Oxford's Word of the Year 2019 is...

Oxford's Word of the Year 2019 is...

By Dan Sheehan | November 20, 2019

Inside Salman Rushdie's former safe house on London's shady

Inside Salman Rushdie's former safe house on London's shady "Billionaires Row."

By Aaron Robertson | November 20, 2019

Move over, Twitter: Poetizer is a

Move over, Twitter: Poetizer is a "positive, metaphysical," poem-based social media platform.

By Jessie Gaynor | November 20, 2019

A very accurate prediction of LeVar Burton's night hosting the National Book Awards.

A very accurate prediction of LeVar Burton's night hosting the National Book Awards.

By Jonny Diamond | November 20, 2019

Today in not everything is terrible: HarperCollins is launching a Native-centric imprint.

Today in not everything is terrible: HarperCollins is launching a Native-centric imprint.

By Emily Temple | November 20, 2019

The <em>New York Times’</em> acclaimed “1619 Project” to become a series of books.

The New York Times’ acclaimed “1619 Project” to become a series of books.

By Jonny Diamond | November 20, 2019

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On Rediscovering the Natural World Through Ovid

By Nina MacLaughlin | November 20, 2019

American Diplomacy After Benghazi

By Paul Richter | November 20, 2019

How the Vietnam War Changed
Political Poetry

By Daniel H. Weiss | November 20, 2019

The Debutante Ball in the Global <br>Age of Instagram

The Debutante Ball in the Global
Age of Instagram

On High Society Rites of Passage and Dreams of Fame

By Kristen Richardson | November 20, 2019

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

Serhii Plohky on the WWII Allied Plans for the Air

By Serhii Plokhy | November 20, 2019

Hollywood's Black Musicals: A Tale of Obscurity, Innovation, and...<em>The Wiz</em>

Hollywood's Black Musicals: A Tale of Obscurity, Innovation, and...The Wiz

Musicals Never Died, They Only Evolved

By Jeanine Basinger | November 20, 2019

Congratulations to National Book Foundation Lifetime Honoree Edmund White

Congratulations to National Book Foundation Lifetime Honoree Edmund White

Read a Selection From His Novel-in-Progress A Previous Life

By Literary Hub | November 20, 2019

Ordinary Girls: Jaquira Díaz on Growing Up in Miami Beach

Ordinary Girls: Jaquira Díaz on Growing Up in Miami Beach

“We wanted to be seen, finally, to exist in the lives we’d mapped out for ourselves.”

By Jaquira Díaz | November 20, 2019

What the Retelling of Myths Reveals of the Teller

What the Retelling of Myths Reveals of the Teller

Jennifer S. Cheng on Writing about the Moon Goddess Chang'E

By Jennifer S. Cheng | November 20, 2019

In a Backyard in Texas, Considering the Universe<br> in an Oak Tree

In a Backyard in Texas, Considering the Universe
in an Oak Tree

Jung Young Moon on the Small Mythologies of Place

By Jung Young Moon | November 20, 2019

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