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Five Years Later: On the Enduring Legacy of <em>All American Boys</em>

Five Years Later: On the Enduring Legacy of All American Boys

And Why Its Authors, Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely Wish It Would Go Out of Print

By Katy Hershberger | September 9, 2020

On Albery Allson Whitman, Radical Black Poet of the Reconstruction

On Albery Allson Whitman, Radical Black Poet of the Reconstruction

A 19th-Century Vision of Black and Native American Resistance

By Matt Sandler | September 9, 2020

Before the Essay, the Lecture: Nonfiction's Lost Performative

Before the Essay, the Lecture: Nonfiction's Lost Performative

Mary Cappello Takes up a Question Virginia Woolf Once Asked

By Mary Cappello | September 9, 2020

The Magic of Everyday Life is Preserved in Ganda Folklore

The Magic of Everyday Life is Preserved in Ganda Folklore

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi on the Rich Oral Traditions
of Her People

By Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi | September 9, 2020

Why It's Worth Reading T.S. Eliot's <em>The Waste Land</em> (Even When It's a Slog)

Why It's Worth Reading T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land (Even When It's a Slog)

This Week on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | September 8, 2020

<em>The Death of Vivek Oji</em> by Akwaeke Emezi, read by Yetide Badaki and Chukwudi Iwuji

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi, read by Yetide Badaki and Chukwudi Iwuji

An Impressive Production of an Unforgettable Audiobook

By Behind the Mic | September 8, 2020

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  • The Ten Year Affair
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  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

William Gay Was Never Too Busy for Life's Smaller Moments

By Sonny Brewer | September 4, 2020

On the Children's Book So Bad, So Inauthentic... It Was Good?

By NewberyTart | September 4, 2020

"Will I Come to a Miserable End?" Jenny Erpenbeck on Thomas Mann

By Jenny Erpenbeck | September 3, 2020

A University Press Looks Back on a Century of Publishing

A University Press Looks Back on a Century of Publishing

.University of Washington Press Chooses Some of Its
Favorites Over the Years

By Literary Hub | September 3, 2020

The 45 Best Bad Amazon Reviews of <em>In Cold Blood</em>

The 45 Best Bad Amazon Reviews of In Cold Blood

"The novel is ultimately a LIE."

By Emily Temple | September 2, 2020

<em>Reading Women</em> Recommends Anthologies, AKA Literary Buffets

Reading Women Recommends Anthologies, AKA Literary Buffets

Reading Women Introduces This Month's Theme

By Reading Women | September 2, 2020

When a 13th-Century Essay Hits Close to Home

When a 13th-Century Essay Hits Close to Home

Literary Disco Discusses "Hojoki: or, An Account of My Hut"

By Literary Disco | September 1, 2020

The Humble Confidence of Seamus Heaney

The Humble Confidence of Seamus Heaney

R. F. Foster on the Poet's Roots, Influences, and Individuality

By R. F. Foster | August 31, 2020

On the Experimental Realism of an Eccentric Russian Anglophile

On the Experimental Realism of an Eccentric Russian Anglophile

For Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Strangeness Was a
Matter of Perspective

By Caryl Emerson | August 31, 2020

The Ecstasy of Reading (and Rereading) <em>Anna Karenina</em>

The Ecstasy of Reading (and Rereading) Anna Karenina

This Week on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | August 31, 2020

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