Haruki Murakami has criticized the Japanese prime minister over his pandemic optimism.

Haruki Murakami has criticized the Japanese prime minister over his pandemic optimism.

By Emily Temple | August 30, 2021

A Very Particular Risk: Aimee Bender on Jane Campion and Kazuo Ishiguro

A Very Particular Risk: Aimee Bender on Jane Campion and Kazuo Ishiguro

Surrendering to Narrative in The Piano and Klara and the Sun

By Aimee Bender | August 30, 2021

How the Great Billie Jean King Challenged the Patriarchy

How the Great Billie Jean King Challenged the Patriarchy

The Groundbreaking Tennis Champ on Her Fight to End Gender Discrimination

By Billie Jean King | August 30, 2021

The 12 Best Book Covers of August

The 12 Best Book Covers of August

Flames, etc.

By Emily Temple | August 30, 2021

The Comical, Ominous Power of a Shakespearean Mob

The Comical, Ominous Power of a Shakespearean Mob

Robert McCrum Explores Popular Revolt in Shakespeare

By Robert McCrum | August 30, 2021

Who Was Mary Shelley, Daughter?

Who Was Mary Shelley, Daughter?

Samantha Silva on the Liminal Space Between Daughterhood and Motherhood

By Samantha Silva | August 30, 2021

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“Kill Every Buffalo You Can!” On the Cruelties of Colonial Power

By Rupa Marya and Raj Patel | August 30, 2021

Steve Killelea on the Possibilities of “Positive Peace”

By Keen On | August 30, 2021

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | August 27, 2021

Browse over one million newly digitized images from Yale's Beinecke Library.

Browse over one million newly digitized images from Yale's Beinecke Library.

By Walker Caplan | August 27, 2021

Can you spot the difference between a Halsey lyric and a line of Instapoetry?

Can you spot the difference between a Halsey lyric and a line of Instapoetry?

By Vanessa Willoughby | August 27, 2021

How the War Made Wittgenstein the Philosopher He Was

How the War Made Wittgenstein the Philosopher He Was

Richard Barnett Reads the Tractatus as Modernist War Poetry

By Richard Barnett | August 27, 2021

Who Gets To Be <em>Bossypants</em>? On Class and Privilege in Female Comedians’ Memoirs

Who Gets To Be Bossypants? On Class and Privilege in Female Comedians’ Memoirs

Sarah Jaffe on Ellie Kemper, Tina Fey, and Tiffany Haddish

By Sarah Jaffe | August 27, 2021

Too Close To Home: Writing a Book That Your Parents Won’t Read

Too Close To Home: Writing a Book That Your Parents Won’t Read

Michelle Jana Chan on the Power of Family to Shape Your Own Narrative

By Michelle Jana Chan | August 27, 2021

Chronicle of a Death Foretold: On War, Reincarnation, and the Changing Names of Myanmar

Chronicle of a Death Foretold: On War, Reincarnation, and the Changing Names of Myanmar

Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint Finds Connections With Her Great-Grandfather

By Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint | August 27, 2021

Steven Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro on the Global Epidemic of Irrational Thinking

Steven Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro on the Global Epidemic of Irrational Thinking

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 27, 2021

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