• Politics

    The Quarantine Tapes

    Terry Tempest Williams: Thinking of the Pandemic
    as a Place

    By The Quarantine Tapes  December 4, 2020
    Cover Reveal

    Aminatta Forna and Maaza Mengiste: A Conversation and Cover Reveal

    By Literary Hub  December 4, 2020
    Keen On

    How Hard Is It to Write
    About America?

    By Keen On  December 4, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Candice Brathwaite, Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff, and Elisabeth Fapuro in Conversation

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 4, 2020
    The Hub

    Showtime has (already) optioned a book about Biden’s win for television.

    By Corinne Segal  December 3, 2020
    The Hub

    Camilla Townsend is the 2020 winner of the Cundill History Prize.

    By Rasheeda Saka  December 3, 2020
    Climate Crisis Readings

    Endless Plastic, Eco-Sorrow, and Disappearing Islands: Climate Readings for December

    By Amy Brady  December 3, 2020
    Keen On

    How American Exceptionalism Leads to American Isolationism

    By Keen On  December 3, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Helen Macdonald, James Rebanks, and Andy Fryers in Conversation

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 3, 2020
    Prizes

    On the Misguided Norwegian Exceptionalism Underlying the Nobel Peace Prize

    By Unni Turrettini  December 3, 2020
    Syrian War

    Discovering The Power of Books During the Syrian Revolution

    By Delphine Minoui  December 3, 2020
    NewberyTart

    Against ‘Color Blindness’ in Children’s Literature

    By NewberyTart   December 3, 2020
    New Books Network

    Why COVID-19 Expands the Case for Going Vegan

    By New Books Network  December 3, 2020
    Keen On

    How Do We Stop the Strongmen… Before We Get Another One in 2024?

    By Keen On  December 2, 2020
    Cats

    House Cats and Wild Cats Aren’t Actually That Different

    By John Gray  December 1, 2020
    Photography

    A Rare Look at Obama Before the Presidency

    By David Katz  December 1, 2020
    The Holocaust

    On Visiting Auschwitz and Grappling with the Climate of Evil and Injustice

    By Anna Badkhen  December 1, 2020
    Medicine

    How Social Medicine Can Help Us Understand Pandemics

    By Paul Farmer  December 1, 2020
    Keen On

    How to Fix America’s Foreign Policy Post-Trump

    By Keen On  December 1, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Casey Gerald on the Possibilities of Transgenerational Joy

    By The Quarantine Tapes  December 1, 2020
    New Books Network

    On the Role of College Presidents in the Civil Rights Movement

    By New Books Network  December 1, 2020
    New Books Network

    How Do We Make Sense of Mass Atrocity?

    By New Books Network  December 1, 2020
    American History

    Isabel Wilkerson on the Legacies of American Chattel Slavery

    By Isabel Wilkerson  November 30, 2020
    War

    A Living Ghost From the Chechnyan War

    By Wojciech Jagielski  November 30, 2020
    Book Fairs

    Interpreting America at the
    Minsk Book Fair

    By Doug Mack  November 30, 2020
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