August 18 – 22, 2025
- The pleasures of lap-swimming at a bargain gym in East LA
- Laurie Stone rewatches Paper Moon
- Angelina Mazza makes the case for Goodreads
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Talking to the Editor Behind Back-to-Back Booker Prizes
Peter Blackstock on Shuggie Bain and Editor As Gatekeeper
The Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics, November Edition
Featuring art thieves, Nazi-resistors, medieval scientists, and more
On the Extravagance of Mark Twain’s Family Dishes
Melissa Scholes Young on Humble Beginnings, Thanksgiving, and Leisure Time
On the Prosperity Gospel, the Soul of Money, and Proto-Capitalist Jesus
The Paired Narrative Trajectories of Christ and Cash
The Life of Carla Capponi, Nazi-Fighter of Occupied Rome
"Heedless of the flames, she pulled the injured soldier from the burning wreck."
How Come We Don’t Have a Philosophy of Wigs?
Luigi Amara on the Curious Place of Hair Pieces in the Age of Enlightenment
Doughnuts or Donuts? Krispy Kreme or Dunkin’? All of the Above?
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant Embrace a Gluttony of Options
Erin Brockovich Wants to Talk About the Water Crisis
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast
Pamela Painter on Reading’s Pleasures—and Badly Behaved Characters
The Author of Fabrications Talks to Margot Livesey
Wayne Macauley on
Gerald Murnane’s Most Memorable Book
Considering "Cultural Cringe" and the Issue of Literary Influence
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