How a Commissary General and His Clerks Dispossessed Thousands of Their Native Land

How a Commissary General and His Clerks Dispossessed Thousands of Their Native Land

From Claudio Saunt's Cundill Prize-Nominated
Unworthy Republic

By Claudio Saunt | October 14, 2020

On the Fight for Black Voting Rights at the Turn of the 20th-Century

On the Fight for Black Voting Rights at the Turn of the 20th-Century

From Kerri K. Greenidge's Cundill-Prize Nominated Black Radical

By Kerri K Greenidge | October 14, 2020

What Progressives Could Accomplish by Merging the Fights for Racial and Economic Justice

What Progressives Could Accomplish by Merging the Fights for Racial and Economic Justice

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | October 14, 2020

Bryan Washington's new novel will be adapted for television.

Bryan Washington's new novel will be adapted for television.

By Corinne Segal | October 13, 2020

Aleksandar Hemon has been awarded the 2020 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature.

Aleksandar Hemon has been awarded the 2020 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 13, 2020

Your favorite modern horror movies, reimagined as '70s mass market paperbacks.

Your favorite modern horror movies, reimagined as '70s mass market paperbacks.

By Emily Temple | October 13, 2020

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Claire Messud in Praise of the Essays That Dwell in Uncertainty

By Claire Messud | October 13, 2020

Doing Time in the Dark Underbelly of Soviet Russia

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Mariana Enriquez: On a French Love Affair and a Man Lost to Time

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"I was never naked with anyone so beautiful."

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5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

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<em>Wicked</em> Wouldn't Have Been What It Is If I Hadn't Written the Novel by Hand

Wicked Wouldn't Have Been What It Is If I Hadn't Written the Novel by Hand

Gregory Maguire on the "Word-Pictures" Revealed By Longhand

By Gregory Maguire | October 13, 2020

On Eugenics and Queerness in Djuna Barnes's <em>Nightwood</em>

On Eugenics and Queerness in Djuna Barnes's Nightwood

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Stephanie Danler Reads (a Second!) Excerpt from Her Memoir, <em>Stray</em>

Stephanie Danler Reads (a Second!) Excerpt from Her Memoir, Stray

From Our Radio Theater Podcast, Storybound

By Storybound | October 13, 2020

Andrew Solomon on Mental Health Amid the Pandemic

Andrew Solomon on Mental Health Amid the Pandemic

From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | October 13, 2020

Why We Can't Trust Corporations to Fix Society's Problems

Why We Can't Trust Corporations to Fix Society's Problems

Joel Bakan in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 13, 2020

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