January 13 – 17, 2025
- Daegan Miller considers Hannah Arendt’s poetry
- Teju Cole on photographs of the Los Angeles fires
- The myriad abuse allegations against Neil Gaiman
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Natasha Wheatley on the Transformation of Empire into Democracy
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
Ben Purkert on the Art of Writing Unlikable Characters
From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is a Fascinating, Spectacular Philosophical Experiment
Barbie Literalizes the Abstract and Abstracts the Literal in an Engaging, Thought-Provoking Inquiry into the Female Experience
The Unique Challenges of Translating The Brothers Karamazov Into English
Michael R. Katz on Creating the First New Translation of Dostoevsky’s Novel in Two Decades
How to Adapt Stephen King: A Conversation with the Duo Behind The Boogeyman
Jonathan Russell Clark Chats with Screenwriters Scott Beck and Bryan Woods
The World’s Garbage Can: On the Human Consequences of Mass Export of Waste
Oliver Franklin-Wallis Explores the Outsourcing of Trash
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Featuring New Titles by Colson Whitehead, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Samuel G. Freedman, and More
Jacob Mikanowski on the Cultural-Political Idea Formerly Known as “Eastern Europe”
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
Time Travel Stories That Explore What It Means To Be Human
Holly Smale Recommends Kate Atkinson, Octavia Butler, and More
Five Books That Show What Life Is Really Like In the Middle East
Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor Recommend Hisham Matar, Naguib Mahfouz, and More
Time Out of Mind: On the Ahistorical Cinematic Adaptation
A 1973 Bruno Schulz Adaptation Goes (Temporally) Beyond Its Source Material—and It’s Not Alone
S.C. Gwynne on the Life and Death of the World’s Largest Flying Machine
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
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