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Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

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A Compendium of Literary Ravens

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Angus Hyland and Caroline Roberts Catalogue the Corvids of Aesop, Dickens, and More

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“A Glorious Mess.” On Confronting the Complexities of Storytelling with Anthony Bourdain

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Tom Vitale Recounts Time as His Late Friend’s Director and Producer

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Finding Freedom from the Chokehold of Modern Capitalism in <em>Nomadland</em>

Finding Freedom from the Chokehold of Modern Capitalism in Nomadland

Sara Zarr on the Allure of a Minimalist Life

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Why America Needs a New Vocabulary to Describe Its Shortcomings

Why America Needs a New Vocabulary to Describe Its Shortcomings

Barrett Holmes Pitner on the Insufficiencies of Language

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The Time Jim Morrison Was Arrested Onstage in the Middle of a Show

The Time Jim Morrison Was Arrested Onstage in the Middle of a Show

Former Doors Bandmember Robby Krieger Remembers the Myth-Making Moment

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Here's the shortlist for the 2021 T.S. Eliot Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 T.S. Eliot Prize.

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