The Story Behind <em>The Snake Pit</em>, Mary Jane Ward’s Dark Comic Masterpiece

The Story Behind The Snake Pit, Mary Jane Ward’s Dark Comic Masterpiece

Larry Lockridge on His Cousin’s Novel and His Family’s History of Mental Illness and Literary Talent

By Larry Lockridge | October 8, 2021

Matthew Pearl on the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America

Matthew Pearl on the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 8, 2021

Jan Swafford and Robert Levin on Mozart’s Infectious Genius

Jan Swafford and Robert Levin on Mozart’s Infectious Genius

This Week on the Radio Open Source Podcast

By Open Source | October 8, 2021

Helen Russell on Having a Healthy Relationship with Sadness

Helen Russell on Having a Healthy Relationship with Sadness

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 8, 2021

The Heavy History of Names: On Political Forgetting and Erasure in India

The Heavy History of Names: On Political Forgetting and Erasure in India

From This Year's Cundill History Prize Shortlisted Title The Loss of Hindustan by Manan Ahmed Asif

By Manan Ahmed Asif | October 8, 2021

Cadwell Turnbull on the Social Realities Behind Speculative Fiction

Cadwell Turnbull on the Social Realities Behind Speculative Fiction

In Conversation with Rob Wolf on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | October 8, 2021

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The creator of Midnight Mass is now adapting Poe's Fall of the House of Usher.

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Instead of acting like Kidney Person, be more like these 19th-century literary haters.

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Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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The 25 Most Iconic Book Covers in History

The 25 Most Iconic Book Covers in History

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By Emily Temple | October 7, 2021

Disgust: On the Uses and Abuses of the Most Difficult Emotion

Disgust: On the Uses and Abuses of the Most Difficult Emotion

Stephanie Grant Unpacks the Categories of Our Revulsion

By Stephanie Grant | October 7, 2021

Colin Kaepernick on the Link Between Abolition and Black Liberation

Colin Kaepernick on the Link Between Abolition and Black Liberation

“It is only logical that systemic problems demand systemic solutions.”

By Colin Kaepernick | October 7, 2021

Téa Obreht on Mrs. Danvers, <em>Rebecca</em>’s Lesbian Feminist Hero

Téa Obreht on Mrs. Danvers, Rebecca’s Lesbian Feminist Hero

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | October 7, 2021

Why Kendrick Lamar is the Most Political Rapper in Modern-Day Pop Culture

Why Kendrick Lamar is the Most Political Rapper in Modern-Day Pop Culture

Miles Marshall Lewis Considers the Compton-Born Rapper's Musical Prowess and Unapologetic Activism

By Miles Marshall Lewis | October 7, 2021

The Primordial Pull of the Truffle, That “Holy of Holies”

The Primordial Pull of the Truffle, That “Holy of Holies”

Rowan Jacobsen on the Ever-Elusive Scent of the Captivating Mushroom

By Rowan Jacobsen | October 7, 2021

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