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The Struggle to Define Wilderness: On Encountering John Muir in Bear Country

The Struggle to Define Wilderness: On Encountering John Muir in Bear Country

Bjorn Dihle: “The locals weren’t sure what to make of Muir when he confessed he had no interest in gold.”

By Bjorn Dihle | February 18, 2021

On One of the Great Unsung War Novels of the Last 30 Years

On One of the Great Unsung War Novels of the Last 30 Years

Daniel Elkind Rereads James Chapman’s TV-War Novel
GLASS (pray the electrons back to sand)

By Daniel Elkind | February 18, 2021

Homecoming: How To Be a Returnee in Lagos

Homecoming: How To Be a Returnee in Lagos

Yemisi Adegoke on Returnee Privilege and the Africa You Don’t See on TV

By Yemisi Adegoke | February 18, 2021

When Death Comes: An Oncology Nurse Finds Solace in Mary Oliver

When Death Comes: An Oncology Nurse Finds Solace in Mary Oliver

Nina Solis on Making Peace with the Unknown

By Nina Solis | February 18, 2021

Alan Lightman on the Artfulness of the Cosmos

Alan Lightman on the Artfulness of the Cosmos

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | February 18, 2021

When Marie Curie Was Almost Excluded From Winning the Nobel Prize

When Marie Curie Was Almost Excluded From Winning the Nobel Prize

Liz Heinecke on the Curies' Rise to Fame and Their Ongoing Battle with Misogyny

By Liz Heinecke | February 18, 2021

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This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: If I Had Two Wings by Randall Kenan

By Lori Feathers | February 18, 2021

The Power of Claiming My Identity as a Disabled Writer

By Sandra Beasley | February 18, 2021

Rebecca Carroll on Learning There Isn't One Way to Be Black

By The Maris Review | February 18, 2021

Calvin Trillin on the Importance of Parenting with Humor

Calvin Trillin on the Importance of Parenting with Humor

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on
The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | February 18, 2021

We Need Diverse Books is partnering with Penguin Random House to establish a Black Creatives Fund.

We Need Diverse Books is partnering with Penguin Random House to establish a Black Creatives Fund.

By Walker Caplan | February 17, 2021

A library staffer has been fired for burning Trump and Ann Coulter books in his free time.

A library staffer has been fired for burning Trump and Ann Coulter books in his free time.

By Walker Caplan | February 17, 2021

Cruella.">Emma Stone is a fashionable, possibly Cruella.">

Cruella.">Emma Stone is a fashionable, possibly "psycho" villain in the first trailer for Cruella.

By Vanessa Willoughby | February 17, 2021

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Aspen Literary Awards.

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Aspen Literary Awards.

By Rasheeda Saka | February 17, 2021

Here is your <em>Conversations With Friends</em> cast.

Here is your Conversations With Friends cast.

By Jessie Gaynor | February 17, 2021

Announcing the fifth annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize.

Announcing the fifth annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize.

By Literary Hub | February 17, 2021

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