How the Twin Desires of Connection and Autonomy Motivate Us to Success

How the Twin Desires of Connection and Autonomy Motivate Us to Success

William von Hippel on the Psychology Behind the Human Need for Independence and Acceptance

By William von Hippel | February 20, 2025

Finding Comfort in TV That No One Else Is Talking About

Finding Comfort in TV That No One Else Is Talking About

Anandi Mishra on the Joys of Escaping into the (Recent) Past

By Anandi Mishra | February 20, 2025

RaMell Ross on Adapting Colson Whitehead, Black Subjectivity, and the Epic Banal

RaMell Ross on Adapting Colson Whitehead, Black Subjectivity, and the Epic Banal

"The god of the camera is a colonizer but a cul-de-sac history of exploitation is held in black skin.”

By Brittany Allen | February 19, 2025

If Trump can’t kill you, he wants to hurt you.

If Trump can’t kill you, he wants to hurt you.

By James Folta | February 19, 2025

Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.

Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.

By James Folta | February 19, 2025

Edward Gorey's

Edward Gorey's "Great Simple Theory About Art" is essential reading for writers.

By Emily Temple | February 19, 2025

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In Purging Language About Trans People, Donald Trump and Elon Musk Are Trying to Purge the People Themselves

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 19, 2025

Who Were the Women Novelists Who Really Inspired Jane Austen?

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How the Kremlin’s Truly Epic Adaptation of War and Peace Helped Me Write a Novel

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Novelists, Trust Me: You Can Really Learn a Lot About Storytelling From Video Games Like <em>Elden Ring</em>

Novelists, Trust Me: You Can Really Learn a Lot About Storytelling From Video Games Like Elden Ring

Nick Newman Considers the Act of Writing as a Form of (Game) Play

By Nick Newman | February 19, 2025

How the Pilgrims Redefined What It Means to Move Across the World

How the Pilgrims Redefined What It Means to Move Across the World

Yoni Appelbaum Explores the Puritan Origins of Modern Ideas About Migration

By Yoni Appelbaum | February 19, 2025

Dreams of Liberation: Alex Zamalin on the Political Power of American Countercultures

Dreams of Liberation: Alex Zamalin on the Political Power of American Countercultures

The Author of “Counterculture” in Conversation with Aaron Robertson

By Aaron Robertson | February 19, 2025

Remembering David Ruggles, the radical abolitionist who opened the first Black-owned bookstore.

Remembering David Ruggles, the radical abolitionist who opened the first Black-owned bookstore.

A Black History month reflection.

By Brittany Allen | February 18, 2025

Wife, Mother, Labor Organizer: On the Hidden Activist Life of Betty Friedan

Wife, Mother, Labor Organizer: On the Hidden Activist Life of Betty Friedan

Haley Mlotek Explores the Tension Between the Political and the Personal For the Author of “The Feminine Mystique”

By Haley Mlotek | February 18, 2025

How the Girlboss Lost: Sophie Lewis on the Rise and Fall of a Feminist Moment

How the Girlboss Lost: Sophie Lewis on the Rise and Fall of a Feminist Moment

Leaning Into the Death of Lean-In Feminism and Its Many Resurrections in Our Conflicted Zeitgeist

By Sophie Lewis | February 18, 2025

Elyse Durham on Depicting the Artistic Side of the Cold War in Fiction

Elyse Durham on Depicting the Artistic Side of the Cold War in Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Maya & Natasha”

By Jane Ciabattari | February 18, 2025

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