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    Ann Patchett Discusses Her New Novel, The Dutch House

    By Ann Patchett  September 23, 2019
    Animals

    The Octopus: An Alien Among Us

    By Michael S. A. Graziano  September 23, 2019
    New in Nonfiction

    For Millennials, Self-Help is More About ‘We’ Than ‘Me’

    By Kathryn Watson  September 23, 2019
    Gender and Politics

    For Chelsea Manning, Coming Out and Whistleblowing Were Deeply Linked

    By Lida Maxwell  September 23, 2019
    Politics

    An Afternoon with an Elite Palestinian Family in Jerusalem

    By Lis Harris  September 23, 2019
    American History

    The Slow Build Up to the American Revolution

    By T. H. Breen  September 23, 2019
    The Hub

    Gift idea for a weird poet: a handwritten book of poetry by Bonnie (of ‘and Clyde’ fame).

    By Jessie Gaynor  September 20, 2019
    US Politics

    The Long Legacy of America’s Militarist, Racist Demagoguery

    By Greg Grandin  September 20, 2019
    The Hub

    Climate activist Greta Thunberg has two books coming out with Penguin Press next year.

    By Jonny Diamond  September 20, 2019
    The Hub

    Here is the 2019 Longlist for the National Book Award for Fiction.

    By Literary Hub  September 20, 2019
    The Hub

    Epic scams, Rear Window meets Get Out, and Chris Rock: the week in book deals.

    By Emily Temple  September 20, 2019
    The Hub

    Amazon employees are staging the Seattle headquarters’ first strike over climate change.

    By Rebecca Renner  September 20, 2019
    Folktales

    Neil Gaiman on the Good Kind of Trolls

    By Neil Gaiman  September 20, 2019
    Cities

    Walking with the Ghosts of Black
    Los Angeles

    By Ismail Muhammad  September 20, 2019
    Animals

    Animals Are Basically… Millennials?

    By Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers  September 20, 2019
    Covering Climate Now

    For Diasporic Writers, Nostalgia is a Powerful Tool For Engaging Home

    By Rosa Boshier  September 20, 2019
    Hysteria

    In Search of Hysteria: The Man Who Thought He Could Define Madness

    By Allan H. Ropper and Brian Burrell  September 20, 2019
    TV

    The Reality of Post-Chernobyl Life: Way More Complicated Than a TV Show

    By Katya Cengel  September 20, 2019
    Keen On

    Is the Age of Automation the New Industrial Revolution?

    By Keen On  September 20, 2019
    Animals

    Vanishing Bees Should Not Be the New Normal

    By Brigit Strawbridge Howard  September 20, 2019
    WWII

    Reckoning with the Slave Empires of WWII

    By James Walvin  September 20, 2019
    Healthcare

    How Overdiagnosing Can Go Terribly Wrong

    By Marty Makary  September 20, 2019
    Immigration

    The Problem of Germany’s Post-War Internal Refugees

    By Peter Gatrell  September 20, 2019
    Awards

    Kamila Shamsie was stripped of a literary award for her support of Palestine.

    By Aaron Robertson  September 19, 2019
    The Hub

    Residents of this Colorado city are trying to save local journalism… with their library’s help.

    By Corinne Segal  September 19, 2019
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