What Professional Poker Taught Maria Konnikova About the American Dream

What Professional Poker Taught Maria Konnikova About the American Dream

This Week from Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | July 15, 2021

How Fear of Government Surveillance Influences Our Behavior

How Fear of Government Surveillance Influences Our Behavior

Heidi Boghosian on Self-Censorship and Expression

By Heidi Boghosian | July 15, 2021

Hans Onderwater on the Hunger Winter in the German-Occupied Netherlands

Hans Onderwater on the Hunger Winter in the German-Occupied Netherlands

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | July 15, 2021

WATCH: Matthew James Weigel and Liz Howard on the Colonial Project of Historicizing Genocide

WATCH: Matthew James Weigel and Liz Howard on the Colonial Project of Historicizing Genocide

From the Border Crossings' ORIGINS Festival

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 15, 2021

A former <em>Great British Bake Off</em> host is judging the Booker Prize this year.

A former Great British Bake Off host is judging the Booker Prize this year.

By Eliza Smith | July 14, 2021

“It was sickening”: Read Chekhov’s withering review of his own first play’s opening night.

“It was sickening”: Read Chekhov’s withering review of his own first play’s opening night.

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Read Cornel West’s scathing resignation letter to Harvard Divinity School.

By Walker Caplan | July 14, 2021

A new biography of Leonard Cohen—in comic form—is coming this fall.

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Plot Is Just Music You Sing In Your Mind: How Popular Rock Songs Can Help Shape Your Novel

Plot Is Just Music You Sing In Your Mind: How Popular Rock Songs Can Help Shape Your Novel

Katie Crouch on Structure, Character Development, and the Band CAKE

By Katie Crouch | July 14, 2021

Shirley Jackson on Navigating Literary Fame Alongside Financial Uncertainty

Shirley Jackson on Navigating Literary Fame Alongside Financial Uncertainty

The Struggles of a Great American Writer, Revealed in Letters to Her Parents

By Shirley Jackson | July 14, 2021

“The World Is Beautiful but You Are Not in It”

“The World Is Beautiful but You Are Not in It”

A Poem by Morgan Parker

By Morgan Parker | July 14, 2021

Why Is Jerry Seinfeld One of the Most Successful Stand-Up Comedians of All Time?

Why Is Jerry Seinfeld One of the Most Successful Stand-Up Comedians of All Time?

David Steinberg on the Life and Times of an Iconic Entertainer

By David Steinberg | July 14, 2021

How Sicilians Are Mobilizing in Support of Migrants’ Rights

How Sicilians Are Mobilizing in Support of Migrants’ Rights

Jamie Mackay on the Island’s Diverse Present and Future

By Jamie Mackay | July 14, 2021

What Losing My Childhood Dog Taught Me About Grief and Companionship

What Losing My Childhood Dog Taught Me About Grief and Companionship

Chloe Shaw Tries to Answer One Question: “What is a Dog?”

By Chloe Shaw | July 14, 2021

Mary Gauthier on Songwriting as a Form of Healing

Mary Gauthier on Songwriting as a Form of Healing

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 14, 2021

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