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    Shakespeare

    Doubting Shakespeare’s Identity Isn’t a Conspiracy Theory

    By Elizabeth Winkler  May 15, 2023
    Family Stories

    Enjoy Your Bread! On the Unlikely Discovery of an Old Family Recipe

    By Luis Jaramillo  May 15, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    Don’t Boss It Around: Abigail Thomas on Writer’s Block, Confronting Fear, and the Joys of Aging

    By Mira Ptacin  May 15, 2023
    Medical history

    The Reproductive Movement Must Reclaim Its Radical Roots and Be More Inclusive

    By Julie Carr  May 15, 2023
    Keen On

    Telling the Same Story Differently: Terry McDonell on Writing About His Mother, Irma

    By Keen On  May 15, 2023
    Keen On

    Steven Cohen’s Pragmatic Approach to Environmentally Sustainable Growth

    By Keen On  May 15, 2023
    Science

    Jeremy Sherman Wonders Why There Are So Many Assholes Around These Days

    By Keen On  May 15, 2023
    The Hub

    The ghost of Edgar Allan Poe has taken over Eurovision.

    By Eliza Smith  May 12, 2023
    The Hub

    Shailene Woodley is your new Patricia Highsmith.

    By Dan Sheehan  May 12, 2023
    The Hub

    One great short story to read today: Donald Barthelme’s “Rebecca.”

    By Emily Temple  May 12, 2023
    Mother's Day

    How To Write About Your Mother

    By Terry McDonell  May 12, 2023
    Baillie Gifford Prize

    Why is Serious Nonfiction in the US Taken More Seriously Than in the UK?

    By Sam Leith  May 12, 2023
    Mother's Day

    “They Are the Mothers!” From Goethe to Cusk, Halting Progress for Moms

    By Jennifer Banks  May 12, 2023
    What to Watch

    Why Does Hollywood Keep Returning to Peter Pan?

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  May 12, 2023
    The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

    Readings from the 2022 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Anthology

    By The Literary Life  May 12, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Five Devils is a Cinematic Gothic Novel for the Contemporary Age

    By Laura Valenza  May 12, 2023
    The Hub

    Arinze Ifeakandu has won the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize.

    By Janet Manley  May 11, 2023
    The Hub

    Pedro Páramo is coming to Netflix.

    By Dan Sheehan  May 11, 2023
    The Hub

    See the cover for Kaveh Akbar’s novel Martyr!

    By Literary Hub  May 11, 2023
    The Hub

    One great short story to read today: Wells Tower’s “Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned.”

    By Raf Richardson-Carillo  May 11, 2023
    What to Watch

    Garth Risk Hallberg Goes Behind the Scenes of the City on Fire Adaptation

    By Garth Risk Hallberg  May 11, 2023
    PEN World Voices

    To Heal the Planet, We Must Heal Ourselves: Ben Okri Proposes New Visions For Our Collective Future

    By Ben Okri  May 11, 2023
    Keen On

    Stephen Marche Explains Why Technologies Like ChatGPT Will Make Creators More Valuable Than Ever

    By Keen On  May 11, 2023
    Close Readings

    The Power of the Unsaid: John N. Maclean on Ernest Hemingway’s Big Two-Hearted River

    By John N. Maclean  May 11, 2023
    Animals

    This Eagle Would Eat Your Toddler If It Had The Chance

    By Adam Hart  May 11, 2023
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