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Michael (Pierre Png) and Astrid (Gemma Chan)

How to get beyond a tourist fantasy of Singapore

Watching ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ this week? Here are some other perspectives on the island — that go beyond the uber-rich narrative.

How to get beyond a tourist fantasy of Singapore

Blushing fifty shades of red

Blushing fifty shades of red
The Elements of Style

Why 'The Elements of Style' is out of style

Why 'The Elements of Style' is out of style
Yewande Omotoso

Yewande Omotoso’s 'The Woman Next Door'

Yewande Omotoso’s 'The Woman Next Door'
science books in 2017

The best science books of 2017

The best science books of 2017
Reading about science isn't just for grown-ups: There are many excellent science-related children's books, too.

The year's best science books for kids have something for everyone

Science Friday’s Xochitl Garcia rounded up the coolest books for young scientists ages 0 to 11.

The year's best science books for kids have something for everyone
Eve Ewing

Eve Ewing, creative queen of Chicago

Poet/Sociologist/Educator/Tweeter Eve Ewing talks about poetry, Afrofuturism, hip hop, and social media.

Eve Ewing, creative queen of Chicago
Jesmyn Ward

Jesmyn Ward reflects on Katrina

The author was at the end of her summer break when Hurricane Katrina struck her hometown of Delisle, Mississippi.

Jesmyn Ward reflects on Katrina

Rediscovering your favorite kids’ books as an adult

Writer Bruce Handy reminds us why we still love the books we read as kids.

Rediscovering your favorite kids’ books as an adult
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A journalist uses statistics to uncover authors' 'cinnamon words'

Who’s the most-clichéd author? Which common pronoun is nearly absent in “The Hobbit?” And what’s a cinnamon word?

A journalist uses statistics to uncover authors' 'cinnamon words'

What Is the Multiverse (Or, How Can There Be Two Mr. Spocks)?

The concept of the multiverse has long captured the imaginations of science-fiction writers. Now, some physicists are starting to believe.

What Is the Multiverse (Or, How Can There Be Two Mr. Spocks)?

Yewande Omotoso’s “The Woman Next Door”

Yewande Omotoso on apartheid, architecture, and her novel "The Woman Next Door"

Yewande Omotoso’s “The Woman Next Door”

Osama Alomar’s Very Short Stories

Stories short as tweets, by Osama Alomar: “He was born with a silver knife in his mouth. And he was its first victim.”

Osama Alomar’s Very Short Stories

Ali Smith’s “Autumn”

Ali Smith’s new book “Autumn” is being heralded as the first great post-Brexit novel. Kurt talks with her about politics, art, and the very nature of time.

Ali Smith’s “Autumn”

Philip Roth on "The Plot Against America"

13 years ago, Philip Roth wrote about a celebrity with problematic views winning the presidential election…in 1940. 

Philip Roth on "The Plot Against America"