How Our Diet and Culinary Heritage Informs the Way We Speak

How Our Diet and Culinary Heritage Informs the Way We Speak

Iheoma Nwachukwu on Food, Language and the Immigrant Experience

By Iheoma Nwachukwu | September 4, 2024

Fashionably Monochrome Mammals: On the Pleasures of Watching Skunks

Fashionably Monochrome Mammals: On the Pleasures of Watching Skunks

Sharman Apt Russell Encourages Us to Explore the Wild World Waiting in Our Backyards

By Sharman Apt Russell | September 4, 2024

How Arabic Translations of Ancient Greek Texts Started a New Scientific Revolution

How Arabic Translations of Ancient Greek Texts Started a New Scientific Revolution

Josephine Quinn on the Myth that Arabic Translations Merely Preserved Greek Literature

By Josephine Quinn | September 4, 2024

NaNoWriMo defends writing with AI and pisses off the whole internet.

NaNoWriMo defends writing with AI and pisses off the whole internet.

By James Folta | September 3, 2024

The <em>Nightbitch</em> trailer is here, and it's even more deranged than you expected.

The Nightbitch trailer is here, and it's even more deranged than you expected.

By Emily Temple | September 3, 2024

The seven kinds of friendships you find in literature: a taxonomy.

The seven kinds of friendships you find in literature: a taxonomy.

By Brittany Allen | September 3, 2024

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Stanford’s writing program is firing their lecturers and gutting the department.

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Looking Back at the Summer in Horror Movies

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Seven literary(ish) Substacks you should subscribe to, stat.

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The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in September

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in September

From “Rez Ball” to “Die Hard”

By Emily Temple | August 30, 2024

Taking Up Space: When the Gay Games Came to San Francisco

Taking Up Space: When the Gay Games Came to San Francisco

Frank Andre Guridy on Queer Athletic Activism and the Use of Stadiums as Sites of Political Struggle

By Frank Andre Guridy | August 30, 2024

Intifada: On Being an Arabic Literature Professor in a Time of Genocide

Intifada: On Being an Arabic Literature Professor in a Time of Genocide

“How difficult and treacherous our paths are, always, within this country and its institutions.”

By Huda Fakhreddine | August 29, 2024

Smarter Than You Think? On the Literary Side of <em>Friends</em>

Smarter Than You Think? On the Literary Side of Friends

Greg Cwik Examines the Reading Habits in the Iconic 90s Sitcom

By Greg Cwik | August 29, 2024

As Much Power As the President: How Billionaires Became More Influential than World Leaders

As Much Power As the President: How Billionaires Became More Influential than World Leaders

Rob Larson on Income Inequality, Blurring Class Distinctions, and How Money Became Synonymous with Power

By Rob Larson | August 29, 2024

We Live in Uncertain Times... But Haven’t We Always?

We Live in Uncertain Times... But Haven’t We Always?

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza Makes the Case For Being Comfortable With Not Knowing

By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | August 29, 2024

Here are the finalists for the 2024 Kirkus Prize.

Here are the finalists for the 2024 Kirkus Prize.

By Brittany Allen | August 28, 2024

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