Why Did Renaissance Europeans See Merpeople Everywhere?

Why Did Renaissance Europeans See Merpeople Everywhere?

Vaughn Scribner on Made-Up Monsters in the
Age of Imperial Conquest

By Vaughn Scribner | September 28, 2020

Populism, Nationalism, Socialism: Charting the Political Moods of Our Time

Populism, Nationalism, Socialism: Charting the Political Moods of Our Time

This Week on Underreported with Nicholas Lemann From
Columbia Global Reports

By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann | September 28, 2020

<em>Language Keepers</em>: Compiling the First Ever Wukchumni Dictionary

Language Keepers: Compiling the First Ever Wukchumni Dictionary

A New Six-Part Series From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 28, 2020

How to Rebuild America's Hollowed-Out Middle Class

How to Rebuild America's Hollowed-Out Middle Class

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

By New Books Network | September 28, 2020

Namwali Serpell will donate Clarke Prize money to those protesting Breonna Taylor's murder.

Namwali Serpell will donate Clarke Prize money to those protesting Breonna Taylor's murder.

By Corinne Segal | September 25, 2020

Scenes From a Vigil: New York City Mourns the Loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Scenes From a Vigil: New York City Mourns the Loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Gratitude and Grief: Photographs by Rachel Cobb

By Rachel Cobb | September 25, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Rest of Our Lives
  • Call Me Ishmaelle
  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • Departure(s)
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
  • The Flower Bearers
  • Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood

Here are the best reviewed books of the week!

By Book Marks | September 25, 2020

Just how odd is this month's bestseller list? A look at pre-election bestsellers from years past.

By Aaron Robertson | September 25, 2020

How Literary Ghosts Can Help Us All Be a Little More Human

By Amy Shearn | September 25, 2020

Black Death Does Not Happen “In the Greek Sense”

Black Death Does Not Happen “In the Greek Sense”

Aaron Robertson Responds to a Very Bad Tweet

By Aaron Robertson | September 25, 2020

Claudia Rankine on What It Means When a White Person

Claudia Rankine on What It Means When a White Person "Doesn't See Color"

From the Bookable Podcast with Author Amanda Stern

By Bookable | September 25, 2020

On the Tragedy of Syria and Journalism's Other Crisis of Truth

On the Tragedy of Syria and Journalism's Other Crisis of Truth

Clarissa Ward in Conversation with Andrew Keen on
the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | September 25, 2020

Pesticides, Incendiaries... How US Chemical Companies Endeared Themselves to the Public

Pesticides, Incendiaries... How US Chemical Companies Endeared Themselves to the Public

Frank A. Von Hippel on the Time the "Chemical Warfare Service" Rebranded as the "Chemical Peace Service"

By Frank A. von Hippel | September 25, 2020

How the US-Soviet Relationship Shaped Eisenhower's Presidency

How the US-Soviet Relationship Shaped Eisenhower's Presidency

Tim Weiner on the Early Years of the Cold War

By Tim Weiner | September 25, 2020

Carl Hiaasen on Satire as a Product of Anger

Carl Hiaasen on Satire as a Product of Anger

This Week on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | September 25, 2020

On Alternative Forms of Communal Care and Expanded Kinship Circles

On Alternative Forms of Communal Care and Expanded Kinship Circles

The Care Collective Explain "Families of Choice"

By The Care Collective | September 25, 2020

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