Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is curating a series of classic works by Black playwrights.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is curating a series of classic works by Black playwrights.

By Walker Caplan | October 22, 2021

A super-rare first folio fragment of Shakespeare’s <em>Henry IV</em> is up for auction.

A super-rare first folio fragment of Shakespeare’s Henry IV is up for auction.

By Walker Caplan | October 22, 2021

Why we're so fascinated by hot, charming serial killers.

Why we're so fascinated by hot, charming serial killers.

By Vanessa Willoughby | October 22, 2021

Watching a Magazine, Reading a Movie: On Wes Anderson’s <em>The French Dispatch</em>

Watching a Magazine, Reading a Movie: On Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch

In Which Olivia Rutigliano “Reads” the Director’s Oeuvre

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 22, 2021

Ursula K. Le Guin always wanted Powell’s Books to be a proud union shop.

Ursula K. Le Guin always wanted Powell’s Books to be a proud union shop.

By Jonny Diamond | October 22, 2021

5 Audiobooks to Catch Up on the 2021 Pulitzer Winners and Finalists

5 Audiobooks to Catch Up on the 2021 Pulitzer Winners and Finalists

James Tate Hill Recommends Louise Erdrich, Marcia Chatelain, and More

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Mary Gaitskill on Borrowing From Real Life in Writing (and the Dreams That Guided Her)

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Why Samuel L. Jackson Was Expelled From Morehouse College

Why Samuel L. Jackson Was Expelled From Morehouse College

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How to Memorize the Un-Memorizable

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Sebastian Junger on Freedom vs. Community

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Who Really Has the Authority to Write About the Pandemic?

Who Really Has the Authority to Write About the Pandemic?

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On Pastoral Poetry and the Language of Wilderness

On Pastoral Poetry and the Language of Wilderness

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Craig Davidson on the Secrets Best Left Out of Memoir

Craig Davidson on the Secrets Best Left Out of Memoir

"I’d slipped a gear between living a story and making a story."

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Josh Cohen on Letting the Literary Be a Guide to Life

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