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On Over-Policed Communities and Civic Activism

On Over-Policed Communities and Civic Activism

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | October 7, 2020

Sarah Hall is the first writer to win the BBC Short Story Award twice.

Sarah Hall is the first writer to win the BBC Short Story Award twice.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 6, 2020

Why now is a great time to read Colson Whitehead's <em>Zone One</em>.

Why now is a great time to read Colson Whitehead's Zone One.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 6, 2020

WATCH: Poet Eric Gansworth in Conversation with Painter Andrea Carlson and Writer Heid Erdrich

WATCH: Poet Eric Gansworth in Conversation with Painter Andrea Carlson and Writer Heid Erdrich

Talking About the Fine Art of Procrastination

By Twenty Summers | October 6, 2020

This year's MacArthur fellows include six literary writers.

This year's MacArthur fellows include six literary writers.

By Corinne Segal | October 6, 2020

The staff of <em>The New Yorker</em> is celebrating a well-earned union victory.

The staff of The New Yorker is celebrating a well-earned union victory.

By Aaron Robertson | October 6, 2020

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Here are the finalists for the 2020 National Book Awards.

By Rasheeda Saka | October 6, 2020

Ramona Quimby and the Art of Writing From a Kid's Mind

By Annie Barrows | October 6, 2020

The Secret History of "Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board"

By Emily Temple | October 6, 2020

How a Scrap of Papyrus Launched a Reconsideration of Early Christianity

How a Scrap of Papyrus Launched a Reconsideration of Early Christianity

Ariel Sabar on Jesus and His Wife

By Ariel Sabar | October 6, 2020

Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

A.J. Lees on Exploration Fawcett

By A.J. Lees | October 6, 2020

How Halldór Laxness Brings the Heroic to the Everyday

How Halldór Laxness Brings the Heroic to the Everyday

John Freeman on the Moral Power of Independent People

By John Freeman | October 6, 2020

Where Are the Unlikeable Female Characters in Young Adult Fiction?

Where Are the Unlikeable Female Characters in Young Adult Fiction?

Hayley Krischer on the Reluctance to Publish Stories of Unlovable Girls

By Hayley Krischer | October 6, 2020

Ishmael Reed: Mr. Miranda, <em>Hamilton</em> Left Out a Few Things

Ishmael Reed: Mr. Miranda, Hamilton Left Out a Few Things

A Critical Take on the Broadway Hit

By Ishmael Reed | October 6, 2020

Andrew Denning on the Nazi Cult of Mobility

Andrew Denning on the Nazi Cult of Mobility

This Week on Time to Eat the Dogs

By Time to Eat the Dogs | October 6, 2020

On Abe Lincoln and the Tragic Failure of Reconstruction

On Abe Lincoln and the Tragic Failure of Reconstruction

David S. Reynolds in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 6, 2020

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