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Reading is a Political Encounter: On Violence, Language, and Selective Forgetting

Reading is a Political Encounter: On Violence, Language, and Selective Forgetting

Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi Finds Lessons in History, From Tehran to Orange County

By Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi | August 3, 2021

The Legacy of Post-Katrina New Orleans’ Political Theater on Today’s Climate Crisis

The Legacy of Post-Katrina New Orleans’ Political Theater on Today’s Climate Crisis

Samantha Montano Considers the Threat of Disaster Capitalism

By Samantha Montano | August 3, 2021

A Brief Survey of Famous Authors and Their Favorite Cocktails (and Colognes!)

A Brief Survey of Famous Authors and Their Favorite Cocktails (and Colognes!)

Timothy Schaffert Considers the Fitzgeralds, Truman Capote, Josephine Baker, and More

By Timothy Schaffert | August 3, 2021

Letter to an Unborn Child: How Could I Bring You Into a Collapsing World?

Letter to an Unborn Child: How Could I Bring You Into a Collapsing World?

Daniel Sherrell Navigates Love and Desperation in the Time of Climate Change

By Daniel Sherrell | August 3, 2021

Calling Danny Boy: Geoff Dyer on the <em>Monty Python</em> of <br>War Films

Calling Danny Boy: Geoff Dyer on the Monty Python of
War Films

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | August 3, 2021

Sarah Damaske on How Unemployment Shapes Families

Sarah Damaske on How Unemployment Shapes Families

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 3, 2021

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WATCH: Patricia Santana on Why Young Adult Fiction Is For Everyone

By The Virtual Book Channel | August 3, 2021

Ruth Wariner Reads an Excerpt From The Sound of Gravel

By Storybound | August 3, 2021

Raymond Carver became a short story writer for a surprisingly practical reason.

By Walker Caplan | August 2, 2021

There's a new <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em> sequel coming, but will it be any good?

There's a new Buffy the Vampire Slayer sequel coming, but will it be any good?

By Emily Temple | August 2, 2021

How Philosophy Failed the Pandemic, Or: When Did Agamben Become Alex Jones?

How Philosophy Failed the Pandemic, Or: When Did Agamben Become Alex Jones?

Benjamin Bratton on Biopolitics and Rethinking the Language of Ethics

By Benjamin Bratton | August 2, 2021

Reinventing the Transformative Vision of America in Nabokov’s Cross-Country Chronicles

Reinventing the Transformative Vision of America in Nabokov’s Cross-Country Chronicles

Thomas Dai on the Author's Butterfly-Hunting Excursions and His Own Relationship to the Road and American Identity

By Thomas Dai | August 2, 2021

In Memory of My Parents, the Late Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha

In Memory of My Parents, the Late Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha

Rodrigo Garcia Shares Formative Memories of His Mother and Father

By Rodrigo Garcia | August 2, 2021

In Praise of Racist Books: Notes of an Immigrant Reader

In Praise of Racist Books: Notes of an Immigrant Reader

Louis Chude-Sokei on the Books that Shaped His Literary Curiosity

By Louis Chude-Sokei | August 2, 2021

Blackness on the Margins: What Ann M. Martin Asked of Jessi in <em>The Baby-Sitters Club</em>

Blackness on the Margins: What Ann M. Martin Asked of Jessi in The Baby-Sitters Club

Chanté Griffin Considers Black Characters Then and Now

By Chanté Griffin | August 2, 2021

Paradise Extended: Searching for My Great-Grandfather’s Grave in a Segregated Cemetery

Paradise Extended: Searching for My Great-Grandfather’s Grave in a Segregated Cemetery

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | August 2, 2021

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