If you have €4.5 million, you can buy the house where J.R.R. Tolkien wrote <em>The Hobbit</em>.

If you have €4.5 million, you can buy the house where J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit.

By Jessie Gaynor | October 30, 2019

The 10 Best Book Covers <br>of October

The 10 Best Book Covers
of October

None of them are orange.

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2019

Trying to Convince Myself That My Son Doesn't Have Cancer

Trying to Convince Myself That My Son Doesn't Have Cancer

Lise Marzouk on the Fine Line Between Self-Preservation
and Self-Deception

By Lise Marzouk | October 30, 2019

What Traditional Papermaking <br>Looks Like in 2019

What Traditional Papermaking
Looks Like in 2019

Visiting the Studio of Stephanie Hare

By Emily Freidenrich | October 30, 2019

In the 1960s, the US Decided My Tribe Was No Longer a Nation

In the 1960s, the US Decided My Tribe Was No Longer a Nation

Ada Deer on Her Mother's Fight for Menominee Sovereignty

By Ada Deer | October 30, 2019

What I Feel When My Daughter Tells Me She Wants to Be a Writer

What I Feel When My Daughter Tells Me She Wants to Be a Writer

Cinelle Barnes on Raising a Brown Girl Who Believes She Can Be Anything

By Cinelle Barnes | October 30, 2019

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  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
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  • The Six Loves of James I

Eclipsed by the Racial Shadow of Shakespeare’s Othello

By Aatif Rashid | October 30, 2019

The Complexities of Talking About Race When Trapped Within Its Confines

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | October 30, 2019

Albert Camus on the Responsibility of the Artist

By Albert Camus | October 29, 2019

Jon Krakauer on the Incredible Career of Mountaineer Fred Beckey

Jon Krakauer on the Incredible Career of Mountaineer Fred Beckey

Shadowing an Irascible (and Legendary) Climber

By Jon Krakauer | October 29, 2019

Andrea Long Chu on Desire, Weak Love, and Modern Trans Identity

Andrea Long Chu on Desire, Weak Love, and Modern Trans Identity

The Author of Females: A Concern, in Conversation with Eric Newman

By Eric Newman | October 29, 2019

Reyna Grande on Translating Her Own Book Into Spanish

Reyna Grande on Translating Her Own Book Into Spanish

How an Immigrant Can Lose Touch With Her Mother Tongue

By Reyna Grande | October 29, 2019

How to Plant a Garden Like Emily Dickinson's

How to Plant a Garden Like Emily Dickinson's

Milkweed, Hollyhock, and a Little Bit of Color

By Marta McDowell | October 29, 2019

Ken Follett on the Restoration of Notre Dame After the French Revolution

Ken Follett on the Restoration of Notre Dame After the French Revolution

Architect Viollet‑le‑Duc Didn't Want to Imitate His Medieval Predecessors

By Ken Follett | October 29, 2019

The Cultural Encyclopedia of Mushrooms That We Need Right Now

The Cultural Encyclopedia of Mushrooms That We Need Right Now

From Lewis Carroll to John Cage, the Mycelium Are Everywhere

By Lawrence Millman and Amy Jean Porter | October 29, 2019

The Astro Poets: A Field Guide to Scorpios

The Astro Poets: A Field Guide to Scorpios

Behold the Zodiac Sign That Thrives Outside the Limelight

By Alex Dimitrov and Dorothea Lasky | October 29, 2019

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