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Powerful letter from prison by Bahrain’s leading dissident, , lamenting US myopia about human rights abuses in the Gulf

"He performed the poem, or rather he played the poem, as if it were some kind of instrument he was trying to teach us to use." OUTSTANDING piece on 's OLIO by at !

Hear that, kids? That makes it OK.

To the astonishment of all present, she accepted: Watch the only filmed interview of Clarice Lispector.

The best cartoons are like a good bagel: you know it when you’ve got it, and you aspire to accept no substitutes:

We're on the hunt for our annual 101 Best Websites for Writers! Nominate your favorites by tweeting with or replying to this post.

Over 36,000 emails have been sent by our advocates to Congress, asking them to support . Keep those numbers climbing! Today, take a few minutes to email or call your Senators and Reps. Talking points are available on the action center

First They Killed My Father is the unforgettable true story of war crimes and desperate actions—now a nominee for Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language. Read this unforgettable memoir by Loung Ung:

Mohsin Hamid on equality, migration, and belonging—which, he warns, should now be worrying us more than ever before |

Of the five short stories that drew the most readers to this year, four were written by women—Kristen Roupenian, Samantha Hunt, Zadie Smith, and Curtis Sittenfeld—and one was by a man, F. Scott Fitzgerald.

“It’s not just that we don’t want these shepherds to be here,” an Israeli settler tells David Shulman in the Jordan Valley. “We don’t want them to be anywhere, on any lands. We want them not to be.”

“The British Museum was a quintessential institution of the emerging imperial Britain: pragmatic, a bit messy, and founded on the labor of enslaved Africans.”

The latest episode of ‘The Paris Review Podcast’ features Robert Pattinson reading James Wright’s classic poem “Lying in a Hammock at a Friend’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota.” Listen here:

Attention cat enthusiasts (and those who know one): this utterly charming Japanese bestseller is the perfect book for all fans of feline-focused fiction...

"I read more than one book in 2017, but the one is all I’m going to tell you about." 's Year in Reading pick:

Have to start getting into this holiday spirit what-have-you. So I sat next to my bank’s Xmas tree for a bit. 😎🌲

An excerpt of a Spanish classic, E.F. Granell’s Novel of the Tupinamba Indian, appearing in today: We are celebrating this book with the translator & editor right here tomorrow at 7PM!!!

Need some inspiration? Looking for that special gift? Check out our 2017 Holiday Catalog, "Inspired by Books"

When I put on Rihanna’s S&M, just watch out. I become a true dancer, moves you wouldn’t believe this body can do. There’s a reason the boys used to call me Flex. That’s all I am saying.

These are the 100 best tracks of 2017 - songs I love more than snowmen, group-texts and royal weddings. Hope you find some treasures. (Somehow it's my 13th year doing this!)

"Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story."

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