On Voting: It's Always the Most Important Election of Your Life

On Voting: It's Always the Most Important Election of Your Life

Todd Gitlin Reminds Us of What It Means to Cast a Ballot

By Todd Gitlin | October 21, 2020

Cheap Writing Surfaces and Medieval Bureaucracy Helped Popularize the Alphabet

Cheap Writing Surfaces and Medieval Bureaucracy Helped Popularize the Alphabet

Judith Flanders Explains Why the Alphabet Was Used on a Whim

By Judith Flanders | October 21, 2020

After My Partner's Death, I Discovered the Full Richness of His Poetry

After My Partner's Death, I Discovered the Full Richness of His Poetry

Megan Marshall Remembers Scott Harney

By Megan Marshall | October 21, 2020

Why We're Not Defined by<br> Our Genes

Why We're Not Defined by
Our Genes

Po Bronson in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 21, 2020

On Aoko Matsuda’s Deceptively Delightful Call for Systemic Change

On Aoko Matsuda’s Deceptively Delightful Call for Systemic Change

Polly Barton Reads Where the Wild Ladies Are

By Polly Barton | October 21, 2020

Czesław Miłosz Confronts the Dark and Immutable Order of the World

Czesław Miłosz Confronts the Dark and Immutable Order of the World

From the Russian Empire to the Republic of Letters 

By Czesław Miłosz | October 21, 2020

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Anne Helen Petersen: Should We or Should We Not Burn It All Down?

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Musician Holly Herndon's Alternative Fantasies for the Internet

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How Liberal Idealism Has Failed Modern Diplomacy

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A letter from a poor Edgar Allan Poe sold for $125,000.

A letter from a poor Edgar Allan Poe sold for $125,000.

By Aaron Robertson | October 20, 2020

Today in weird literary tourism: there’s a Welsh spa named for Dylan Thomas’s Milk Wood

Today in weird literary tourism: there’s a Welsh spa named for Dylan Thomas’s Milk Wood

By Jonny Diamond | October 20, 2020

Toni Morrison's gorgeous, book-lined Manhattan loft is up for sale.

Toni Morrison's gorgeous, book-lined Manhattan loft is up for sale.

By Corinne Segal | October 20, 2020

14 new books to treat yourself to.

14 new books to treat yourself to.

By Katie Yee | October 20, 2020

Ethan Hawke on performing Marilynne Robinson's <em>Gilead</em>.

Ethan Hawke on performing Marilynne Robinson's Gilead.

By Literary Hub | October 20, 2020

Navigating Crisis: On Asian American Solidarity in a Post-Covid America

Navigating Crisis: On Asian American Solidarity in a Post-Covid America

Daniel Tam-Claiborne on Alexander Chee, Jenny Zhang, and Writing Difference Through Dialogue

By Daniel Tam-Claiborne | October 20, 2020

Why Djuna Barnes Withdrew Into Total Seclusion the Last 40 Years of Her Life

Why Djuna Barnes Withdrew Into Total Seclusion the Last 40 Years of Her Life

From Lit Century: 100 Years, 100 Books, a Podcast Hosted by Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | October 20, 2020

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