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On the Endless Symbolism of the Best Summer Movie Ever Made: <em>Jaws</em>

On the Endless Symbolism of the Best Summer Movie Ever Made: Jaws

And How It Owes Its Dark Soul to Moby-Dick

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 17, 2020

Inside a Reporters Notebook at the US-Mexico Border

Inside a Reporters Notebook at the US-Mexico Border

Jacob Soboroff on Writing About Family Separation

By Jacob Soboroff | July 17, 2020

The Week in Books LIVE: <em>Gatsby</em>, Weiss, Whitehead, and More

The Week in Books LIVE: Gatsby, Weiss, Whitehead, and More

With Book Marks Editors Dan Sheehan and Katie Yee

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 17, 2020

Viewing Literature as a Lab for Community Ethics

Viewing Literature as a Lab for Community Ethics

Maren Tova Linett on the Way We Value Human and Nonhuman Lives

By Maren Tova Linett | July 17, 2020

On the Igbo Art of Storytelling

On the Igbo Art of Storytelling

Ikechukwu Ogbu Heeds an Ancestral Calling

By Ikechukwu Ogbu | July 17, 2020

Under Dictatorship, Silence is as Dangerous as Protest

Under Dictatorship, Silence is as Dangerous as Protest

Tahar Ben Jelloun on His Political Imprisonment in Morocco

By Tahar Ben Jelloun | July 17, 2020

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Take a look at the dreamy book tunnels in this beautiful Beijing bookstore.

By Jessie Gaynor | July 16, 2020

Mary Trump's book sold almost a million copies by the end of its publication day.

By Corinne Segal | July 16, 2020

I'm obsessed with Rick Beerhorst's surrealist odes to reading.

By Emily Temple | July 16, 2020

The Poets vs. The Police: On Standing Your Ground in<br> a Toronto Park

The Poets vs. The Police: On Standing Your Ground in
a Toronto Park

“In Canada, a poet, to make his way as a poet, has to be
a real tough bastard.”

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 16, 2020

The Birth of Quarantine Zines

The Birth of Quarantine Zines

Gauraa Shekhar on a Pandemic-Inspired Movement

By Gauraa Shekhar | July 16, 2020

The Misleading Neoliberal Promise of the Risk Expert

The Misleading Neoliberal Promise of the Risk Expert

Oliver Broudy on the Birth of the "Acceptable Risk" Class

By Oliver Broudy | July 16, 2020

On <em>Shapes of Native Nonfiction</em> and the Story Form of <br>Native Basketry

On Shapes of Native Nonfiction and the Story Form of
Native Basketry

Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton, with Meranda Owens, at the Field Museum of Natural History

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2020

Waiting for a War, Waiting to Live

Waiting for a War, Waiting to Live

Asako Serizawa on the Inheritance of Trauma

By Asako Serizawa | July 16, 2020

On the American Election to Avoid WWIII

On the American Election to Avoid WWIII

Inside the Beginning of Truman's Presidential Campaign

By A. J. Baime | July 16, 2020

After controversy, the National Book Critics Circle has announced its new board members.

After controversy, the National Book Critics Circle has announced its new board members.

By Aaron Robertson | July 15, 2020

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