Separating Viral Truths and Lies

Nudging people to be more skeptical on social media

Marcus A. Banks

A Matter of Pride

The enduring legacy of Gentleman’s Agreement

David Lehman

A Million Kindnesses

Honoring Jim Lehrer, beloved newsman and friend

Robert Wilson

Revolutionary Chaos

The first-ever English translation of a 20th-century Russian masterpiece

Gary Saul Morson

13 Books to Add to Your Cabin-Fever Reading List

Our Editors

Thirteen of the Best Books We Read in 2019

From fiction that will pull you in to eight ways the world could end

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A Holiday Reading Roundup

Seven books published by the Scholar’s contributors in 2019

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10 of the Most Influential Literary Characters of All Time

James Plath

“Driving Glove” by Claudia Emerson

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes

“the lost baby poem” by Lucille Clifton

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes

“Poetry, a Natural Thing” by Robert Duncan

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes

“The Hard Question” by W. H. Auden

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amanda Holmes