January 27 – 31, 2025
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Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka on a Lifetime of Art and Activism
Aysegül Sert Talks to the Nigerian Writer in Paris
Masha Gessen and Nathan Thrall on The Whole Story of Israel and Palestine
In Conversation on Thrall’s Book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama
Limbo in Tbilisi: On the Lives of Russian Expats Fleeing the Kremlin
Masha Udensiva-Brenner on the Georgian Capital’s Casablanca-Like Feeling
Writing Sex in Arabic Literature: Ahmed Naji Narrates His Own Obscenity Trial
"I’m ignorant and confused, even more so than Kafka’s man from the country"
How W.H. Auden Made Austria His Adopted Home
Michael O'Sullivan Follows the Famed British-American Poet Across Europe
What is it Really Like Inside a Sensory Deprivation Tank?
"I am withholding the weight of my body. I am trying to forget the pressure of being."
The Annotated Nightstand: What Catherine Chen is Reading Now and Next
Featuring Sarah Aldridge, David Wojnarowicz, and More
Highs and Lows from the New York Film Festival’s Literary Fare
Elissa Suh Reviews Poor Things, Foe, The Beast, and More
John Freeman and Omar El Akkad on a Literary Magazine’s Final Issue
In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction
Jeremy Eichler on How Music Bears Witness to History
In Conversation with Roxanne Coady on Just the Right Book
Frederick Studemann and Katherine Rundell on the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlist
On the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart
Justin Torres on the Tricky Line Between Fiction and Non-Fiction
In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast
Abby Smith Rumsey on What We Should Remember (And Forget) About History
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
"The terror Shibli evokes intensifies slowly, smoldering, until it is shining off the page."
Dr. Craig R. Smith on Presidential Heart Surgery and Other Stories from the Operating Theater
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
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