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Comedian Chris Gethard on writing about fatherhood [Video]
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Activist Najwa Zebian on how to trust your heart [Video]
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Ex-CIA officer Mike Baker on spies, CEOs, and more [Video]
Mike Baker, former CIA officer and author of Company Rules, discusses his love of George Smiley and Jason Bourne.
Scribd Originals launches first title in Spanish
Scribd Originals announces its first, Spanish-speaking title written by one of Mexico’s leading authors, Juan Villoro.
A photo journey of an empire you’ve probably never heard of
A stay at New York City’s Library Hotel includes a 6,000-book library and floors named for the Dewey Decimal system.
How Native author Stephen Graham Jones thinks about horror
Award-winning horror author Jones talks about getting out of his comfort zone with his newest story, The Clown Brigade, released under our Scribd Originals program.
Moms share their darkest truths with Anne Helen Petersen
Cultural observer Petersen opens up about the overwhelming response she received from mothers about pandemic parenting and more for our latest Scribd Original.
Writer and actor Robert King knows being a dad is no joke
Our latest Scribd Originals author provides words of wisdom and some laughs for fellow parents.
Historian Peter Stark on the hopes, fears, and follies of America
The author of our latest Scribd Original, Sins of the Founding Father, explains what George Washington would say about Donald Trump.
Chuck Palahniuk on the gardens and ghosts of his past
Chuck Palahniuk, the author of Fight Club, expounds on the difficulty of writing memoir and how art is a Rorschach test.
Polynesia dreaming
Historical nonfiction maestro Hampton Sides takes us to some of the tropical locales where he reported his new Scribd Original.
