Kelefa Sanneh: What Actually is “Country Music”?

Kelefa Sanneh: What Actually is “Country Music”?

On the Genre’s Shifting Identities

By Kelefa Sanneh | October 8, 2021

Why Did It Take Scientists So Long to Fully Understand Genetics and Mendel’s Laws?

Why Did It Take Scientists So Long to Fully Understand Genetics and Mendel’s Laws?

Howard Markel on the Complicated Process of Scientific Inquiry, DNA, and Heredity

By Howard Markel | October 8, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Heyday Books

Interview with an Indie Press: Heyday Books

On California's Independent Publishing Scene

By Corinne Segal | October 8, 2021

Community and Care: On Squirrel Hill and the Tree of Life Shooting

Community and Care: On Squirrel Hill and the Tree of Life Shooting

Mark Oppenheimer Discusses the History of His Ancestral Town and the Aftermath of the 2018 Shooting

By Mark Oppenheimer | October 8, 2021

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

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Cadwell Turnbull on the Social Realities Behind Speculative Fiction

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

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

By Vanessa Willoughby | October 7, 2021

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

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Sue Grafton’s alphabet series will be adapted for TV—despite her family’s

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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

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