Cover reveal: Wole Soyinka's <em>Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth</em>.

Cover reveal: Wole Soyinka's Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth.

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Lesson From the Old New Deal: What Economic Recovery Might Look Like in the 21st Century

Lesson From the Old New Deal: What Economic Recovery Might Look Like in the 21st Century

Kate Aronoff Draws a Direct Line From 1934 to the Green New Deal of Today

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Misadventures in J-School: When Grad School is the Wrong Thing

Misadventures in J-School: When Grad School is the Wrong Thing

Lilly Dancyger: “Being at Columbia felt as rebellious as dropping out of high school.”

By Lilly Dancyger | April 23, 2021

20 Famous Writers’ Sartorial Trademarks, Ranked

20 Famous Writers’ Sartorial Trademarks, Ranked

In Honor of the Hard Pants We Will Soon Wear Once More

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Chillnobyl: Throwing a Rave Deep in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone

Chillnobyl: Throwing a Rave Deep in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone

“When they closed the Zone it became a dead end. It’s good to see young people here!”

By Darmon Richter | April 23, 2021

The Book Research No One Would Want: Time in the ICU

The Book Research No One Would Want: Time in the ICU

Paul Griner on What Time in the Hospital Can Reveal About Character

By Paul Griner | April 23, 2021

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Trevor Paglen on the Changing Meaning of Images Under the Pandemic

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This year's International Booker Prize shortlist is dominated by indie publishers.

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This Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day—go forth and buy books!

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Louise Erdrich’s The Night Watchman has won the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

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