Conversations with Strangers on a Cross-Country Train Ride

Conversations with Strangers on a Cross-Country Train Ride

Joe Keohane on the Social Fluidity of Long-Distance Travel

By Joe Keohane | July 19, 2021

David Lowery on the Strange, Arduous Journey of Adapting <em>The Green Knight</em> for Film

David Lowery on the Strange, Arduous Journey of Adapting The Green Knight for Film

“This may be a poem that resists adaptation.”

By David Lowery | July 19, 2021

The Corrupt Arrogance of William Barr

The Corrupt Arrogance of William Barr

Elie Honig on the Former Attorney General’s “Feigned Ignorance”

By Elie Honig | July 19, 2021

How Oscar Wilde Won Over the American Press

How Oscar Wilde Won Over the American Press

When the US First Encountered the “Aesthetic Apostle”

By Nicholas Frankel | July 19, 2021

A Brief History of Perfume: Visiting an Archive of Ancient Scents

A Brief History of Perfume: Visiting an Archive of Ancient Scents

Sarah Everts on the Human Need to Smell Good

By Sarah Everts | July 19, 2021

On the Arctic: Frontier, Paradise, Marker of Human Destruction

On the Arctic: Frontier, Paradise, Marker of Human Destruction

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 19, 2021

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  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
  • Cloudthief
  • Cool Machine
  • Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
  • Beginning Middle End
  • They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy

How Two Telephone Books Tell a Condensed Story of the Holocaust

By Miljenko Jergović, translated by Mirza Purić | July 19, 2021

Vocal Effects: How Hormones Change the Way We Sound

By Carole Hooven | July 19, 2021

David Gessner on Channeling Thoreau Throughout the Pandemic

By Keen On | July 19, 2021

The American Booksellers Association promoted an anti-trans book, apologized, and then deleted it.

The American Booksellers Association promoted an anti-trans book, apologized, and then deleted it.

By Walker Caplan | July 16, 2021

Check out the very first reviews of <em>The Catcher in the Rye</em>.

Check out the very first reviews of The Catcher in the Rye.

By Dan Sheehan | July 16, 2021

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | July 16, 2021

FX’s <em>Kindred</em> adaptation has found its star.

FX’s Kindred adaptation has found its star.

By Walker Caplan | July 16, 2021

Colin Kaepernick is releasing a deeply personal children's book.

Colin Kaepernick is releasing a deeply personal children's book.

By Dan Sheehan | July 16, 2021

Dictionary.com just added over 300 words to its website, including

Dictionary.com just added over 300 words to its website, including "zaddy," "yeet," and "youse."

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 16, 2021

<em>The Sympathizer</em> adaptation will star Robert Downey Jr. as all the villains.

The Sympathizer adaptation will star Robert Downey Jr. as all the villains.

By Walker Caplan | July 16, 2021

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