Daniel Mendelsohn Makes a Powerful Case for the<br> Art of Digression

Daniel Mendelsohn Makes a Powerful Case for the
Art of Digression

The Author of Three Rings talks to John Freeman About Homer, Storytelling, and More

By John Freeman | September 9, 2020

Five Years Later: On the Enduring Legacy of <em>All American Boys</em>

Five Years Later: On the Enduring Legacy of All American Boys

And Why Its Authors, Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely Wish It Would Go Out of Print

By Katy Hershberger | September 9, 2020

What if Medicine is Not About Preserving Life, But About Humanity?

What if Medicine is Not About Preserving Life, But About Humanity?

Why Dr. Rachel Clarke on Facing the End of Life Every Day

By Rachel Clarke | September 9, 2020

WATCH: Rhett Miller Covers the Great American Songbook

WATCH: Rhett Miller Covers the Great American Songbook

Episode Seven of the Mighty SONG Writers Video Series

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2020

On Albery Allson Whitman, Radical Black Poet of the Reconstruction

On Albery Allson Whitman, Radical Black Poet of the Reconstruction

A 19th-Century Vision of Black and Native American Resistance

By Matt Sandler | September 9, 2020

Mychal Denzel Smith on Believing In a Future That Doesn't Sacrifice Lives to Pandemics

Mychal Denzel Smith on Believing In a Future That Doesn't Sacrifice Lives to Pandemics

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | September 9, 2020

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Is 2020 the Year Tech Companies Take Over the Global Economy?

By Keen On | September 9, 2020

The Magic of Everyday Life is Preserved in Ganda Folklore

By Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi | September 9, 2020

How Paper Money Shaped American Capitalism

How Paper Money Shaped American Capitalism

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

By New Books Network | September 9, 2020

Here's the longlist for this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Here's the longlist for this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka | September 8, 2020

Viet Thanh Nguyen has just become the first Asian-American member of the Pulitzer Board.

Viet Thanh Nguyen has just become the first Asian-American member of the Pulitzer Board.

By Corinne Segal | September 8, 2020

Would a TV show in which Shakespeare's characters all live in the same hotel be amazing or terrible?

Would a TV show in which Shakespeare's characters all live in the same hotel be amazing or terrible?

By Emily Temple | September 8, 2020

Carolyn Reidy will posthumously receive the National Book Foundation’s lifetime achievement award.

Carolyn Reidy will posthumously receive the National Book Foundation’s lifetime achievement award.

By Rasheeda Saka | September 8, 2020

Is Armie Hammer too sensual to play Maxim de Winter?

Is Armie Hammer too sensual to play Maxim de Winter?

By Dan Sheehan | September 8, 2020

Playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar will be the next president of PEN America.

Playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar will be the next president of PEN America.

By Aaron Robertson | September 8, 2020

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