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Ishmael Reed was NOT happy about Jill Biden’s choice of inaugural poet.

Ishmael Reed was NOT happy about Jill Biden’s choice of inaugural poet.

By Walker Caplan | July 19, 2021

Emily St. John Mandel's moon colony novel, written entirely during COVID, comes out in April.

Emily St. John Mandel's moon colony novel, written entirely during COVID, comes out in April.

By Walker Caplan | July 19, 2021

Amber Tamblyn is editing an anthology that will feature essays by Jia Tolentino and Samantha Irby.

Amber Tamblyn is editing an anthology that will feature essays by Jia Tolentino and Samantha Irby.

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 19, 2021

Conversations with Strangers on a Cross-Country Train Ride

Conversations with Strangers on a Cross-Country Train Ride

Joe Keohane on the Social Fluidity of Long-Distance Travel

By Joe Keohane | July 19, 2021

David Lowery on the Strange, Arduous Journey of Adapting <em>The Green Knight</em> for Film

David Lowery on the Strange, Arduous Journey of Adapting The Green Knight for Film

“This may be a poem that resists adaptation.”

By David Lowery | July 19, 2021

The Corrupt Arrogance of William Barr

The Corrupt Arrogance of William Barr

Elie Honig on the Former Attorney General’s “Feigned Ignorance”

By Elie Honig | July 19, 2021

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How Oscar Wilde Won Over the American Press

By Nicholas Frankel | July 19, 2021

A Brief History of Perfume: Visiting an Archive of Ancient Scents

By Sarah Everts | July 19, 2021

On the Arctic: Frontier, Paradise, Marker of Human Destruction

By Emergence Magazine | July 19, 2021

How Two Telephone Books Tell a Condensed Story of the Holocaust

How Two Telephone Books Tell a Condensed Story of the Holocaust

Miljenko Jergović on the Visible Erasure of Croatian Jews

By Miljenko Jergović, translated by Mirza Purić | July 19, 2021

Vocal Effects: How Hormones Change the Way We Sound

Vocal Effects: How Hormones Change the Way We Sound

Carole Hooven on the Role of Testosterone in Human Speech

By Carole Hooven | July 19, 2021

David Gessner on Channeling Thoreau Throughout the Pandemic

David Gessner on Channeling Thoreau Throughout the Pandemic

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | July 19, 2021

The American Booksellers Association promoted an anti-trans book, apologized, and then deleted it.

The American Booksellers Association promoted an anti-trans book, apologized, and then deleted it.

By Walker Caplan | July 16, 2021

Check out the very first reviews of <em>The Catcher in the Rye</em>.

Check out the very first reviews of The Catcher in the Rye.

By Dan Sheehan | July 16, 2021

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | July 16, 2021

FX’s <em>Kindred</em> adaptation has found its star.

FX’s Kindred adaptation has found its star.

By Walker Caplan | July 16, 2021

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