    By Jonny Diamond  November 26, 2019
    The Hub

    Here’s the 100 Best Books of the Year list you should care about.

    By Jonny Diamond  November 26, 2019
    TV

    The Best Literary Adaptations to Stream Over Thanksgiving Break (Or Right Now)

    By Emily Temple  November 26, 2019
    Hip Hop

    On Jay-Z, Rakim, and Black Mythmaking in America

    By Tarisai Ngangura  November 26, 2019
    Criticism

    Raising Kael: On Pauline Kael’s Controversial Criticism of Citizen Kane

    By Alan Jacobs  November 26, 2019
    Secrets of the Book Designer

    Sometimes You Have to Build the Book Cover in Your Living Room

    By Nicole Caputo  November 26, 2019
    American History

    How William Monroe Trotter Mobilized Black Americans Across Class Lines

    By Kerri K Greenidge  November 26, 2019
    Pets

    Of Bohumil Hrabal’s Six Loves, Guess How Many Were Cats?

    By Bohumil Hrabal  November 26, 2019
    Celebrity

    How Ian McKellen Almost Didn’t Play Gandalf

    By Garry O'Connor  November 26, 2019
    Fiction vs. Nonfiction

    How We See Iran: A Brief History of Fictions at a Distance

    By Ali Araghi  November 26, 2019
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