A Story by Laura van den Berg in Response to the Art of Ria Patricia Röder

A Story by Laura van den Berg in Response to the Art of Ria Patricia Röder

"If a statue could sit up who was to say that it could not rise and walk?"

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Colum McCann on <em>Ulysses</em>, Mary Lavin, and Drinking with John Berger

Colum McCann on Ulysses, Mary Lavin, and Drinking with John Berger

Also, Telling Writers Block to Fuck Off

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Toni Morrison, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, and Lupita Nyong'o won NAACP Image Awards.

Toni Morrison, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, and Lupita Nyong'o won NAACP Image Awards.

By Katie Yee | February 24, 2020

Jane Goodall is writing a new book, and it sounds very . . . optimistic.

Jane Goodall is writing a new book, and it sounds very . . . optimistic.

By Corinne Segal | February 24, 2020

Elon Musk learns all the wrong lessons from Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy.

Elon Musk learns all the wrong lessons from Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy.

By Jonny Diamond | February 24, 2020

If you have £2.5 million, you can buy one of Charles Dickens'

If you have £2.5 million, you can buy one of Charles Dickens' "favourite lodging houses."

By Jessie Gaynor | February 24, 2020

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Here are the finalists for the NYPL's Helen Bernstein Award, which celebrates working journalists.

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Watch the dramatic trailer for the second season of HBO's <em>My Brilliant Friend</em>.

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Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson once beat a murder charge by translating some Latin.

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Not a Cult, a new bookstore in Los Angeles, puts authors of color at the forefront.

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