Jonathan Lethem bookmarks "Kafka Was the Rage" by Anatole Broyard.More
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Composer William Brittelle's music crosses so many boundaries, it's hard to categorize.More
Author Yiyun Li on leaving behind her health and native language to write.More
John Waters might not be an ideal role model— so why let him give a commencement address?More
Novelist Hari Kunzru on the line between cultural appreciation and appropriation.More
Hip hop artist and poet Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre has his own set of responses to being told to man up. Ten to be exact. More
The father of the men’s rights movement is Warren Farrell, author of the core text of the movement, “The Myth of Male Power.” Steve Paulson sat down with Farrell for a candid talk about men’s rights and masculinity in America.More
Michael Rohrbaugh's short film “American Male” portrays the pitfalls of hyper-masculinity with a punch.More
When Ashanti Branch first started teaching, he noticed that a lot of boys at his school were kind of checked out, absent and not on track to graduate. He decided to push them to take off the "male mask."More
Are we ever good enough, or are we doomed to self-optimization for our entire lives?More
It means “a couldn’t-care-less attitude,” and it’s a personal mantra for comedian Norm MacDonald.More
Blogger Mark Manson on embracing our negativity as a means of consciously choosing what we really care about.More
Author Neil Gaiman on the magic beyond the House on the Rock's walls.More
The legendary speculative fiction writer on why young people identify with dark, murky futures.More
Editor and publisher Ann VanderMeer is the co-editor of the sprawling anthologies “The Big Book of Science Fiction” and “The New Weird...More
2017 Man Booker Prize Winner George Saunders talks about his creative process, his fledgling Buddhist practice, and the enduring fascination with Lincoln and the Civil War.More
Showrunner Noah Hawley's approach for adapting the series captures the classic film's essence.More