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What <em>Lord of the Flies</em> got wrong: the kids are actually alright.

What Lord of the Flies got wrong: the kids are actually alright.

By Jonny Diamond | June 30, 2021

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Daytime Horror: On Cults, White Supremacy, and Pagan Aesthetics

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Daytime Horror: On Cults, White Supremacy, and Pagan Aesthetics

Mieko Anders Considers Klara and the Sun and Midsommar

By Mieko Anders | June 30, 2021

The Impossible Question at the Heart of Every Book Tour

The Impossible Question at the Heart of Every Book Tour

Jason Mott on Attempting to Answer “What’s Your Book About?”

By Jason Mott | June 30, 2021

How the Prophetic Fiction of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Exposed the Dangers of Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

How the Prophetic Fiction of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Exposed the Dangers of Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

Margot Livesey on Address Unknown and the Dangers of Communal Mythology

By Margot Livesy | June 30, 2021

When Activist Poets Took Over a Tiny California Town

When Activist Poets Took Over a Tiny California Town

Uncovering a Unique Chapter in the History of American Poetry

By Lytle Shaw | June 30, 2021

What Could Equitable and Effective Biopolitics Look Like After the Pandemic?

What Could Equitable and Effective Biopolitics Look Like After the Pandemic?

Benjamin Bratton on the Public’s Perception of Epidemiological Technology

By Benjamin Bratton | June 30, 2021

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In Praise of Famous Losers: On Kurt Cobain, Beck, and the Idols Who Mythologized a Subculture

By Benjamin Villegas | June 30, 2021

Lucy Foulkes on the Pandemic’s Impact on Mental Health

By Keen On | June 30, 2021

Tom Robbins on Personalizing the Editorial Process and Knowing When to End a Novel

By Gary Lippman | June 30, 2021

How Amanda Alexander of the Detroit Justice Center Thinks About Justice

How Amanda Alexander of the Detroit Justice Center Thinks About Justice

In Conversation with Alex Vitale on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | June 30, 2021

This workplace racism survey is as bleak as you think.

This workplace racism survey is as bleak as you think.

By Katie Yee | June 29, 2021

Need a writing soundtrack? Listen to James Baldwin’s record collection in Spotify playlist form.

Need a writing soundtrack? Listen to James Baldwin’s record collection in Spotify playlist form.

By Walker Caplan | June 29, 2021

The multitalented Janelle Monáe will publish a collection of cyberpunk short stories next year.

The multitalented Janelle Monáe will publish a collection of cyberpunk short stories next year.

By Vanessa Willoughby | June 29, 2021

Attention: LeVar Burton wants to read your short stories.

Attention: LeVar Burton wants to read your short stories.

By Walker Caplan | June 29, 2021

Charles McGrath: On the Avant-Garde Literary Genius of Donald Barthelme

Charles McGrath: On the Avant-Garde Literary Genius of Donald Barthelme

“His fallback, his signature, is always humor.”

By Charles McGrath | June 29, 2021

The Rise of China’s State Surveillance Machinery

The Rise of China’s State Surveillance Machinery

Geoffrey Cain on Big Data, AI, and the Specter of “Security”

By Geoffrey Cain | June 29, 2021

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