Toni Morrison: The Life of a Literary Giant

Toni Morrison on language, evil and ‘the white gaze’

James Baldwin on How to Live Through Your Darkest Hour and Life as a Moral Obligation to the Universe

How to Grow Old: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life

The Gentle Giant: Oliver Sacks and the Art of Choosing Empathy Over Vengeance

How the Triceratops Used Its Giant Nose

Brickbat: Purging Records

Of Wood Witch Born

Politicians Consider Soviet-Style Controls on 3D Printers

Development Is Hard Power

Fiery Crash of SpaceX Rocket Causes Huge Lithium Plume

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

Namwali Serpell’s Study of Toni Morrison

"I find myself being more and more difficult," Toni Morrison once said. "It's something I really relish." The difficulty was the point

Giant viruses hijack their hosts’ protein factories

Why do so many authors and critics remain attached to “literary fiction” in our commercialized landscape of books?

The Story of the First Human to Receive Neuralink Implants: “This Technology Has Brought My Life Back”

The Blessing of Burnout: Samin Nosrat on the Faustian Bargain of Achievement and the Simple Substance of the Good Life

Albert Camus on the Three Antidotes to the Absurdity of Life

Harold Bloom, James Wood, Jack Edwards. At just 27, Edwards, a YouTube and TikTok star, has become the most important literary critic in the world

“Authenticity is the supreme literary value, when in fact it is not an aesthetic value at all. Can there be a prescription more discouraging to the imagination?"

How to Grow Old: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life