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From the Diaries of Helen Garner: The Trials of <br>Daily Life, c. 1979

From the Diaries of Helen Garner: The Trials of
Daily Life, c. 1979

“Memo: do not drink coffee. It engenders baseless optimism about
my powers of creation.”

By Freeman's | December 9, 2019

Luke Bird on Channeling the 1980s for the Cover of<br> <em>The Prettiest Star</em>

Luke Bird on Channeling the 1980s for the Cover of
The Prettiest Star

You Truly Cannot Go Wrong With a Little David Bowie

By Luke Bird | December 9, 2019

Umberto Eco on the Elusive Concept of Ugliness

Umberto Eco on the Elusive Concept of Ugliness

Considering the Relativity of Beauty in Human History

By Umberto Eco | December 9, 2019

How Tycho Brahe Discovered a New Star with a Piece of String

How Tycho Brahe Discovered a New Star with a Piece of String

On the Ambition of the Early Naked-Eye Astronomers

By L. S. Fauber | December 9, 2019

95 Theses on Lord Byron, Graffiti,<br> and Bathroom Stalls

95 Theses on Lord Byron, Graffiti,
and Bathroom Stalls

Why Are We Fascinated by the Writing on the Wall?

By Jodie Noel Vinson | December 9, 2019

And the Pulitzer Prize in Podcasting goes to...

And the Pulitzer Prize in Podcasting goes to...

By Katie Yee | December 6, 2019

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“I prefer toilet paper to your empty and ignorant questions.” The Peter Handke drama rolls on.

By Dan Sheehan | December 6, 2019

Here are the finalists for the 2019 John Leonard Prize.

By Eleni Theodoropoulos | December 6, 2019

Rituals, Hacking, Truman Capote, and Nicolas Cage: the week in book deals.

By Emily Temple | December 6, 2019

What Happened to Rock and Roll<br> After Altamont?

What Happened to Rock and Roll
After Altamont?

Buzz Poole on the Grateful Dead's “New Speedway Boogie,” and the True End of the Sixties

By Buzz Poole | December 6, 2019

Bohumil Hrabal, the Writing Machine Who Couldn't Stop

Bohumil Hrabal, the Writing Machine Who Couldn't Stop

The Czech Writer Remembers What It Was to
Fall in Love with Literature

By Bohumil Hrabal | December 6, 2019

The Letters of Ralph Ellison: On the Making of a Literary Giant

The Letters of Ralph Ellison: On the Making of a Literary Giant

John F. Callahan Looks at What Decades of Correspondence Can Reveal

By John F. Callahan | December 6, 2019

How Journalism Made a <br>Poet Out of Me

How Journalism Made a
Poet Out of Me

Gillian Conoley on Objectivity, Reportage, and Truth

By Gillian Conoley | December 6, 2019

Five Books You May Have Missed in November (That Will Make Good Gifts!)

Five Books You May Have Missed in November (That Will Make Good Gifts!)

From a Hawaiian-Chinese-Norwegian Modern-Day Ninja
to the Alaskan Fishing Village

By Bethanne Patrick | December 6, 2019

The Unapologetic Politics <br>of Howard Fast

The Unapologetic Politics
of Howard Fast

Mark Harris on the Writer Who Stood Up to Joseph McCarthy

By Mark Harris | December 6, 2019

Rebecca Clarren on Gas Kickdowns, Losing Control of the Land, and the People we Love

Rebecca Clarren on Gas Kickdowns, Losing Control of the Land, and the People we Love

The Author Discusses Her New Novel Kickdown on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | December 6, 2019

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