Why Are We So Resistant to the Idea of a Modern Myth?

Why Are We So Resistant to the Idea of a Modern Myth?

Philip Ball: “Myths are promiscuous; they were postmodern before the concept existed.”

By Philip Ball | June 2, 2021

On Tim O’Brien’s Relationship to Writing and Fatherhood

On Tim O’Brien’s Relationship to Writing and Fatherhood

Teresa Fazio Watches the Documentary The War and Peace of Tim O’Brien

By Teresa Fazio | June 2, 2021

Encoding, Storing, Retrieving: How Memory Works

Encoding, Storing, Retrieving: How Memory Works

Lauren Aguirre on Recovering Past Experiences and Forming Fake Ones

By Lauren Aguirre | June 2, 2021

How <em>Mean Girls</em> Taught Me to Fear Lesbians and Love Pink

How Mean Girls Taught Me to Fear Lesbians and Love Pink

Grace Perry on Her High School Years, Catholicism, and the 2004 Teen Classic

By Grace Perry | June 2, 2021

“Filthy, Funny, and Flamboyant.” How the New York of the ‘80s Spawned the Lunachicks

“Filthy, Funny, and Flamboyant.” How the New York of the ‘80s Spawned the Lunachicks

“We were born weirdos, and New York offered no resistance to that.”

By The Lunachicks with Jeanne Fury | June 2, 2021

WATCH: Caleb Azumah Nelson Talks to Candice Brathwaite at the Hay Festival

WATCH: Caleb Azumah Nelson Talks to Candice Brathwaite at the Hay Festival

The Debut Novelist Discusses His New Book, Open Water

By The Virtual Book Channel | June 2, 2021

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J. B. MacKinnon: It’s Time to Stop Shopping

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The cure to pandemic-induced writer’s block? According to this mystery writer, it’s ... a tent.

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Alan Cumming’s new memoir, set to publish in October, focuses on his life in Hollywood.

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Here are the winners of the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards.

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Author royalties for the sale of used books? They’re going to try it in the UK.

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By Jonny Diamond | June 1, 2021

King Mob Rule: On a First-Person Account of the Horrific Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

King Mob Rule: On a First-Person Account of the Horrific Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

Mary E. Jones Parrish Remembers and Mourns the Destruction of Tulsa’s Black Community

By Mary E. Jones Parrish | June 1, 2021

Alice Waters: Sustainability Sounds Good, But We Need Regenerative Farming

Alice Waters: Sustainability Sounds Good, But We Need Regenerative Farming

The Chef and Founder of Chez Panisse on the Importance of Land Stewardship

By Alice Waters | June 1, 2021

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