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With Apologies to Susan Sontag, We're Going to Need Metaphor to Get Through This Global Illness

With Apologies to Susan Sontag, We're Going to Need Metaphor to Get Through This Global Illness

David Farrier on the Ways We Talk About Coronavirus

By David Farrier | May 15, 2020

Why <em>Sesame Street</em> Was a Revolutionary Force for Children's Television

Why Sesame Street Was a Revolutionary Force for Children's Television

David Kamp on the Radical Creators of an Iconic Show

By David Kamp | May 15, 2020

<em>The Week in Books LIVE</em>:<br> Sesame Street, Slenderman, and DJ Murakami

The Week in Books LIVE:
Sesame Street, Slenderman, and DJ Murakami

With Book Marks Editors Dan Sheehan and Katie Yee

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 15, 2020

When it Comes to Coronavirus, What Does 'After' Mean?

When it Comes to Coronavirus, What Does 'After' Mean?

Eva Holland on Writing About Fear

By Eva Holland | May 15, 2020

Meet the Stone Collector of Iceland's Eastern Coast

Meet the Stone Collector of Iceland's Eastern Coast

A. Kendra Greene Gathers the History of a Life

By A. Kendra Greene | May 15, 2020

Slurs, Barbs, Digs: Robert Lopez on the Power of Single-Syllable Epithets

Slurs, Barbs, Digs: Robert Lopez on the Power of Single-Syllable Epithets

Reflections on Racist Language, From the Schoolyard to the Kitchen

By Robert Lopez | May 15, 2020

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An Evening With Edwidge Danticat and Francesca Momplaisir

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 14, 2020

Bryan Washington has won the £30,000 Dylan Thomas Prize.

By Katie Yee | May 14, 2020

A journal Jim Morrison wrote in Paris will soon be up for auction.

By Corinne Segal | May 14, 2020

This AI-generated dictionary is very cool and also terrifying.

This AI-generated dictionary is very cool and also terrifying.

By Jessie Gaynor | May 14, 2020

Before there was Jessica Fletcher, there were the Snoop Sisters.

Before there was Jessica Fletcher, there were the Snoop Sisters.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 14, 2020

The 100-year-old man who raised £32 million for the NHS is publishing two books this year.

The 100-year-old man who raised £32 million for the NHS is publishing two books this year.

By Aaron Robertson | May 14, 2020

Jazz, Jeans, and Movie Stars: Joseph Brodsky on Glimpsing the West<br> From Afar

Jazz, Jeans, and Movie Stars: Joseph Brodsky on Glimpsing the West
From Afar

Dreams of America Behind the Iron Curtain

By Joseph Brodsky | May 14, 2020

Edward Carey on Doing a Drawing a Day During Quarantine

Edward Carey on Doing a Drawing a Day During Quarantine

"It’s an escape. It can go anywhere."

By Edward Carey | May 14, 2020

On Didion, The Dead, and the Dawn of a California Arts Revolution

On Didion, The Dead, and the Dawn of a California Arts Revolution

Jim Newton Looks Back at the Early 1960s and a Cultural Moment That Would Shape America

By Jim Newton | May 14, 2020

On the Dreams of Latinx Women in a Pandemic Year

On the Dreams of Latinx Women in a Pandemic Year

Felicia Zamora Finds a Little Magic in a Dark Time

By Felicia Zamora | May 14, 2020

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