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Nikole Hannah-Jones Lets Martin Luther King Jr. do the talking on Critical Race Theory.

Nikole Hannah-Jones Lets Martin Luther King Jr. do the talking on Critical Race Theory.

By Jonny Diamond | January 18, 2022

How Humans Learned to Count, Thus Opening the World

How Humans Learned to Count, Thus Opening the World

Michael Brooks on the Surprising Sophistication of “Finger-Counting”

By Michael Brooks | January 18, 2022

The Man Who Quietly Built a Massive Archive of Artists’ Deaths

The Man Who Quietly Built a Massive Archive of Artists’ Deaths

A Report from the Archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By Jim Moske | January 18, 2022

Watching <em>My Neighbor Totoro</em> on the Eve of My Daughters’ Omicron-Surge Return to School

Watching My Neighbor Totoro on the Eve of My Daughters’ Omicron-Surge Return to School

Anri Wheeler Muses on What It Means to Live Communally

By Anri Wheeler | January 18, 2022

Kingsley Amis’s Instructions for Coping with Hangovers, Both Physical and Metaphysical

Kingsley Amis’s Instructions for Coping with Hangovers, Both Physical and Metaphysical

Avoid at All Costs: Cigarettes, Cold Showers, and Evelyn Waugh

By Kingsley Amis | January 18, 2022

Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

Jeffrey C. Stewart on the Genesis of Alain Locke’s Transformative “New Negro Aesthetic”

"In putting race and aesthetics in conversation with one another, Locke forever changed our understanding of both.”

By Jeffrey C. Stewart | January 18, 2022

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Tom Lutz of Los Angeles Review of Books on Criticism in the 21st Century

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How Brad Taylor Applies His Decades in the US Military to Writing Novels

By Keen On | January 18, 2022

Mikhaila Peterson on Her Podcasting Journey

By Keen On | January 18, 2022

Émile Zola was a bad art friend.

Émile Zola was a bad art friend.

By Walker Caplan | January 14, 2022

Is Steph Curry's memoir worth $10 million?

Is Steph Curry's memoir worth $10 million?

By Dan Sheehan | January 14, 2022

<em>The Bell Jar</em> was supposed to have a sequel, told through

The Bell Jar was supposed to have a sequel, told through "the eyes of health."

By Emily Temple | January 14, 2022

Annie Dillard on How Writers Learn to Trust Instinct

Annie Dillard on How Writers Learn to Trust Instinct

“Original writing fashions a form.”

By Annie Dillard | January 14, 2022

<em>The Tragedy of Macbeth</em> is a Breathtaking Exercise in Transformation

The Tragedy of Macbeth is a Breathtaking Exercise in Transformation

Olivia Rutigliano on Joel Coen’s New Shakespearean Adaptation

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 14, 2022

59 Years of Book Covers for <em>The Bell Jar</em> from All Over the World

59 Years of Book Covers for The Bell Jar from All Over the World

Happy Birthday to Sylvia Plath’s Classic

By Emily Temple | January 14, 2022

Exit Wounds: On the Roots of Violence—and Its Complicated Aftermath

Exit Wounds: On the Roots of Violence—and Its Complicated Aftermath

"Fear nests within other fears, is encircled by it."

By Jonathan Gleason | January 14, 2022

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