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Here's the 2021 Booker Prize longlist.

Here's the 2021 Booker Prize longlist.

By Emily Temple | July 27, 2021

The Benefits of People-Watching: How My Weird Subway Ritual Became a Storytelling Device

The Benefits of People-Watching: How My Weird Subway Ritual Became a Storytelling Device

Nora Zelevansky on Letting Daily Observations Spark the Imagination and Inform Her Writing

By Nora Zelevansky | July 27, 2021

Alix Ohlin on Navigating the Rich Literary Territory of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

Alix Ohlin on Navigating the Rich Literary Territory of Dysfunctional Family Dynamics

The Author of We Want What We Want Talks to Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | July 27, 2021

Sheera Frenkel on Facebook’s Fall from Grace

Sheera Frenkel on Facebook’s Fall from Grace

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 27, 2021

WATCH: Quan Huynh on Finding Freedom From Behind Bars

WATCH: Quan Huynh on Finding Freedom From Behind Bars

Introducing the New Video Series Authors in the Tent, Hosted by Ona Russell

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 27, 2021

How a Doctor-in-Training Learned to Accept Her Stuttering—and Uplift Others

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The Overlooked Story of Two Women in the Southampton Slave Rebellion

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Here are the six winners of this year’s Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting.

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Mary Jo Bang Wonders Why It Takes So Long to Meet Beatrice in Dante’s <em>Inferno</em>

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Considering the Scarcity of Female Characters in the Cantos

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Tales of a Bright Young Sportswriter at the 1969 NBA Finals

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Leigh Montville on Covering One of Sport’s Great Rivalries: the Celtics vs. the Lakers

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How an 18th-Century Cookbook Offers Glimpses of Jane Austen’s Domestic Life

How an 18th-Century Cookbook Offers Glimpses of Jane Austen’s Domestic Life

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