Divinely-Inspired Art: John Higgs on William Blake’s Visions of the Sublime

Divinely-Inspired Art: John Higgs on William Blake’s Visions of the Sublime

“Perhaps more than any visionary before or since, Blake had the creative skill to express what he experienced.”

By John Higgs | May 13, 2022

Courageous Afghan teenagers help start an underground book club in defiance of Taliban.

Courageous Afghan teenagers help start an underground book club in defiance of Taliban.

By Jonny Diamond | May 9, 2022

WATCH: Liana Finck on Retelling the Book of Genesis

WATCH: Liana Finck on Retelling the Book of Genesis

In Conversation with Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell at Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 5, 2022

Grand old American tradition of book-burning alive and well in the Tennessee state legislature.

Grand old American tradition of book-burning alive and well in the Tennessee state legislature.

By Jonny Diamond | April 28, 2022

Sara Baume on the Uncanny Feeling of Discovering a Book with the Same Title as Her Own

Sara Baume on the Uncanny Feeling of Discovering a Book with the Same Title as Her Own

“When I set about the task of reading Henrichsen’s Seven Steeples I did not expect to find any kinship.”

By Sara Baume | April 27, 2022

Arundhati Roy on Religious Nationalism, Dissent, and the Battle Between Myth and History

Arundhati Roy on Religious Nationalism, Dissent, and the Battle Between Myth and History

“Our hopes have been cauterized, our imaginations infected.”

By Arundhati Roy | April 21, 2022

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How the Transcendentalists Shaped American Art, Philosophy and Spirituality

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Rules, Rituals, and Laws of Emotion in the Hebrew Bible

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The Bardo of Widowhood: Considering Kathryn Davis’s Meditations on Grief

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How Indigenous Societies Fought to Preserve Their Blended Gender Identities in the Face of Colonialism

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Gregory D. Smithers on Anticolonialism and Resistance to Binaries

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How Marshall McLuhan Was the Patron Saint of <em>Wired</em> Magazine

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Nick Ripatrazone on “the Rolling Stone of Technology” and the Half-Life of an Electronic Prophet

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<em>Good Place</em> Creator Michael Schur Wonders: What Makes Someone Good or Bad?

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On T.M. Scanlon's “Quick-Start Guide” to Ethical Living

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Lily Dunn Reads from Her Memoir, <em>Sins of My Father</em>

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From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | March 16, 2022

Why, and How, We Form Beliefs: A Reading List

Why, and How, We Form Beliefs: A Reading List

Sarah Krasnostein’s Journey Through Religion and Philosophy

By Sarah Krasnostein | March 14, 2022

Experiencing Kenosis in the Poetry of Donne and Shakespeare

Experiencing Kenosis in the Poetry of Donne and Shakespeare

Jason Gots on Awe and Connection in the Church of Art

By Jason Gots | March 1, 2022

Akash Kapur on Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville

Akash Kapur on Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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