Water, Water Everywhere: Readings on Life’s Essential Ingredient

Water, Water Everywhere: Readings on Life’s Essential Ingredient

From Gilgamesh to Climate Science, Giulio Boccaletti Recommends Stories of Water

By Giulio Boccaletti | September 14, 2021

Edward Glaeser on the Evolution of City Life

Edward Glaeser on the Evolution of City Life

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 14, 2021

Azeem Azhar on Technology and the Exponential Gap

Azeem Azhar on Technology and the Exponential Gap

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 14, 2021

Read the 1985 comic strip that inspired the Bechdel Test.

Read the 1985 comic strip that inspired the Bechdel Test.

By Walker Caplan | September 13, 2021

One more reason Amazon’s almighty algorithm is bad for us.

One more reason Amazon’s almighty algorithm is bad for us.

By Jonny Diamond | September 13, 2021

This year, for the very first time, a poet is hosting the Met Gala.

This year, for the very first time, a poet is hosting the Met Gala.

By Emily Temple | September 13, 2021

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The Books That Give Us Chills: On Reading Emotionally

By Veronica Esposito | September 13, 2021

If I Had Loved Her Less: On a Queer Reading of Henry David Thoreau and the Daily Performance of Manhood

By Jennifer Finney Boylan | September 13, 2021

In Celebration of Laurie Colwin’s Lost Manhattan

In Celebration of Laurie Colwin’s Lost Manhattan

Bethanne Patrick on a World of Simple Pleasures and Great Kitchens

By Bethanne Patrick | September 13, 2021

Seeking a More Tranquil Mind? Take Horace’s Advice

Seeking a More Tranquil Mind? Take Horace’s Advice

Alan Jacobs on Getting an Education in Possibility From the Ancients

By Alan Jacobs | September 13, 2021

Some Life Lessons (Read: Humiliations) From Playing Music

Some Life Lessons (Read: Humiliations) From Playing Music

Emily Itami on How Music Prepared Her For the Writing Life

By Emily Itami | September 13, 2021

Thom Hartmann on the Shameful History of American Healthcare

Thom Hartmann on the Shameful History of American Healthcare

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 13, 2021

Charles Foster on Communion with the More-Than-Human and the Limits of Language

Charles Foster on Communion with the More-Than-Human and the Limits of Language

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 13, 2021

Triumph and Tragedy: On Being a Mets Fan... and Being a Mankiewicz

Triumph and Tragedy: On Being a Mets Fan... and Being a Mankiewicz

Nick Davis on His Renowned Family and the Mysteries That Still Remain

By Nick Davis | September 13, 2021

Remembering Lois Palken Rudnick, a Biographer Who Never Stopped Exploring

Remembering Lois Palken Rudnick, a Biographer Who Never Stopped Exploring

Megan Marshall Honors Her Late Friend

By Megan Marshall | September 13, 2021

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