The Best Book You Can Find in a Hospital Gift Shop Is About To Become a TV Show

The Best Book You Can Find in a Hospital Gift Shop Is About To Become a TV Show

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 28, 2019

14-year-old literary activist Marley Dias on how her generation is fighting for the future.

14-year-old literary activist Marley Dias on how her generation is fighting for the future.

By Corinne Segal | August 28, 2019

Rachel Cusk's house is an austere, experimental, hyper-modern masterpiece. (Shocking, right?)

Rachel Cusk's house is an austere, experimental, hyper-modern masterpiece. (Shocking, right?)

By Emily Temple | August 28, 2019

A robot read 3.5 million books to find we describe women by appearance, and men by virtue.

A robot read 3.5 million books to find we describe women by appearance, and men by virtue.

By Jonny Diamond | August 28, 2019

On the Politics of Italics

On the Politics of Italics

Jumoke Verissimo Wonders When It's Right to Highlight Difference

By Jumoke Verissimo | August 28, 2019

Tracking Down My Literary Idol to a San Francisco Commune

Tracking Down My Literary Idol to a San Francisco Commune

On Translating Irving Rosenthal's Deeply Weird
and Wonderful Sheeper

By Philippe Aronson | August 28, 2019

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The Death of Alexander the Great: One of History's Great Unsolved Mysteries

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At Brooklyn’s 2019 Small
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The Deafening Silence of a Pharmaceutical Company in the Face of the Opioid Crisis

By John Halpern and David Blistein | August 28, 2019

Journalist Peter Hessler on Moving to Egypt After the Revolution

Journalist Peter Hessler on Moving to Egypt After the Revolution

The Author of The Buried in Conversation with Dylan Foley

By Dylan Foley | August 28, 2019

A Reading Series That Challenges Calls for 'Civility'

A Reading Series That Challenges Calls for 'Civility'

Reading Across America: An Angry Reading Series

By Meher Manda | August 28, 2019

On the Dangerous Temptations of Political Contempt

On the Dangerous Temptations of Political Contempt

Democracy is at Risk When We Lose Sight of
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By Michael Patrick Lynch | August 28, 2019

Five brilliant young bards honored by the Poetry Foundation.

Five brilliant young bards honored by the Poetry Foundation.

By Dan Sheehan | August 27, 2019

Here is the trailer for <em>Dickinson</em>, a sexy series about young Emily Dickinson.

Here is the trailer for Dickinson, a sexy series about young Emily Dickinson.

By Jessie Gaynor | August 27, 2019

The End-of-Summer Joy of Reading by a Motel Pool

The End-of-Summer Joy of Reading by a Motel Pool

Susan Harlan on One of Life's Simple Pleasures

By Susan Harlan | August 27, 2019

Teddy Roosevelt Hated Baseball

Teddy Roosevelt Hated Baseball

It Was a Struggle to Even Get the President to Go to a Game

By Ryan Swanson | August 27, 2019

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