“I take both my Jewishness and my Americanness as honors and responsibilities.” Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, anti-Zionism,and American Judaism. | Lit Hub Memoir
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From National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree Jenny Tinghui Zhang, a novel about a pop idol and his superfan, whose stories shockingly collide.
Krys Malcolm Belc onrebuilding a safe haven in Minnesota: The job is simple, and involves a lot of standing around: volunteers are there to observe and to alert, as a protective measure so our neighbors’ kids and their parents don’t get kidnapped before they get to have their own golden post-drop off hour.” | Vogue
Harris Solomon talks to Edna Bonhomme, author ofA History of the World in Six Plagues, aboutthe history and future of health. | Public Books
“Our lack of knowledge about Shakespeare as a man, and our distance from his world, make it easier for us to fill his spaces with our own imaginings.” On The Bard’s endlesscycle of death and rebirth. | The Baffler