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    Feminism

    “It Is Not a Given”: Marcie Bianco Lays Out the Steps to Reclaiming Freedom for Feminism

    By Marcie Bianco  November 9, 2023
    Keen On

    Lisa Gornick on Writers Truly Knowing Their Fictional Characters

    By Keen On  November 9, 2023
    The Hub

    Announcing this year’s winner of the $75,000 Cundill History Prize.

    By Literary Hub  November 8, 2023
    The Hub

    Need a book recommendation? Take the coolest, weirdest literary quiz on the internet.

    By Literary Hub  November 8, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Most Unlikable Woman: On Sofia Coppola’s Stymied Quest to Bring Undine Spragg to Screen

    By Emily J. Orlando  November 8, 2023
    Space!

    What To Do When Your Period Comes… In Space

    By Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith  November 8, 2023
    Twins

    Is There Any Bond Stronger than Twinship?

    By Helena de Bres  November 8, 2023
    Reckonings

    How Two Versions of a Family Story Sparked a Writer’s Quest for Truth

    By Grace Elizabeth Hale  November 8, 2023
    Geology

    Magical and Essential: On the Mineral and Metallic Bases of Our World

    By Ed Conway  November 8, 2023
    Climate Fiction

    Counter History: Nine Retellings and Reinventions of Noah’s Ark

    By Jeffrey J. Cohen and Julian Yates  November 8, 2023
    Keen On

    Daniel Finkelstein on How His Family Survived Both Hitler and Stalin

    By Keen On  November 8, 2023
    Keen On

    David J. Helfand on Piecing Together the Past With Atomic Science

    By Keen On  November 8, 2023
    In Conversation

    Meet the 2023 National Book Award Finalists

    By Emily Temple  November 8, 2023
    Photography

    What It’s Like Inside Court With Donald Trump

    By Rachel Cobb  November 7, 2023
    Interview

    Stephanie Land on the Routine That Helped Her Write Her New Book in a Month

    By Stephanie Land  November 7, 2023
    Community

    Whose Community Is It Anyway?

    By Casey Plett  November 7, 2023
    Keen On

    Ed Conway on the Global Extractive Economy

    By Keen On  November 7, 2023
    The Hub

    Rupi Kaur has declined an invitation from the White House.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 6, 2023
    Jane Austen

    How American Critics Originated Jane Austen Scholarship

    By Juliette Wells  November 6, 2023
    Family History

    In Search of Hidden Family History in the Late Ottoman Empire

    By Alice Sparberg Alexiou  November 6, 2023
    Animals

    What the Marabou Stork Taught Me About Writing in an Era of Mass Extinction and Waste

    By Ashia Ajani  November 6, 2023
    Baillie Gifford Prize

    On Art, Music and the Humanist Spirit in the Face of Nazi Atrocities

    By Jeremy Eichler  November 6, 2023
    World War II

    The Lifesaving Potential of Latin American Passports in the Warsaw Ghetto

    By Roger Moorhouse  November 6, 2023
    Keen On

    Lisa M. P. Munoz on the Gender Gap in Science

    By Keen On  November 6, 2023
    Emergence Magazine

    Hear a New Short Story from Laia Jufresa

    By Emergence Magazine  November 6, 2023
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