Notre Dame Is Never Lost
To paraphrase Victor Hugo, the book will save the building
Apr 16 - Elyse Martin
books 
essays
“The Left Hand of Darkness” Is the Anti-Nationalist Book We Need Right Now
50 years after its publication, Ursula K. Le Guin's science fiction classic is newly relevant
Apr 15 - Rebecca Long
books 
Why Are Indonesians Being Erased from Indonesian Literature?
What we lose when Indonesian writing is evaluated according to Anglophone preferences
Apr 11 - Tiffany Tsao
books 
Philip K. Dick’s Unfinished Novel Was a Faustian Fever Dream
The sci-fi author died before he could write "The Owl in Daylight," but he described trippy plot ideas about aliens, music, and Disneyland
Apr 5 - Kristopher Jansma
Unfinished Business 
“Bad Boy” Publishers Aren’t Mavericks—They’re Depressingly Mainstream
The documentary "Obscene" tries to praise 1980s publisher Barney Rosset for breaking boundaries, but only shows how far we haven't come
Apr 4 - Manuel Betancourt
culture 
What Science Can Learn from Constipated Dogs
"Gulliver's Travels" shows us how modern science could benefit from a little satire
Mar 21 - Andrei Smolnikov
books 
Liking Books Is Not a Personality
The invention of “bookishness,” and why Marie Kondo is so threatening to people who buy in
Mar 19 - Hannah McGregor
culture 
Kobe Bryant’s Children’s Book Is Not Welcome in My Store
Why I won’t be stocking “The Wizenards”
Mar 19 - Lexi Beach
books 
The Lost City of Lemuria, and Other Reasons I Hate Reading Pynchon
I hoped his California novels would help me understand my New Age upbringing—and they did, but not the way I expected
Mar 14 - Nina St. Pierre
books 
