Grief and Recovery in Thousand Oaks

Grief and Recovery in Thousand Oaks

Liska Jacobs on Her Hometown's Navigation of Dual Tragedies

By Liska Jacobs | November 21, 2018

Not Just a German Word: A Brief History of Schadenfreude

Not Just a German Word: A Brief History of Schadenfreude

"This is a confession: sometimes I feel good when others feel bad."

By Tiffany Watt Smith | November 21, 2018

On Ratchet Respectability and Beyoncé's Sexual Politics

On Ratchet Respectability and Beyoncé's Sexual Politics

Omise'eke Tinsley and Revolutions in Black Feminism

By Omise'eke Tinsley | November 21, 2018

The Time Halldor Laxness Was Almost Deported from America

The Time Halldor Laxness Was Almost Deported from America

And How the ACLU Saved Him

By Halldór Guðmundsson | November 21, 2018

Thinking Outside the Windowboxes: At the Nantucket Book Festival

Thinking Outside the Windowboxes: At the Nantucket Book Festival

Bethanne Patrick Reports from an Island Literary Festival

By Bethanne Patrick | November 21, 2018

Here It Is! Alice B. Toklas's Recipe for Hash Brownies

Here It Is! Alice B. Toklas's Recipe for Hash Brownies

If You Really Want to Help Out in the Kitchen This Week

By Emily Temple | November 20, 2018

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Weird Hangover Cures Through the Ages

By Shaugnessy Bishop-Stall | November 20, 2018

On the Limits of Biofiction: Bethany Layne Talks to David Lodge

By Bethany Layne and David Lodge | November 20, 2018

Cover Reveal: Pola Oloixarac’s Forthcoming Novel is Watching You

By Literary Hub | November 20, 2018

The Ripple Effect of Death in a Hotel

The Ripple Effect of Death in a Hotel

Mikita Brottman on the Protocols and Pitfalls of Dealing with a Body

By Mikita Brottman | November 20, 2018

On the Manufactured

On the Manufactured "Sex Appeal" of Vladimir Putin

Lara Vapnyar Has Some Thoughts on Russia's Brutal, Bear-Wrestling "Husband"

By Lara Vapnyar | November 20, 2018

The Good, The Bad, and The Delicious: 20 Unexpected Literary Cookbooks

The Good, The Bad, and The Delicious: 20 Unexpected Literary Cookbooks

A Confederacy of Dunces: The Cookbook?

By Emily Temple | November 19, 2018

The Forgotten Fairy Tale Genius of Édouard Laboulaye

The Forgotten Fairy Tale Genius of Édouard Laboulaye

Political Parables of 19th-Century Democracy

By Jack Zipes and Édouard Laboulaye | November 19, 2018

From Adderall to Opioids, the Personal Side of an American Tragedy

From Adderall to Opioids, the Personal Side of an American Tragedy

On the Silent Spread of a Nationwide Killer

By Chris McGreal | November 19, 2018

Glimpses of a Transformative Primary School in Johannesburg

Glimpses of a Transformative Primary School in Johannesburg

How Race and Class Divisions Still Shape South African Lives

By Malaika wa Azania | November 19, 2018

Literary Twitter's Best Responses to Jonathan Franzen's Rules for Writing

Literary Twitter's Best Responses to Jonathan Franzen's Rules for Writing

"He's won. Franzen's won."

By Jessie Gaynor | November 16, 2018

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