Amid ongoing economic anxieties, BLK and other companies are giving away basic essentials to appeal to the public.

A master printmaker defended the emotional power of representational art in an increasingly mechanized world. The post Fritz Eichenberg’s Art of Human Connection appeared first on JSTOR Daily.

Why Michael Crichton’s best novel flopped when it was adapted to film. | Lit Hub Film Mary Berman remembers the “gut-churning” experience of showing her parents her debut novel. | Lit Hub Craft Thomas Asbridge considers the influence of religion

Many physicians sought to treat patients struck down by the Black Death. These doctors typically turned to the extant body of medical knowledge, derived from the ancient world and Arabic texts written between the ninth and the twelfth centuries; they

Somebody occasionally points out that vastly more words have been published about Kafka than Kafka himself wrote in his lifetime. Somebody’s probably writing a book about Kafka this very minute. I’d wager the same cannot be said of Michael Crichton. 

Over the past 150 years, honey bees have become the cornerstone of US agriculture. Beekeepers now crisscross the country in semi-trucks to pollinate our crops, towing thousands of bee colonies from one blooming pasture to the next like cattle ranchers

When I woke up I discovered that Dorothy’s flatmate had taped up my broken shoe so tightly with electrical tape that I couldn’t get my foot in it to go to work. The flatmate had been very kind. He showed

After I was laid off, I found myself haunted by the line “Had a dream I was Bartleby.” It had come to me very much like a dream, not thought so much as arrived. I wrote it down on the

Close to Thiepval, a small French village in Picardy with about a hundred inhabitants, stands one of the most poignant memorials to the millions killed in World War I. More than fifty meters tall, the monument rises abruptly above the

I gave my book to my partner before I gave it to my parents, figuring it was better to conquer one gut-churning fear at a time. I refused to watch him read it, but I was aware when he reached

Today, we’ll wake again and drink pineapple juice spiked with Bacardi, then curl up in a hammock. We’ll do another line, then you’ll play me more Bruce, then we’ll cash another unemployment check. We’ll spike our drinks with Bacardi, curl

I feel like I’m being followed by a woman. She has the kind of gait where her feet point a bit outwards, and she kicks them with a little huff to get more from every step, only to land heavy

The Holy Father referenced The Lord of the Rings in his encyclical about AI—an expert (if unintentional) troll of tech billionaires who keep misinterpreting the series.

The latest typewriter interview is with Brad Neely. Several people told me this is the best one yet.

From my letter, “Fledging season”: I spent an afternoon scanning diaries from 2023 for a speaking gig and I came across all the spring entries from when we had owlets in our backyard owl box. I was obsessed with those owlets and I couldn’t help comparing them to the two young humans we had in

Bugonia, Good Boy, and Send Help are among the films deserving of your eyeballs this month.

Reproductive justice offers a new way to think about human flourishing beyond the job market. The post Why Care Matters More Than Work appeared first on JSTOR Daily.

Dozens of juiced athletes competed at the Enhanced Games in Las Vegas. Most won’t admit what drugs they used.

Families turned to habeas corpus to recover enlisted sons, forcing a constitutional showdown over military power. The post The Civil War Fight over Underage Soldiers appeared first on JSTOR Daily.

As public backlash against Big Dating mounts, a batch of new gay hookup apps offer community-powered alternatives.