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

The East Palestine Train Derailment and Your Health: Kerri Arsenault on the Pervasive and Ongoing Risks of Dioxin

The East Palestine Train Derailment and Your Health: Kerri Arsenault on the Pervasive and Ongoing Risks of Dioxin

Kerri Arsenault in Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 11, 2023

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A Kind of Mutuality: Christina Sharpe on the Importance of Regard

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How Nelson Mandela Became a Pop-Cultural Icon Through Music

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Michael Walzer on What Progressives Can Learn From Liberal Nationalists Like Thomas Jefferson and Giuseppe Mazzini

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Henry Mance on What It Means to Be a Boy Online in 2023

Henry Mance on What It Means to Be a Boy Online in 2023

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<em>Viduy</em>, or, Listening to Palestinians With My Mother

Viduy, or, Listening to Palestinians With My Mother

Shalom Auslander Attends The Adelaide Writers' Festival

By Shalom Auslander | May 8, 2023

Carl Delfeld on Republicans’ Ultimate Existential Challenge: Reaching Non-Aligned Voters

Carl Delfeld on Republicans’ Ultimate Existential Challenge: Reaching Non-Aligned Voters

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 8, 2023

This Alaska bookstore in Sarah Palin’s hometown isn’t backing down about its drag story time.

This Alaska bookstore in Sarah Palin’s hometown isn’t backing down about its drag story time.

By Jonny Diamond | May 4, 2023

B.J. Best, Andrew Ervin, and Brittney Morris on Video Games, Storytelling, and the Importance of Play

B.J. Best, Andrew Ervin, and Brittney Morris on Video Games, Storytelling, and the Importance of Play

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By Fiction Non Fiction | May 4, 2023

Brendan Ballou on Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage and Plunder the United States

Brendan Ballou on Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage and Plunder the United States

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On Shuttered Libraries, Censorship, the Threat of Book Bans

On Shuttered Libraries, Censorship, the Threat of Book Bans

Mark Dunn Mulls Considers What His 2001 Novel Ella Minnow Pea Can Teach Us About Today

By Mark Dunn | May 4, 2023

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