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It's been a bittersweet week for surf literature.

It's been a bittersweet week for surf literature.

By Dan Sheehan | October 7, 2020

On Robert D. Richardson and the Art of Excavating Other People's Lives

On Robert D. Richardson and the Art of Excavating Other People's Lives

The Biographer Who Crafted Stories of Self-Transformation

By Jonas Gardsby | October 7, 2020

On the Nature Poetics of the Great Nan Shepherd, Bard of the Highlands

On the Nature Poetics of the Great Nan Shepherd, Bard of the Highlands

Kerri Andrews Considers What It Means to Have a Genius for Place

By Kerri Andrews | October 7, 2020

Sayaka Murata on Making Friends with Imaginary Aliens

Sayaka Murata on Making Friends with Imaginary Aliens

"I’m an Earthling, but once I’ve finished writing this essay I’ll go home to their planet."

By Sayaka Murata | October 7, 2020

Elizabeth Catte on Angry Twitter Conversations That Turn into Book Ideas

Elizabeth Catte on Angry Twitter Conversations That Turn into Book Ideas

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | October 7, 2020

How Teachers Build Connections Beyond the Classroom

How Teachers Build Connections Beyond the Classroom

Nick Ripatrazone on Education as a Journey

By Nick Ripatrazone | October 7, 2020

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Erin Brockovich Issues a Climate Change Wake-Up Call

By The Quarantine Tapes | October 7, 2020

Heading North to Become
a Poet

By Michael Torres | October 7, 2020

Timothy Snyder: We Cannot Have Freedom Without Healthcare

By Keen On | October 7, 2020

Lenin Loved Revolutions, <br>But What About the Revolutionaries?

Lenin Loved Revolutions,
But What About the Revolutionaries?

"He lived off his mother and off donations to his little Bolshevik Party."

By Barnes Carr | October 7, 2020

<em>Desert Notebooks</em> by Ben Ehrenreich, Read by David Bendena

Desert Notebooks by Ben Ehrenreich, Read by David Bendena

Strong Medicine for an Aching World

By Behind the Mic | October 7, 2020

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

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