Brandon Taylor: “The story can’t be so loyal to one character that it betrays another”

The celebrated novelist on how he makes character, how he writes scenes, and how he opened up his most recent novel by simply not writing at all.

Of Songs and Stories: What Bruce Springsteen Learned From Flannery O’Connor

Shortly after the birth of his sister Virginia in 1951, Springsteen’s family moved in with his paternal grandparents. They would stay there through 1956, but the years spent in that house would rem…

Native Alaskan Language Reshapes Mathematics

The languages we speak influence the way that we see the world, in ways most of us may never recognize. For example, researchers report seeing higher savings rates among people whose native languag…

Women Do It Better: Cate Blanchett and Michelle Yeoh on Creating Iconic Characters From Roles Written for Men

In their very distinct movies “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Tár,” Michelle Yeoh and Cate Blanchett play characters whose worlds implode. In the case of Yeoh’s character, E…

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Split Flap Display Tells Us The Word

LED and LCD displays are a technological marvel. They’ve brought the price of televisions and monitors down to unheard-of levels since the days of CRTs, but this upside arguably comes with an…

5 Sci-Fi Characters Who Are Good Role Models (& 5 Who Aren't)

As many science fiction stories prove, being a good person and being a role model isn't always the same thing.

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