Upgrade your writing soundtrack with Patricia Highsmith's favorite songs.

Upgrade your writing soundtrack with Patricia Highsmith's favorite songs.

By Emily Temple | January 15, 2021

Living That Van Life, Before It <br>Was a Hashtag

Living That Van Life, Before It
Was a Hashtag

Amanda Mei Kim on Her Itinerant California Childhood

By Amanda Mei Kim | January 15, 2021

Yiyun Li on the Brilliance of Bette Howland

Yiyun Li on the Brilliance of Bette Howland

"Howland wrote a book that I thought was impossible to write."

By Yiyun Li | January 15, 2021

What If the Stories We Tell in Order to Live Happen to Be Conspiracy Theories?

What If the Stories We Tell in Order to Live Happen to Be Conspiracy Theories?

William J. Bernstein on the Evolutionary Origins of Collective Delusion

By William J. Bernstein | January 15, 2021

Trying to Teach English Literature in the Wake of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

Trying to Teach English Literature in the Wake of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

Kim Echlin on Morality, Mythology, and the Double Life of Totalitarianism

By Kim Echlin | January 15, 2021

On Learning to Speak Dutch and the Art of Doing Nothing

On Learning to Speak Dutch and the Art of Doing Nothing

Olga Mecking Realizes How Hard It is to Literally Do Nothing

By Olga Mecking | January 15, 2021

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Writing the Human Element Into Climate Change Via Those Most At Risk

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Horace Julian Bond Recounts Witnessing the Little Rock Nine from Afar

Horace Julian Bond Recounts Witnessing the Little Rock Nine from Afar

"The Little Rock crisis energized American Black people who watched the drama unfold on television."

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What We Can Learn from Animals About the Value of Productivity

What We Can Learn from Animals About the Value of Productivity

Devon Price Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 15, 2021

Writing and Activism: Farzana Doctor's <em>Seven</em> Joins the Movement to Ban Female Genital Mutilation

Writing and Activism: Farzana Doctor's Seven Joins the Movement to Ban Female Genital Mutilation

In Conversation with G.P. Gottlieb on the New Books Network Podcast

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Watch the first trailer for the adaptation of Nico Walker's <em>Cherry</em>.

Watch the first trailer for the adaptation of Nico Walker's Cherry.

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Could Noah Baumbach's adaptation of <em>White Noise</em> actually be good?

Could Noah Baumbach's adaptation of White Noise actually be good?

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The Long Goodbye: Reconciling with the End of Nature

The Long Goodbye: Reconciling with the End of Nature

Madeleine Watts on Life in a Slow Motion Crisis

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