An Interview with Gideon Rappaport

The scholar explains what we’ve gotten wrong about Hamlet — and why Shakespeare is for everyone.

April Asher in Conversation with Mia Sosa

The author of Not Your Crush's Cauldron comes to Arlington, VA, on Thurs., Feb. 15th, at 7 p.m.!

Children’s Book Roundup: February 2024

Big new titles perfect for the littles.

Ruha Benjamin in Conversation with Panama Jackson

The author of Imagination: A Manifesto comes to DC on Mon., Feb. 12th, at 7 p.m.!

A Writer by Any Other Name

Why do we struggle to call ourselves what we are?

Parlor Tricks

The game of marriage in Pride and Prejudice.

An Interview with Alice McDermott

The novelist talks Saigon Barbies, not-quite-epistolary stories, and what Graham Greene got wrong.