Have We Lost Our Awe of the Flourishing Arctic?

Have We Lost Our Awe of the Flourishing Arctic?

Gretel Ehrlich on Yuri Rythkeu's Eulogy for the Chukchi Whale Hunt

By Gretel Ehrlich | February 24, 2020

Sylvia Plath and the Communion of Women Who Know What She Went Through

Sylvia Plath and the Communion of Women Who Know What She Went Through

Emily Van Duyne on the Lure of Charismatic, Abusive Men

By Emily Van Duyne | February 24, 2020

When Langston Hughes Went to Report on the<br> Spanish Civil War

When Langston Hughes Went to Report on the
Spanish Civil War

A Poet Glimpses Franco's Spain

By W. Jason Miller | February 24, 2020

Did Medgar Evers' Killer Go Free Because of Jury Tampering?

Did Medgar Evers' Killer Go Free Because of Jury Tampering?

Jerry Mitchell Revisits a Dark Episode in the Struggle for Civil Rights

By Jerry Mitchell | February 24, 2020

Jean Genet on the Hidden Heart of Jean Cocteau

Jean Genet on the Hidden Heart of Jean Cocteau

"He is not a witch, he is bewitched.”

By Jean Genet | February 24, 2020

Here are the finalists for the NYPL's Helen Bernstein Award, which celebrates working journalists.

Here are the finalists for the NYPL's Helen Bernstein Award, which celebrates working journalists.

By Katie Yee | February 21, 2020

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Watch the dramatic trailer for the second season of HBO's My Brilliant Friend.

By Emily Temple | February 21, 2020

Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson once beat a murder charge by translating some Latin.

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 21, 2020

Confuse and alarm your misbehaving kids with this 15th century guide to good behavior!

By Corinne Segal | February 21, 2020

Not a Cult, a new bookstore in Los Angeles, puts authors of color at the forefront.

Not a Cult, a new bookstore in Los Angeles, puts authors of color at the forefront.

By Melissa Ximena Golebiowski | February 21, 2020

Podcast industry is pivoting to… books?

Podcast industry is pivoting to… books?

By Jonny Diamond | February 21, 2020

Why I Hide From Writerly Dread in the Pages of Self-Help

Why I Hide From Writerly Dread in the Pages of Self-Help

Chelsea Leu on the Seductions and Limitations of a Billion-Dollar Genre

By Chelsea Leu | February 21, 2020

On the Lost Lyric Poetry of<br> Amelia Earhart

On the Lost Lyric Poetry of
Amelia Earhart

A Missing Pilot and Her Poems

By Traci Brimhall | February 21, 2020

Relearning to Write After Law School Buried My Voice

Relearning to Write After Law School Buried My Voice

Akhila Kolisetty on the Stories Our Legal System Asks Us to Tell

By Akhila Kolisetty | February 21, 2020

Finding Humanity and Humility in Alberto Giacometti

Finding Humanity and Humility in Alberto Giacometti

Gunnhild Øyehaug on One of the 20th Century's Great Sculptors

By Gunnhild Øyehaug | February 21, 2020

Mindfulness and Meditation Are Flytraps For Our Impulses

Mindfulness and Meditation Are Flytraps For Our Impulses

Stephen Batchelor on Ethical Awareness

By Stephen Batchelor | February 21, 2020

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