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An Introduction to <em>Journey to the West</em>, the 16th-Century Chinese Novel of Comic Mischief and Spirituality

An Introduction to Journey to the West, the 16th-Century Chinese Novel of Comic Mischief and Spirituality

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | June 6, 2023

Mirrors Rarely Exist: Zara Raheem on Finding Muslim Women in Fiction

Mirrors Rarely Exist: Zara Raheem on Finding Muslim Women in Fiction

“Muslim women cannot be squeezed into neat little boxes.”

By Zara Raheem | June 2, 2023

Why the Idea of Western Civilization is More Myth Than History

Why the Idea of Western Civilization is More Myth Than History

Naoíse Mac Sweeney on Writing a New History of the West

By Naoíse Mac Sweeney | May 23, 2023

Time For a Change: Rachel Louise Snyder on the Beginning of the End of Her Family

Time For a Change: Rachel Louise Snyder on the Beginning of the End of Her Family

“No child or parent abuse (verbal or physical). Control your anger and your words.”

By Rachel Louise Snyder | May 23, 2023

Who Was the Only Sitting President to Contribute to a Literary Journal?

Who Was the Only Sitting President to Contribute to a Literary Journal?

Nick Ripatrazone on the Poetic Aspirations of American Presidents

By Nick Ripatrazone | May 10, 2023

Neil Theise on Connection, Consciousness and Being

Neil Theise on Connection, Consciousness and Being

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 9, 2023

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Viduy, or, Listening to Palestinians With My Mother

By Shalom Auslander | May 8, 2023

Missed Chances for Mindfulness: On Trying and Failing to Meditate

By Zach Zimmerman | April 21, 2023

Grant Lindsley on What He Learned in His Stumbling Search for Wisdom in a Thai Forest Monastery

By Keen On | April 17, 2023

An Interrogation of Identity as a Hyphenated Man

An Interrogation of Identity as a Hyphenated Man

Omer Aziz on Finding Himself Trapped Between East and West in Jerusalem

By Omer Aziz | April 13, 2023

Our Father Issues: A Reading List of Spiritual Disillusionment

Our Father Issues: A Reading List of Spiritual Disillusionment

Christiana Spens Recommends Patti Smith, Lily Dunn, and More

By Christiana Spens | April 7, 2023

Power and Resistance in the Catholic Church: A Reading List

Power and Resistance in the Catholic Church: A Reading List

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By Mary Jo McConahay | April 6, 2023

Sarah Bakewell on Posthumanism, Transhumanism, and What it Actually Means to Be “Human”

Sarah Bakewell on Posthumanism, Transhumanism, and What it Actually Means to Be “Human”

“Will machine minds ever acquire anything like our ability to have thoughts of seriousness and depth?”

By Sarah Bakewell | April 5, 2023

Heroic DC library staff trolls all-star conservative story hour with LGBTQ display.

Heroic DC library staff trolls all-star conservative story hour with LGBTQ display.

By Jonny Diamond | March 30, 2023

Dr Ben Alderson-Day on the Strange Science and True Stories of the Unseen Other

Dr Ben Alderson-Day on the Strange Science and True Stories of the Unseen Other

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By Keen On | March 21, 2023

Appropriating Their Way Into Existence: How Black Writers Upended Autofiction

Appropriating Their Way Into Existence: How Black Writers Upended Autofiction

DK Nnuro on the Power of Mimicry and Subversion in the Black Literary Tradition

By DK Nnuro | March 15, 2023

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