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Why 'Wichita Lineman' Contains the Greatest Musical Couplet Ever Written

Why 'Wichita Lineman' Contains the Greatest Musical Couplet Ever Written

Dylan Jones on Jimmy Webb's Enduring Masterpiece

By Dylan Jones | September 6, 2019

All your favorite songs reimagined as vintage book covers. (You're welcome.)

All your favorite songs reimagined as vintage book covers. (You're welcome.)

By Emily Temple | July 19, 2019

Aldous Huxley Foresaw America's Pill-Popping Addiction with Eerie Accuracy

Aldous Huxley Foresaw America's Pill-Popping Addiction with Eerie Accuracy

We're Now Living in the Brave New World

By Robert Bennett | March 21, 2019

Is Line Editing a Lost Art?

Is Line Editing a Lost Art?

"A great teacher is a gift. A great line editor is a miracle."

By Nick Ripatrazone | February 6, 2019

Here are the Biggest Fiction Bestsellers of the Last 100 Years

Here are the Biggest Fiction Bestsellers of the Last 100 Years

(And What Everyone Read Instead)

By Emily Temple | November 27, 2018

Pat Barker: To Be a Writer You Must Resist the Urge to Clean

Pat Barker: To Be a Writer You Must Resist the Urge to Clean

The Author of The Silence of the Girls on the Books in Her Life

By Pat Barker | September 5, 2018

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"Write a Sentence as Clean as a Bone" And Other Advice from James Baldwin

By Emily Temple | August 2, 2018

What If We Haven't Met Aliens Yet Because They've Messed Up Their Planets Too?

By nathanhlents | May 3, 2018

50 Pulp Cover Treatments of Classic Works of Literature

By Emily Temple | May 2, 2018

The 10 Most Famous Bookstores in the World

The 10 Most Famous Bookstores in the World

For Dedicated Tourists Who Also Want to Buy Books

By Emily Temple | March 15, 2018

Daniel Mallory Ortberg:

Daniel Mallory Ortberg: "Experiencing the Joy of Transitioning Feels Really Powerful"

The Merry Spinster Author in conversation with Nicole Chung

By Nicole Chung | March 13, 2018

I Talked to 150 Writers and Here's the Best Advice They Had

I Talked to 150 Writers and Here's the Best Advice They Had

Joe Fassler on Seven of the Most Common Writing Tips

By Joe Fassler | October 26, 2017

We Can't Ignore H.P. Lovecraft's White Supremacy

We Can't Ignore H.P. Lovecraft's White Supremacy

Lovecraftian Narratives of Race Persist in Contemporary Politics

By Wes House | September 26, 2017

How a Book About Grover Revealed to Me the Wide World of Literature

How a Book About Grover Revealed to Me the Wide World of Literature

From Joyce to Kafka to The Monster at the End of the Book

By David Burr Gerrard | July 18, 2017

10 Famous Book Hoarders

10 Famous Book Hoarders

Karl Lagerfeld Has More Books Than You

By Emily Temple | June 22, 2017

Balancing Bollywood Inspiration with American Expectations

Balancing Bollywood Inspiration with American Expectations

"My hybrid identity cannot be contained by one culture"

By SJ Sindu | June 14, 2017

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