Medicine in the Gray Zone
To the Editors: I was delighted to see that The New York Review and none other than the supremely talented Dr. Jerome Groopman took the time...
Feasting on Erasmus
To the Editors: For book writers today, a common occupational hazard is the cannibalizing book review. After spending years researching and writing a book, the author...
Daily Deals: Assassin’s Creed: Unity PC for Free, $1 Mystery PC Games, a $37 Xbox One Bluetooth Controller, and More
Fanatical, Ubisoft, Microsoft Let’s be honest, it’s been a strange week. Thankfully, the internet marketplace is in full swing. Today’s a great day to grab a...
A Perfectly Normal Interview with Carmen Maria Machado Where Everything Is Fine
Carmilla, by the Irish Gothic writer J. Sheridan LeFanu, first appeared serialized in the London magazine The Dark Blue over 1871–72, a quarter-century before Dracula. In...
Only Women’s Solidarity Can End Women’s Suffering
A woman barricades the entrance of her house with a rope. Fierce-looking women draped in blood-red garments attempt to come into the compound, but the woman...
The Best Ways to Organize Cables Under Your Desk
Shutterstock/FotoBob If you’re anything like us, the cables behind your desk look more like a rat’s nest than anything else. But with a little time and...
30 Books By Writers Of Color Redefining the Term “All-American”
What comes to mind when someone is described as “all-American”? They’re probably physically healthy, maybe blonde, and definitely white. This image isn’t neutral: By associating the...
6 of the Best Psychic Books, Fiction and Nonfiction
I’m going to be completely honest with you. I believe in ghosts, I believe in prophetic dreams, and yes, I believe that some people have psychic...
What I’ve Learned About History From Reading Fiction
I didn’t enjoy learning about history in school, not even in college. I took classes, of course, but they were boring and seemed totally disconnected from...
8 More Podcasts for Poetry Lovers
It’s National Poetry Month again, and it’s been three years since I published my first list of podcasts for poetry lovers. Since then, I’ve discovered a...
