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Check out the original 1851 reviews of <em>Moby-Dick</em>.

Check out the original 1851 reviews of Moby-Dick.

By Book Marks | October 18, 2021

A woman won a million-euro writing prize . . . then turned out to be three men.

A woman won a million-euro writing prize . . . then turned out to be three men.

By Walker Caplan | October 18, 2021

How Ntozake Shange wrote her first poem in 7 years—after experiencing two strokes.

How Ntozake Shange wrote her first poem in 7 years—after experiencing two strokes.

By Vanessa Willoughby | October 18, 2021

Here are the five Gabriel García Márquez outfits I’d buy (if I had the money, and was smaller).

Here are the five Gabriel García Márquez outfits I’d buy (if I had the money, and was smaller).

By Jonny Diamond | October 18, 2021

Beloved Irish poet Brendan Kennelly has died at 85.

Beloved Irish poet Brendan Kennelly has died at 85.

By Dan Sheehan | October 18, 2021

Michael Caine is (maybe) retiring from acting . . . to be a writer!

Michael Caine is (maybe) retiring from acting . . . to be a writer!

By Emily Temple | October 18, 2021

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How “Truth” Became a Controversial Subject in Classrooms

By Molly Castner | October 18, 2021

Who Are the 9.9 Percent? A Closer Look at the Math of American Inequality

By Matthew Stewart | October 18, 2021

Writing from Home: Lessons from a Novelist-Slash-Small-Town Newspaper Columnist

By Nickolas Butler | October 18, 2021

Amitav Ghosh on the Lies of History and How the Natural World Fights Back

Amitav Ghosh on the Lies of History and How the Natural World Fights Back

Ben Ehrenreich in Conversation with the Author of The Nutmeg’s Curse

By Ben Ehrenreich | October 18, 2021

Mary Beard on What We Can Learn from Images of Roman Autocrats

Mary Beard on What We Can Learn from Images of Roman Autocrats

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 18, 2021

How Do You Write About People Who Don’t Want To Be Written About?

How Do You Write About People Who Don’t Want To Be Written About?

Ethan Lou on Unauthorized Biographies and Uncomfortable Writing

By Ethan Lou | October 18, 2021

On Teaching at the End of the World

On Teaching at the End of the World

Rashaan Alexis Meneses Confronts a Season of Pandemic and Fire

By Rashaan Alexis Meneses | October 18, 2021

“Its eyes were as large as a dinner plate...” Encounters with Dragons in Early America

“Its eyes were as large as a dinner plate...” Encounters with Dragons in Early America

When Local Newspapers Reported on Harrowing Encounters with Large Winged Reptiles

By Scott G. Bruce | October 18, 2021

On the Historical Stigmatization and Persistent Vilification of Epilepsy in Literature

On the Historical Stigmatization and Persistent Vilification of Epilepsy in Literature

Louise Fein Considers How the Misunderstood Neurological Disorder Has Been Unfairly Portrayed in Popular Fiction

By Louise Fein | October 18, 2021

On Dr. Eduard Bloch, Hitler’s Family Physician (Who Happened to Be Jewish)

On Dr. Eduard Bloch, Hitler’s Family Physician (Who Happened to Be Jewish)

Meriel Schindler Traces Family Lore and the Unusual Correspondence Between Hitler and Bloch

By Meriel Schindler | October 18, 2021

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