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On Imagining Gatsby<br> Before Gatsby

On Imagining Gatsby
Before Gatsby

Michael Farris Smith on the Origins of Nick

By Michael Farris Smith | January 11, 2021

Bearing Witness to the Legacy of Ireland's Mother and Baby Homes

Bearing Witness to the Legacy of Ireland's Mother and Baby Homes

Caelainn Hogan Traveled the Country to Speak to Survivors

By Caelainn Hogan | January 11, 2021

<em>The Color Purple</em> and the Language of Healing from Trauma

The Color Purple and the Language of Healing from Trauma

Salamishah Tillet on Giving Voice to Survivors

By Salamishah Tillet | January 11, 2021

From Al Qaeda to QAnon: Rebecca Solnit on the Inside Job at the Capitol

From Al Qaeda to QAnon: Rebecca Solnit on the Inside Job at the Capitol

Another American Day That Will Live in Infamy

By Rebecca Solnit | January 9, 2021

Is the next book cover trend . . . rainbows?

Is the next book cover trend . . . rainbows?

By Emily Temple | January 8, 2021

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | January 8, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Rest of Our Lives
  • Call Me Ishmaelle
  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • Departure(s)
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
  • The Flower Bearers
  • Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood

Here's some surprising good news: In the US and the UK, book sales are up and indies are growing.

By Walker Caplan | January 8, 2021

A few literary opinions Jon Ossoff probably has and should definitely tweet about.

By Walker Caplan | January 8, 2021

Josh Hawley, after inciting a violent, bloody insurrection, has his book canceled.

By Jonny Diamond | January 8, 2021

The Madness of King Trump: On Being Unfit to Serve

The Madness of King Trump: On Being Unfit to Serve

Chaya Bhuvaneswar Rereads King Lear... and the 25th Amendment

By Chaya Bhuvaneswar | January 8, 2021

Sometimes You Just Need a Math Prodigy to Explain the Quotidian Uses of the Fourth Dimension

Sometimes You Just Need a Math Prodigy to Explain the Quotidian Uses of the Fourth Dimension

Milo Beckman On Visual Analogies, Dimensionality, and
How We Organize Ourselves

By Milo Beckman | January 8, 2021

Francisco Goldman on Guatemalan Justice, Identity, and <em>The Art of Political Murder</em>

Francisco Goldman on Guatemalan Justice, Identity, and The Art of Political Murder

In Conversation with Idra Novey About the New HBO Adaptation of Goldman's Classic Work of Reportage

By Idra Novey | January 8, 2021

How Teachers Can Foster a Space of Curiosity

How Teachers Can Foster a Space of Curiosity

Nick Ripatrazone Talks to English Teacher Heather Clark

By Nick Ripatrazone | January 8, 2021

The Deep Connection of West Virginia's Indian Community

The Deep Connection of West Virginia's Indian Community

Neema Avashia on Childhood in the Kanawha Valley

By Neema Avashia | January 8, 2021

On the Greatest Speech of Jesse<br> Jackson’s Life

On the Greatest Speech of Jesse
Jackson’s Life

David Masciotra Revisits the 1988 Democratic Convention

By David Masciotra | January 8, 2021

What It's Like to Learn to Sing in Your Fifties

What It's Like to Learn to Sing in Your Fifties

Tom Vanderbilt Embraces Vulnerability

By Tom Vanderbilt | January 8, 2021

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