July 17, 2025
- When a book is a house
- Close-reads the promises of A.I. commercials
- John J. Lennon on consuming true crime in prison
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“Suicidal Thinking is Just Another Kind of Addictive Thinking.” Clancy Martin on Healing Addiction and Suicidal Ideation
In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl
Therapy… Chickens? Tove Danovich on Finding Comfort in Feathered Friends
“Some people pour themselves a glass of wine; others stare at chickens.”
The Literature of QAnon: From 4chan to January 6, Will Sommer on Reading the Authors of Conspiracy Theories
In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
"A graveside elegy on the edge of the burn pit that used to be—if only aspirationally—a democracy"
Allegra Hyde Offers an Existential Pitch for Saving the Planet
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
Nicole Chung Tells a Personal Story of Family, Class, Anger, and Grief in an Unequal America
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
Untold Stories: A South Carolina Lowcountry Reading List
Preslaysa Williams Recommends Dubose Heyward, Sue Monk Kidd, Damon L. Fordham, and more
The Complicated Emotions of Reading a Poem at the White House
Joshua Bennett on Reading “Tamara’s Opus” in Front the Obamas
“Something Beyond Flatness On Paper.” On Creating the Cover For Carlo Rovelli’s Newest Book
How Jason Booher’s Uses Color to Create Light
How Smell—the Most Underrated Sense—Was Overpowered By Our Other Senses
Ashley Ward on the Oft-Ignored and Much-Maligned Olfactory Sense
On the Role of Children’s Books Within the Realm of Social Evolution
“A child who feels scolded or lectured to is less apt to pay attention.”
Kelly Link Reads from Her New Short Story Collection White Cat, Black Dog
From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast
How a War Over Eggs Marked the Early History of San Francisco
Lizzie Stark on the Other 1848 Rush for Riches in California
Life in the Aftermath: Books That Explore What Happens After Things Go Wrong
Tara Conklin Recommends Novels That Hinge on the Great Before/After
Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft on the Double-Edged Sword of Being “the First”
In Conversation with Guest Host Mira Jacob on Thresholds
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