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Is Alien Life Hiding in Plain Sight, Right Here in Our Solar System?

Dr. Sarah Alam Malik Considers the Prospect of Planetary Worlds Beyond Earth

Tending the Fire: Exploring AIDS Writing of the Last Ten Years

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The 13 Best Book Covers of May

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May’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

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Jump Into the Ball Pit: Emily Rapp Black on the Creative Power of Play

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“Parallel Lives,” a Poem by Eman Abdelhadi

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On the Literary Afterlife of Japan’s First Working Woman Writer

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The Digital Economy is Destroying Our Lives and Our Planet—and AI is Only Going to Make It Worse

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“Do Indians Still Exist?” On Intergenerational Trauma and Indigenous Resilience

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The Best Debut Novels of the Month: May 2026

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The Best International Fiction of May 2026

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Everyone is an AI Cop Now: What Happens When an AI-Generated Story Wins a Prestigious Prize

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Villains Are Just More Interesting Than Heroes (and More F*ckable, If We’re Being Frank)

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Does Xi Jinping Really Think China is Athens and the US is Sparta? And is Trump Getting Any of This?

By Andrew Bayliss

What Happens When Billionaires Control the Media?

By Nick Romeo

An Exile’s Guide to Losing a Country

By Ece Temelkuran

Marilyn Monroe Was a Voracious Reader, Despite Her Near-Debilitating Imposter Syndrome

By Gail Crowther

America’s First War on Drugs Was Also a War on Jazz

By Lisa E. Davis

“Faithless and Foolish.” How a Young George Washington Failed Upward Into an Unpaid Internship

By H.W. Brands