• News and Culture

    What to Watch

    John F. Kennedy’s Last Movie: From Russia with Love

    By Stanley Schtinter  December 18, 2023
    Illness

    Bedridden Listening: Sarah Wheeler on the Transformative Experience of Listening to Audiobooks While Ill

    By Sarah Wheeler  December 18, 2023
    African Literature

    Sakiru Adebayo on the Diasporization of African Literature

    By Sakiru Adebayo  December 18, 2023
    Keen On

    Max Marshall on the Darkness Behind Fraternities

    By Keen On  December 18, 2023
    The Hub

    Watch Masha Gessen explain the Hannah Arendt Prize controversy in their own words.

    By Dan Sheehan  December 15, 2023
    The Hub

    Here’s the longlist for the NBCC’s 2023 Barrios Book in Translation Prize.

    By Literary Hub  December 15, 2023
    Biggest Literary Stories

    The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

    By Emily Temple  December 15, 2023
    What to Watch

    More Than a Satire: American Fiction is a Poignant Reflection on Existence

    By Olivia Rutigliano  December 15, 2023
    What to Watch

    Ferrari Performs an Opera of Capitalism and Comes Up Loud

    By Frank Falisi  December 15, 2023
    Trailblazers

    Fierce, Fearless and Fun: How Maggie Higgins Broke New Ground For Women in Journalism

    By Jennet Conant  December 15, 2023
    Keen On

    Georges Ugeux on Wall Street’s Assault on Democracy

    By Keen On  December 15, 2023
    On Care

    How We Spend Our Days: On Wintering and the Value of Giving and Taking Care

    By Amanda Parrish Morgan  December 14, 2023
    What to Watch

    Sarcasm as Global Export; Or an Ode to Matthew Perry’s Chandler Bing

    By Shaan Sachdev  December 14, 2023
    Awards

    The Award-Winning Novels of 2023

    By Book Marks  December 14, 2023
    Cities

    The Memories of Streets: A Reading List of NYC Books That Capture the City’s Many Sides

    By Jonathan Wells  December 14, 2023
    Pop Music

    Growing Up in Taylor Swift’s America

    By Kelly Marie Coyne  December 14, 2023
    Keen On

    David Keen on Why Failed Policies Keep Going

    By Keen On  December 14, 2023
    The Hub

    Masha Gessen’s Hannah Arendt Prize has been canceled because of their essay on Gaza.

    By Dan Sheehan  December 13, 2023
    The Hub

    Watch Brian Cox read “If I Must Die” by murdered Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer.

    By Dan Sheehan  December 13, 2023
    Photography

    Rebecca Solnit on Meghann Riepenhoff’s Cyanotype Prints Made in Freezing Landscapes

    By Rebecca Solnit and Meghann Riepenhoff  December 13, 2023
    Santa Claus

    Making Sense of Santa, as a Science Reporter and a Parent

    By Nell Greenfieldboyce  December 13, 2023
    Cultural History

    What’s Old is New Again (and Again): On the Cyclical Nature of Nostalgia

    By Tobias Becker  December 13, 2023
    Fiction vs. Nonfiction

    The Power of Passivity: On Choosing to Do Nothing

    By Maura Lammers  December 13, 2023
    Keen On

    Judith Tick on How Ella Fitzgerald Transformed America

    By Keen On  December 13, 2023
    The Hub

    This weird NYC couple doesn’t want you to read Palestinian children’s books.

    By Jonny Diamond  December 12, 2023
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