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On Xi Jinping’s Purges and the Contradictions of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

On Xi Jinping’s Purges and the Contradictions of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

“Too much fear can paralyze the bureaucracy.”

By Chun Han Wong | May 24, 2023

Just a few hateful parents are responsible for most of the book challenges in America.

Just a few hateful parents are responsible for most of the book challenges in America.

By Jonny Diamond | May 23, 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

How Women and Girls Struggle to Pursue Their Interest In Science

How Women and Girls Struggle to Pursue Their Interest In Science

Melissa L. Sevigny on the Need to Tell More Stories About Ordinary Female Scientists

By Melissa L. Sevigny | May 23, 2023

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

“It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | May 22, 2023

Anne Elizabeth Moore on Finding Minor Moments That Build a Picture of the World

Anne Elizabeth Moore on Finding Minor Moments That Build a Picture of the World

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 22, 2023

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Hong Kong neck-and-neck with Florida in bookbanning competition.

By Jonny Diamond | May 18, 2023

The Stakes of the Writers’ Strike: Benjamin Percy on the WGA Walkout, Streaming, and the Survival of Screenwriting

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 18, 2023

Just on the Horizon: Nine Utopian Books to Deprogram Our Brains

By Kristen R. Ghodsee | May 17, 2023

Beyond Metaphor: Inside the First Month of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Beyond Metaphor: Inside the First Month of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Serhiy Zhadan Records the Emergence of a New Reality in Kharkiv

By Serhiy Zhadan, Reilly Costigan‑Humes and Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler | May 17, 2023

Stephen Vladeck on how the Supreme Court is Using Stealth Rulings to Undermine the American Republic

Stephen Vladeck on how the Supreme Court is Using Stealth Rulings to Undermine the American Republic

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 17, 2023

Why the Spanish Civil War Mattered to Writers on Distant Shores

Why the Spanish Civil War Mattered to Writers on Distant Shores

Sarah Watling Looks at the Role Literature Played in the Fight Against Fascism

By Sarah Watling | May 15, 2023

Jeremy Sherman Wonders Why There Are So Many Assholes Around These Days

Jeremy Sherman Wonders Why There Are So Many Assholes Around These Days

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 15, 2023

Why is Serious Nonfiction in the US Taken More Seriously Than in the UK?

Why is Serious Nonfiction in the US Taken More Seriously Than in the UK?

Sam Leith Has Some Serious Ideas

By Sam Leith | May 12, 2023

Readings from the 2022 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Anthology

Readings from the 2022 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Anthology

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | May 12, 2023

To Heal the Planet, We Must Heal Ourselves: Ben Okri Proposes New Visions For Our Collective Future

To Heal the Planet, We Must Heal Ourselves: Ben Okri Proposes New Visions For Our Collective Future

“The climate crisis is not really about the climate. It’s about us.”

By Ben Okri | May 11, 2023

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