Brittany Allen

Remembering David Ruggles, the radical abolitionist who opened the first Black-owned bookstore.

A Black History month reflection.

Late capitalism got you down? Join this (free!) Fredric Jameson study group.

Care of our friends at Verso Books.

What to read if you’re finally ready to loud quit your job.

Can you read cursive? Then the National Archives wants YOU.

All the literary adaptations at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Here are the finalists for the 2025 Gotham Book Prize. 

Why are we so obsessed with political cartoons?

A brief literary history from Ben Franklin to Ann Telnaes.

The Trump administration just scored a major goal for book bans. (Which it claims are a “hoax.”)

Here's how you can find the titles you need.

On the immortality of David Lynch.

Remembering the late director's weirdest worlds.

Stuck in a reading rut? Sign up for the annual Free Black Women’s Library Reading Challenge.