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I Wanted to Understand the Breathtaking Violence of American Policing, <br>So I Became a Cop

I Wanted to Understand the Breathtaking Violence of American Policing,
So I Became a Cop

Rosa Brooks Wrestles with the Puzzle of State-Sanctioned Violence

By Rosa Brooks | February 12, 2021

Kabul, Jaipur, Edinburgh... Literature Live Around the World Launches Today

Kabul, Jaipur, Edinburgh... Literature Live Around the World Launches Today

Cherilyn Parsons Talks to Festival Directors Around the World

By Cherilyn Parsons | February 12, 2021

How the Masculine Aesthetics of Minimalism Police Black and Latina Women

How the Masculine Aesthetics of Minimalism Police Black and Latina Women

Jillian Hernandez Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 12, 2021

Daydreams and Fragments: On How We Retrieve Images<br> From the Past

Daydreams and Fragments: On How We Retrieve Images
From the Past

Maël Renouard Explores the Relationship Between
Memory and Technology

By Maël Renouard | February 12, 2021

Gabriel Byrne on Navigating Past and Present, Fact and Imagination

Gabriel Byrne on Navigating Past and Present, Fact and Imagination

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | February 12, 2021

This month, Frederick Douglass’s papers will be made available to the public.

This month, Frederick Douglass’s papers will be made available to the public.

By Walker Caplan | February 11, 2021

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Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old conch shell.

By Walker Caplan | February 11, 2021

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's next book is coming this May.

By Emily Temple | February 11, 2021

The National Book Foundation has found its next Executive Director.

By Emily Temple | February 11, 2021

Tune in for Literature Live Around the World

Tune in for Literature Live Around the World

A Free and Live Global Book Festival on February 12

By Literary Hub | February 11, 2021

How America Has Always Advertised the Next Golden Age of Computers

How America Has Always Advertised the Next Golden Age of Computers

A Brief History of Selling the Future

By Ryan Mungia | February 11, 2021

Megafires and Mass Extinction: Searching for Hope at the End of the Natural World

Megafires and Mass Extinction: Searching for Hope at the End of the Natural World

Robbie Arnott on 'Longing for a Wilder Time'

By Robbie Arnott | February 11, 2021

To Unify a Divided (New) Nation: The Early Days of George Washington's Presidency

To Unify a Divided (New) Nation: The Early Days of George Washington's Presidency

David O. Stewart on the Construction of the Highest Office

By David O. Stewart | February 11, 2021

Missing Museums: Why Art is a Necessity for Public Health

Missing Museums: Why Art is a Necessity for Public Health

Veronica Esposito on What Is Lost When Our Institutions Close

By Veronica Esposito | February 11, 2021

On the Connection Between Chinese Folktales and American Comic Book Heroes

On the Connection Between Chinese Folktales and American Comic Book Heroes

Gene Luen Yang Returns to the Adventures of Sun Wukong,
the Monkey King

By Gene Luen Yang | February 11, 2021

From Stage to Screen to Page... A Few Notes on Writing Across Media

From Stage to Screen to Page... A Few Notes on Writing Across Media

Jen Silverman on Taking Risks and Following Your Artistic Vision

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