August 18 – 22, 2025
- The pleasures of lap-swimming at a bargain gym in East LA
- Laurie Stone rewatches Paper Moon
- Angelina Mazza makes the case for Goodreads
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Phil Klay on Rebuilding the American Citizen in an Age of Endless, Invisible War
In Conversation with Andrew. Keen
Jhumpa Lahiri: Why Is Italo Calvino So Beloved Outside Italy?
On the Translatability and “Secret Essence” of Calvino’s Language
How Section 230 Shields Platforms from Accountability for What Their Users Post
Eric Berkowitz on the Evolution of Free Speech on the Internet
Is Pearl Harbor a Film of Propaganda?
Joseph Han in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast
When Sidney Poitier Went to the Moscow Film Festival
George Stevens, Jr. on Cold War Cultural Diplomacy Behind the Iron Curtain
Steve Paul and Henry Schvey on How Evan S. Connell and Tennessee Williams Never Really Left Missouri
In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction
Founding the First English-Language Library in Gaza
Mosab Abu Toha on the Edward Said Public Library
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
“The plot twist, when it arrives, is not in itself ridiculous but the execution is.”
Why a Life Well Lived Is a Good Death
Dr. Sunita Puri in Conversation with Roxanne Coady on the Just the Right Book Podcast
Looking to Songs and Sermons to Structure a Memoir About Fighting for Black Lives
Andre Henry on Pulling from the Genres that Shaped His Life
A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice
Ellen McGarrahan Guests on the Book Dreams Podcast
How Sports Profoundly Shape Us, Even After We Quit
Eimear Ryan on Women in Sports Who Compete on Their Own Terms
My Father Is a Civil Rights Hero. Growing Up with Him Was Complicated.
David J. Dennis Jr. on a Childhood Shaped By the Movement
WATCH: Gregory D. Smithers on Amplifying the History and Voices of Indigenous Resistance
In Conversation with Alan Gallay at Greenlight Bookstore
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