WATCH: Niall Ferguson on the Increasing Levels of Human Incompetence When Handling Disasters

WATCH: Niall Ferguson on the Increasing Levels of Human Incompetence When Handling Disasters

In conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 4, 2021

Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

Redefining the Modern Flâneuse: A Reading List

Kavita Bedford Recommends Work By Valeria Luiselli, Olivia Laing, and More

By Kavita Bedford | May 3, 2021

Drunkards, Nazis, and Fascist Masculinity: The Ambivalent Resistance Lit of Hans Fallada

Drunkards, Nazis, and Fascist Masculinity: The Ambivalent Resistance Lit of Hans Fallada

Clayton Wickham Rereads The Drinker

By Clayton Wickham | May 3, 2021

Eula Biss on How Motherhood Radicalized Adrienne Rich

Eula Biss on How Motherhood Radicalized Adrienne Rich

“Women are workers and workers are women.”

By Eula Biss | April 30, 2021

Luke Menand on George Orwell’s Vision of Freedom

Luke Menand on George Orwell’s Vision of Freedom

In Conversation with Christopher Lydon on Radio Open Source

By Open Source | April 30, 2021

Rebecca Solnit: How Donald Trump Wanted the End of History

Rebecca Solnit: How Donald Trump Wanted the End of History

A Hundred Days Into the New Era, Looking Back on the Old

By Rebecca Solnit | April 29, 2021

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Nilanjana Bhowmick on the Women Leading the Farmers’ Protests in India

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Pasadena City College President Erika Endrijonas on Leveling the Playing Field

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Jhumpa Lahiri has weighed in on the Amanda Gorman translation controversy.

Jhumpa Lahiri has weighed in on the Amanda Gorman translation controversy.

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False Memories and Manufactured Myths: Growing Up in a Conspiracy Theory Household

False Memories and Manufactured Myths: Growing Up in a Conspiracy Theory Household

Faith Merino Wonders How We All Got So Much Wrong

By Faith Merino | April 28, 2021

Light the Fire and Fan the Flames: Surviving China’s Cultural Revolution

Light the Fire and Fan the Flames: Surviving China’s Cultural Revolution

Kent Wong on a Childhood Amid Unstable and Dangerous Times

By Kent Wong | April 27, 2021

The Education of an Idealist: US Ambassador Samantha Power on Soft Power and Hard Lessons

The Education of an Idealist: US Ambassador Samantha Power on Soft Power and Hard Lessons

From Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers‘ Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | April 27, 2021

“Nobody saw it as contemporary.” Why Stacey Abrams’s new novel went unpublished for a decade.

“Nobody saw it as contemporary.” Why Stacey Abrams’s new novel went unpublished for a decade.

By Walker Caplan | April 26, 2021

Lesson From the Old New Deal: What Economic Recovery Might Look Like in the 21st Century

Lesson From the Old New Deal: What Economic Recovery Might Look Like in the 21st Century

Kate Aronoff Draws a Direct Line From 1934 to the Green New Deal of Today

By Kate Aronoff | April 23, 2021

Everything you need to know about this week’s manufactured Jane Austen controversy.

Everything you need to know about this week’s manufactured Jane Austen controversy.

By Walker Caplan | April 22, 2021

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