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My Name is Fritz Mayer: An Account of Buchenwald

My Name is Fritz Mayer: An Account of Buchenwald

"These were terrible hours, when we waited for our names to be called."

By Mark Mayer | January 25, 2019

A Brief Literary History of Davos

A Brief Literary History of Davos

Where Writer's Block is Cured, if Not Global Misfortune

By Isabelle Mayault | January 24, 2019

When the Sentimental Clutter in Your Life is a Whole Piano

When the Sentimental Clutter in Your Life is a Whole Piano

Chris Cander on the Story That Inspired The Weight of a Piano

By Chris Cander | January 24, 2019

5 Literary Classics That Have Yet to Be Adapted, and How We'd Cast Them

5 Literary Classics That Have Yet to Be Adapted, and How We'd Cast Them

Opinions Contained in This Article Are 100 Percent Correct

By Emily Temple | January 24, 2019

When a Very Small Press Wins a Pulitzer

When a Very Small Press Wins a Pulitzer

Paul Harding Looks Back at Tinkers, Ten Years On

By Paul Harding | January 24, 2019

The Climate Crisis Requires Us to Use All the Tools We Have

The Climate Crisis Requires Us to Use All the Tools We Have

The Case for Nuclear Power Alongside Renewables

By Joshua Goldstein and Staffan Qvist | January 24, 2019

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Kristen Arnett: Am I a Librarian or a Writer?

By Kristen Arnett | January 23, 2019

Dani Shapiro: Did My Parents Even Know?

By Dani Shapiro | January 23, 2019

A State-By-State Survey of Literary Masterpieces

By Emily Temple | January 23, 2019

In Aristotle's Ideal Democracy, a Good Citizen Was a Good Friend

In Aristotle's Ideal Democracy, a Good Citizen Was a Good Friend

On the Virtues of "Civic Friendship"

By Edith Hall | January 23, 2019

Thomas Kohnstamm Talks Travel Writer Burn-Out and Writing-Addiction

Thomas Kohnstamm Talks Travel Writer Burn-Out and Writing-Addiction

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 23, 2019

Diary of a Shutdown: A Furloughed Worker Watches 24 Hours of CNN

Diary of a Shutdown: A Furloughed Worker Watches 24 Hours of CNN

On the Mundane Horror of Government Shutdown News

By Ryan McDonald | January 22, 2019

David Treuer on the Myth of an Edenic, Pre-Columbian 'New' World

David Treuer on the Myth of an Edenic, Pre-Columbian 'New' World

Indigenous American Civilizations Are Far Older and More Complex Than History Suggests

By David Treuer | January 22, 2019

An Account of the Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard by the Police Officer, Lynwood Shull

An Account of the Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard by the Police Officer, Lynwood Shull

A Decorated WWII Veteran Returns to the Jim Crow South

By Richard Gergel | January 22, 2019

On the Absurdities of Law on the US-Mexican Border

On the Absurdities of Law on the US-Mexican Border

"I tried to imagine what heritage a border could have."

By J. J. Mulligan Sepúlveda | January 22, 2019

Why Does This Small Vermont Town Have So Many Olympians?

Why Does This Small Vermont Town Have So Many Olympians?

“I don’t know if it’s the well water or what.”

By Karen Crouse | January 22, 2019

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