Why Does Everyone in America Think They’re Middle Class?

Why Does Everyone in America Think They’re Middle Class?

David R. Roediger on the Myth of American Exceptionalism

By David R. Roediger | September 28, 2020

Brian Dillon on the Sentences of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Brian Dillon on the Sentences of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

In Praise of an Artist and Writer Taken Too Soon

By Brian Dillon | September 28, 2020

Navigating Literary Censorship—and Worse—in Iran

Navigating Literary Censorship—and Worse—in Iran

Amir Ahmadi Arian on Creative Freedom and Sitting at the "Gate of Law"

By Amir Ahmadi Arian | September 28, 2020

Whoever Said Platonic Love Can't Be Sexy? (Hint: Not Plato)

Whoever Said Platonic Love Can't Be Sexy? (Hint: Not Plato)

Michele Morano on the Geometry of the Love Triangle

By Michele Morano | September 28, 2020

The Schoolhouse is Burning: What's Happening to Public Education?

The Schoolhouse is Burning: What's Happening to Public Education?

Derek W. Black in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 28, 2020

The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, September Edition

The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, September Edition

Chronicles of Europe's Displaced, the War in the Pacific, the Early Years of the CIA, and More

By Book Marks | September 28, 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

How Storytellers Use Math (Without Scaring People Away)

By Dan Rockmore | September 28, 2020

Why Did Renaissance Europeans See Merpeople Everywhere?

By Vaughn Scribner | September 28, 2020

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

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

Here are the best reviewed books of the week!

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.

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

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

Amy Shearn on Novels by Toni Morrison, Hari Kunzru, George Saunders and More

By Amy Shearn | September 25, 2020

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