My conversation with Turkish writer Elif Şafak back in April still sticks with me as the year comes to a close. In many parts of the...More
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Arts and Culture
2016 marked the 100th anniversary of America’s beloved National Park system. I could think of no one better to reflect on the importance...More
People with a heightened sense of entitlement that they feel gives them a free pass. You and I have a word for these people. Philosopher Aaron James has an entire theory about them.More
If people were more empathetic, the world would be a better place, don’t you think? Paul Bloom thinks perhaps not.More
Vikram Chandra reviews “The King Must Die” by Mary Renault.More
You can interpret the line from Paul Sartre’s 1944 play “No Exit” in a lot of different ways. Philosopher Gregory Sadler has a fascinating take.More
Israel Story radio host Mishy Harman recommends "A Tale of Love and Darkness" by Amos Oz.More
Nic Pizzolatto bookmarks "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner.More
Poet Billy Collins bookmarks "The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst."More
Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard recommends a chilling read: "The Flame Alphabet" by Ben Marcus.More
Nick Bantock bookmarks "The Fencing Master" by Arturo Perez-Reverte.More
Writer Benjamin Kunkel bookmarks Herman Daly's "Steady-State Economics."More
