James Baldwin debates William F. Buckley
In this amazing video of James Baldwin debating William F. Buckley, in a room that attempts to set a new land record for fustiness, Baldwin offers a profound kind of… Read more »
On sale today: Why I Am Not a Feminist
“It’s the same with feminism as it is with women in general: there are always, seemingly, infinite ways to fail.” So begins a recent New Yorker story by Jia Tolentino. Tolentino’s… Read more »
Coalition of writers sends letter to colleagues imprisoned in Turkey
A coalition of 150 writers, including Nobel laureates, former prisoners of conscience, and and many more, has sent a letter of support to colleagues imprisoned in Turkey via PEN International. Turkey, as… Read more »
Some things to think about today
It’s Friday! You’ve survived a long week on Planet Earth. No need to talk about the specifics — in fact, just for today, let’s not talk about the specifics. Let’s… Read more »
A great start to what we do now
Last night in Brooklyn, a capacity crowd jammed into the powerHouse Arena, with a few hundred more watching from home via Facebook Live, to celebrate the release of What We… Read more »
Some stuff not to be miserable about
Well, you survived another week. We all did. And we’re all to be congratulated, frankly, as the prospect of about 208 far less survivable weeks lurks just over the horizon. Here… Read more »
What we do now: We get started
We’ve said it before: We’re heartbroken. Scared. Energized. Determined. Donald Trump won, it can happen here, and one thing is very clear — we need to act. That’s why we’re publishing What We Do… Read more »
Getting to know people who know what we do now: Allan J. Lichtman, John R. MacArthur, Bill McKibben
As you might have heard, in time for Inauguration Day we’re putting out What We Do Now, a collection of short, powerful essays on what we can do now to cope with Trump’s election, and how, moving… Read more »
Politics and Prose’s statement on recent gunfire
Just to be clear: there are lots of legitimate criticisms of Hillary Clinton. That she secretly traffics children to the sex trade via, for some reason, a Washington pizzeria called Comet Ping… Read more »
“I’m addicted to patients”: Oliver Sacks defends his title as history’s most affable neuroscientist in this 1989 NewsHour sement
Here’s neuroscientist, memoirist, and Last Interview series participant Oliver Sacks speaking about his clinical work, his search for “real life,” and the right color pen to bring to the Bronx Botanical Garden in… Read more »