When Did Self-Help Books Become Literary?

When Did Self-Help Books Become Literary?

Beth Blum on a Debate Over Bookish Advice That Goes
As Far Back as the Renaissance

By Beth Blum | January 29, 2020

The Italian Women Who Resisted the Nazis with Stones and Willpower

The Italian Women Who Resisted the Nazis with Stones and Willpower

Caroline Moorehead on an Untold Story of the Second World War

By Caroline Moorehead | January 29, 2020

A Reading Series for People to Share Their Grief

A Reading Series for People to Share Their Grief

Since U Been Gone Aims at Catharsis for Those Experiencing Loss

By Laura Winnick | January 29, 2020

It is 1979 and Ludvík Vaculík Has a Terrible Case of Writer's Block

It is 1979 and Ludvík Vaculík Has a Terrible Case of Writer's Block

Diary Entries from Communist Czechoslovakia

By Ludvík Vaculík | January 29, 2020

Here are your 2020 PEN America literary awards finalists.

Here are your 2020 PEN America literary awards finalists.

By Emily Temple | January 28, 2020

For fans of <em>Younger</em>: the most confusing sequel announcement ever.

For fans of Younger: the most confusing sequel announcement ever.

By Katie Yee | January 28, 2020

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Paulo Coelho deletes draft of children’s book he was working on with Kobe Bryant.

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Pig Hearts, Placental Stem Cells, and the Search for the Aging Cure

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Marcelo Hernandez Castillo: <br>A Journey to the Home of My Ancestors

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo:
A Journey to the Home of My Ancestors

"If I could, I would have left a part of my body behind."

By Marcelo Hernandez Castillo | January 28, 2020

The Extreme Move That Saved Florida Panthers From Extinction

The Extreme Move That Saved Florida Panthers From Extinction

Craig Pittman on a Pivotal Moment for a Majestic Species

By Craig Pittman | January 28, 2020

Poverty Hurts Children in Ways We’re Just Beginning to Understand

Poverty Hurts Children in Ways We’re Just Beginning to Understand

Jeff Madrick on the Research Behind Public Policy

By Jeff Madrick | January 28, 2020

On Bad Bosses and <br>Killer Dresses

On Bad Bosses and
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The Material Horror of Peter Strickland's In Fabric

By Elizabeth Horkley | January 28, 2020

Belletrist Studio Sessions: <br>Mira Jacob on Drawing the America She Loves

Belletrist Studio Sessions:
Mira Jacob on Drawing the America She Loves

Behind the Scenes with the Author of Good Talk

By Literary Hub | January 28, 2020

The Desire for Friendship Runs Deeper in Primates Than We Thought

The Desire for Friendship Runs Deeper in Primates Than We Thought

Lydia Denworth on the Science of Social Groups and the Bonds That Keep Us Alive

By Lydia Denworth | January 28, 2020

The Private Cost of Public Heroism: On Rosa Parks' Life in Detroit

The Private Cost of Public Heroism: On Rosa Parks' Life in Detroit

Susan Reyburn Follows the Life of a Civil Rights Icon

By Susan Reyburn | January 28, 2020

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