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Some Life Lessons (Read: Humiliations) From Playing Music

Some Life Lessons (Read: Humiliations) From Playing Music

Emily Itami on How Music Prepared Her For the Writing Life

By Emily Itami | September 13, 2021

Thom Hartmann on the Shameful History of American Healthcare

Thom Hartmann on the Shameful History of American Healthcare

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 13, 2021

Charles Foster on Communion with the More-Than-Human and the Limits of Language

Charles Foster on Communion with the More-Than-Human and the Limits of Language

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 13, 2021

Triumph and Tragedy: On Being a Mets Fan... and Being a Mankiewicz

Triumph and Tragedy: On Being a Mets Fan... and Being a Mankiewicz

Nick Davis on His Renowned Family and the Mysteries That Still Remain

By Nick Davis | September 13, 2021

Remembering Lois Palken Rudnick, a Biographer Who Never Stopped Exploring

Remembering Lois Palken Rudnick, a Biographer Who Never Stopped Exploring

Megan Marshall Honors Her Late Friend

By Megan Marshall | September 13, 2021

City of Ash: Photographing New York City on the Morning of 9/11

City of Ash: Photographing New York City on the Morning of 9/11

Photographer Rachel Cobb on Documenting a Disaster While It Is Still Unfolding

By Rachel Cobb | September 11, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

This year's shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award is dominated by new voices.

By Snigdha Koirala | September 10, 2021

After 3 days, Sally Rooney’s latest is already Waterstones’ bestselling fiction title of 2021.

By Walker Caplan | September 10, 2021

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | September 10, 2021

A college class re-wrote <em>The Great Gatsby</em> over Zoom—and now it’s been optioned for film.

A college class re-wrote The Great Gatsby over Zoom—and now it’s been optioned for film.

By Walker Caplan | September 10, 2021

Nicaragua has ordered the arrest of award-winning author Sergio Ramírez.

Nicaragua has ordered the arrest of award-winning author Sergio Ramírez.

By Dan Sheehan | September 10, 2021

How notoriously private poet Mary Oliver once saved a depressed high school student's life.

How notoriously private poet Mary Oliver once saved a depressed high school student's life.

By Vanessa Willoughby | September 10, 2021

On How New Yorkers Turned to Poetry After 9/11

On How New Yorkers Turned to Poetry After 9/11

Dennis Johnson: “As word circulated through the poetry community the project began to snowball.”

By Dennis Johnson | September 10, 2021

“I Would Not Take Prisoners.” Tolstoy’s Case Against Making War Humane

“I Would Not Take Prisoners.” Tolstoy’s Case Against Making War Humane

Samuel Moyn Considers Prince Andrei, Carl von Clausewitz, and the Rules of War

By Samuel Moyn | September 10, 2021

The Unavoidable Trap of Politeness: Why Is It So Hard to Just Say “No”?

The Unavoidable Trap of Politeness: Why Is It So Hard to Just Say “No”?

Vanessa Bohns on the Psychology Behind Our Unbearable Fear of Social Embarrassment

By Vanessa Bohns | September 10, 2021

9/11 and Everything After: On Bearing Witness to History Through the Eyes of My Daughter

9/11 and Everything After: On Bearing Witness to History Through the Eyes of My Daughter

Sasha Sagan Considers the Sea-Change of Our News Cycle, and What Empathy Means

By Sasha Sagan | September 10, 2021

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