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Merriam-Webster just added 520 new words to the lexicon, but these are the best ones.

Merriam-Webster just added 520 new words to the lexicon, but these are the best ones.

By Dan Sheehan | January 27, 2021

The Great Gatsby is coming to the small screen.">A The Great Gatsby is coming to the small screen.">

The Great Gatsby is coming to the small screen.">A "diverse, inclusive" reimagining of The Great Gatsby is coming to the small screen.

By Walker Caplan | January 27, 2021

In Defense of Writing Books That May Never Be Read

In Defense of Writing Books That May Never Be Read

Mark de Silva: “That language fails to capture experience is no cause for disappointment.”

By Mark de Silva | January 27, 2021

Barry Lopez: ‘We Don’t Need the Writer. What We Need is the Story, Because This Keeps Us Alive’

Barry Lopez: ‘We Don’t Need the Writer. What We Need is the Story, Because This Keeps Us Alive’

From Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers‘ Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | January 27, 2021

Reading the Literature of the Bicycle As I Learned<br> to Ride One

Reading the Literature of the Bicycle As I Learned
to Ride One

Rhian Sasseen Explores the Connection Between Person and Machine

By Rhian Sasseen | January 27, 2021

Growth, Loss, and a Mailbox Mystery: 13 Years in Gray’s River Valley

Growth, Loss, and a Mailbox Mystery: 13 Years in Gray’s River Valley

Robert Michael Pyle Reflects on the Life Cycles of a Place

By Robert Michael Pyle | January 27, 2021

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Voices of the People: On Folk Music as a Living Art Form

By Ellen Harper | January 27, 2021

Silencing Ida B. Wells Was
Never Going to Happen

By Michelle Duster | January 27, 2021

Embracing Imperfection: On Writing in a Second Language

By Kaori Fujimoto | January 27, 2021

The Sexual Double Standards That Led to the Baby Boom—and ‘Girls in Trouble’

The Sexual Double Standards That Led to the Baby Boom—and ‘Girls in Trouble’

Gabrielle Glaser Recounts an Era of Prudery, Playboy,
and Teen Pregnancy

By Gabrielle Glaser | January 27, 2021

Just Because ‘America’s Back’ Doesn’t Mean We Belong at the Head of the Table

Just Because ‘America’s Back’ Doesn’t Mean We Belong at the Head of the Table

James Goldgeier and Bruce W. Jentleson Talk to Andrew Keen
on Keen On

By Keen On | January 27, 2021

What It Takes to Build an Anti-Racist Classroom

What It Takes to Build an Anti-Racist Classroom

Bree Picower on Disrupting the Power of Whiteness in Education

By Bree Picower | January 27, 2021

Andy Borowitz on Political Satire After the Trump Administration

Andy Borowitz on Political Satire After the Trump Administration

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | January 27, 2021

<em>The Nom Wah Cookbook</em> by Wilson Tang, Read by the Author

The Nom Wah Cookbook by Wilson Tang, Read by the Author

Don’t Listen on an Empty Stomach

By Behind the Mic | January 27, 2021

Read a previously unpublished short story by Stephen Fishbach, of <em> Survivor </em> fame.

Read a previously unpublished short story by Stephen Fishbach, of Survivor fame.

By Walker Caplan | January 26, 2021

Benjamin Franklin would hate your patriotic bald eagle memes.

Benjamin Franklin would hate your patriotic bald eagle memes.

By Jonny Diamond | January 26, 2021

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