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At 95 years young, Mel Brooks has finally written his memoir.

At 95 years young, Mel Brooks has finally written his memoir.

By Walker Caplan | August 4, 2021

Seeking Sanctuary from Electromagnetic Radiation in Green Bank, West Virginia

Seeking Sanctuary from Electromagnetic Radiation in Green Bank, West Virginia

Stephen Kurczy Visits the “Log Lady” of the Quiet Zone

By Stephen Kurczy | August 4, 2021

The Wyrd Ones: A Conversation Between Robert Macfarlane and Johnny Flynn

The Wyrd Ones: A Conversation Between Robert Macfarlane and Johnny Flynn

The Author and Musician Discuss Their Album Collaboration and Recommend Favorite Books

By Meg Thomann | August 4, 2021

What the Data Says About How Kids Learn to Read (and Learn to Like It)

What the Data Says About How Kids Learn to Read (and Learn to Like It)

Emily Oster on the Great Debate Over Phonics Versus “Whole-Language” Learning

By Emily Oster | August 4, 2021

Why We Have Police: Race, Class, and Labor Control

Why We Have Police: Race, Class, and Labor Control

Philip V. McHarris Traces a Line Through American Chattel Slavery, Reconstruction, Civil Rights, and the “War on Drugs”

By Philip V. McHarris | August 4, 2021

World of Wonders: Why Nature Writing Makes for Essential Reading

World of Wonders: Why Nature Writing Makes for Essential Reading

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | August 4, 2021

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Tesla vs. GM: On the Early Years of the Electric Car Wars

By Tim Higgins | August 4, 2021

On Lebanon’s Water Crisis and the Long Fallout of the Civil War

By Charif Majdalani | August 4, 2021

Michael Knox Beran on the Rise and Fall of WASP Culture

By Keen On | August 4, 2021

“I Am the Last Nomad.” What It Means to Be the Sole Keeper of a Family’s Stories

“I Am the Last Nomad.” What It Means to Be the Sole Keeper of a Family’s Stories

Shugri Said Salh on the Transition from Her Nomadic Somali Childhood to Parenthood in California

By Shugri Said Salh | August 4, 2021

The DNA of Storytelling: Making the Case for Messy Family Books

The DNA of Storytelling: Making the Case for Messy Family Books

Tracey Lange on the Complicated, Raw Emotional Chaos of Familial Histories

By Tracey Lange | August 4, 2021

<em>The Plague Year</em> by Lawrence Wright, Read by Eric Jason Martin

The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, Read by Eric Jason Martin

On the 2020 Pandemic—What Have We Learned?

By Behind the Mic | August 4, 2021

Is Flannery O'Connor's <em>Complete Stories</em> still the best ever National Book Award winner?

Is Flannery O'Connor's Complete Stories still the best ever National Book Award winner?

By Dan Sheehan | August 3, 2021

Here’s why Terry Pratchett’s daughter and Neil Gaiman are fighting with transphobes on Twitter.

Here’s why Terry Pratchett’s daughter and Neil Gaiman are fighting with transphobes on Twitter.

By Walker Caplan | August 3, 2021

Awkwafina is your host for the 2021 PEN America Literary Gala.

Awkwafina is your host for the 2021 PEN America Literary Gala.

By Vanessa Willoughby | August 3, 2021

We’re getting a new Nell Zink novel featuring bikers, princes, and money laundering.

We’re getting a new Nell Zink novel featuring bikers, princes, and money laundering.

By Walker Caplan | August 3, 2021

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