Kevin Birmingham on How Dostoevsky Came to Write <em>Crime and Punishment</em>

Kevin Birmingham on How Dostoevsky Came to Write Crime and Punishment

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 18, 2021

On the Black Descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Uncovering the Origins of Family Lore

On the Black Descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Uncovering the Origins of Family Lore

Gayle Jessup White Considers What It Means to Remember the Past

By Gayle Jessup White | November 18, 2021

<em>The Book of Hope</em> by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams, Read by the Authors

The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams, Read by the Authors

Jane Goodall on Taking Action Against the Perils of Our Time

By Behind the Mic | November 18, 2021

Here are the winners of the 2021 National Book Awards.

Here are the winners of the 2021 National Book Awards.

By Literary Hub | November 17, 2021

The makers of this French dictionary are under fire for including gender-inclusive language.

The makers of this French dictionary are under fire for including gender-inclusive language.

By Vanessa Willoughby | November 17, 2021

Patrick Radden Keefe has won the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

Patrick Radden Keefe has won the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

By Emily Temple | November 17, 2021

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To All the Gays of Seoul: On Translating Sang Young Park

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How Picasso Built the Foundation for the Surrealist Movement

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John Richardson on the Famed Painter's Friendships with Surrealist Writers and Artists

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When the Heart of a Beach Town Is an Indie Bookstore

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Ethan Joella on Growing Up with Browseabout Books

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On Wole Soyinka’s <em>Death and the King’s Horseman</em>

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David Damrosch Relates the Play to Other Great Works

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William Deresiewicz on David Graeber’s Alternative Anthropologies

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By Keen On | November 17, 2021

Filthy, Smelly, Sleep, Repeat: On the Challenges of Fighting Inside a Tank

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James Holland Recounts the WWII Experience of the Sherwood Rangers

By James Holland | November 17, 2021

“The play doesn’t belong to the playwright.” Paula Vogel on collaboration in theater.

“The play doesn’t belong to the playwright.” Paula Vogel on collaboration in theater.

By Walker Caplan | November 16, 2021

Just so you know, there’s an 80s movie about Nicolas Cage as a vampiric publishing executive.

Just so you know, there’s an 80s movie about Nicolas Cage as a vampiric publishing executive.

By Eliza Smith | November 16, 2021

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