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How to Be Self-Revealing in Memoir When You’re Not In Real Life
From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner
Why Are We Here? On the Philosophical Possibilities of “Cosmic Purpose”
Philip Pullman, Philip Goff, and Nigel Warburton Ponder the Big Questions of Our Existence
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Featuring New Titles by Marie-Helene Bertino, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Rebecca Boyle, and More
Jami Attenberg on Writing a Book, 1,000 Words at a Time
“If I didn’t write this book now, then when would it happen?”
Puzzlement Over Answers: On Fiction as a Mode of Inquiry
Mary Lane Potter Considers Stories by Clarice Lispector, Kevin McIlvoy, and Alva Noë
Nick Romeo on the Profound—and Scary—Influence of Economic Ideas
“It’s hard to imagine a group of businessmen aggressively lobbying against the physics curriculum at MIT.”
“The Houses of Your Village Have Eyes.” A Poem by Irma Pineda, in Three Languages
From "Nostalgia Doesn't Flow Away Like Riverwater," Translated by Wendy Call, in English, Zapotec, and Spanish
Why is March 2024 the Best Month in Years For Books?
In Her Debut Column, Maris Kreizman Considers This Spring’s Flood of Great Books
Why We Should All Read
Hannah Arendt Now
Lyndsey Stonebridge on “The Origins of Totalitarianism” and the Failure of Democracy
The Splintering of the Self: Annie Liontas on Life After Concussion
“I tell myself that the brain injury did not take away a self, rather it revealed many other selves heretofore unknown to me.”
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
“A hallucinatory rummaging through the mind of a broken man.”
Lightning and Land Ablaze: The Primal Terror of Living in Wildfire Country
Manjula Martin Recounts a Day of Apocalyptic Storms in Northern California
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