How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

Randy Boyagoda on Religious-Political Satire

By Randy Boyagoda | July 9, 2019

The American Ballpark: Public Space or Private Playground?

The American Ballpark: Public Space or Private Playground?

Whitney Terrell on Class, Race, Baseball, and a New Book by Paul Goldberger

By Whitney Terrell | July 8, 2019

When the World Matches the Apocalypse in Your Novel

When the World Matches the Apocalypse in Your Novel

Kimi Eisele on Finding Light in the Darkness of a Financial Dystopia

By Kimi Eisele | July 8, 2019

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on Being a Patriotic Black Southerner

Maurice Carlos Ruffin on Being a Patriotic Black Southerner

"I know our past, and I know our pain."

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin | July 3, 2019

Jhumpa Lahiri and Hari Kunzru Reflect on America's Immigration Crisis

Jhumpa Lahiri and Hari Kunzru Reflect on America's Immigration Crisis

On the Eve of the 4th of July, PEN America Looks to the Immigration Crisis

By Literary Hub | July 3, 2019

The Togolese

The Togolese "Fixer" Who Helps Immigrants Play the U.S. Visa Lottery

Is the Path to Citizenship a Question of Trial and Error?

By Charles Piot | July 3, 2019

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Julianne Moore on Gun Violence and the Women Fighting to Stop It

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Introducing Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts' Book

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We All Really Need to Reread George Orwell's <em>1984</em>

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Introduction to Activism: <br>A Reading List

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Debate Prep: what the critics wrote about every Democratic presidential candidate's memoir

Debate Prep: what the critics wrote about every Democratic presidential candidate's memoir

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The Many Ways We Create the 'Other'

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Louise Aronson on the Contemporary Othering of the Elderly

By Louise Aronson | June 25, 2019

On Toxic Corporate Culture in Contemporary Fiction

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Johanna Berkman Reads Novels by Elisabeth Cohen, Halle Butler, and Lydia Kiesling

By Johanna Berkman | June 24, 2019

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