July 14 – 18, 2025
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The Reforestation of American Civic Life: What Publishing Can Do in the Face of the Trump
Part Three of Josh Cook’s Series on the Challenges We Face
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Featuring Kristen Arnett, McCarthyism, Abdulrazak Gurnah, and More
A Toxic Business: On America’s Practice of Shipping Its Trash to the Global South
Alexander Clapp Explores the Dirty History and Lasting Impact of the International Waste Trade
How Service Workers Can Lead the Fight Against the Ruling Billionaire Class
Jodi Dean on the Provision of Universal Basic Services As a Key Component of a Post-Capitalist Future
Between Existential Fear and Isolationist Exhaustion: The United States on the Eve of the Cold War
Clay Risen on the Geopolitical Shifts and Internal Political Climate That Led to the Red Scare
“Retribution Masquerading As Art.” Elissa Altman on the Problem with Revenge Writing
“Does it move the story forward? Does it belong in my journal?”
A Wordless Writer: Samina Ali on How Writing a Memoir Helped Her Brain Trauma Heal
The Author of “Pieces You’ll Never Get Back” Reflects on the Aphasia that Forever Altered Her Life and Art
The Two Times You Meet the Devil: On Chance Encounters With the Everyday Strange
A. Kendra Greene: “The more I think about it, the more I wonder how many times we have met... and the devil has said nothing.”
Hollow Men: The Republican Party is Nothing More Than a Host for the Malignancies of Donald Trump
Gabrielle Bellot on the Empty Suits Destroying the Country
On Writing the Hospital
Madeleine Wulfahrt Considers “Small Rain” and the Future of Post-Pandemic Literature of Illness
The Timeless Magic of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities at 50
Anthony Doerr Reflects on His Long History Deciphering the Literary Puzzles of a Postmodern Masterpiece
Babies Don’t Need to Be Built: Alex Bollen on the Danger of the “Good Mother” Myth
The Author of “Motherdom” Explores Brain Development, Play, and Why Restrictive Moralizing Hurts All Parents
Am I the Literary Asshole for Demanding More Semicolons in My Books?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
Six Immigrant Novels that Employ Unconventional Narrative Structures
Shubha Sunder Recommends W.G. Sebald, Bruna Dantas Lobato, Sigrid Nuñez, and More
The Annotated Nightstand: What Silvia Park Is Reading Now, and Next
Featuring Ken Liu, Judy Chicago, Karen Joy Fowler, and Others
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