• Features

    Video Games

    Mundane Preaching: On the Shortfalls of “Awareness Raising” Video Games

    Marijam Did Considers the Parallels Between Fine Arts and Games When It Comes to Creating Political Products

     
    By Marijam Did  October 4, 2024
    Palestine

    On the Dangerous Weaponization of Antisemitism Against Pro-Palestine Protests

    By Enzo Traverso  October 4, 2024
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of October

    By AudioFile Magazine  October 4, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Ilyon Woo and Rachel Kousser on the Power of a Writing Partnership

    By Ilyon Woo and Rachel Kousser  October 4, 2024
    Social Movements

    Animal Rights Are Women’s Rights: Why British Suffragettes Went Vegetarian

    By Elsa Richardson  October 4, 2024
    craft advice

    Inspiration in the Cards: How Tarot Can Help Us Narrativize Our Lives

    By Chelsey Pippin Mizzi  October 4, 2024
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Slavery

    The Systemic Sexual Violence Hidden in Plain Sight During America’s Slave Trade

    By Kali Gross  October 4, 2024
    Nationalism

    In American Empire, You’re Either Invading or Being Invaded

    By Steven W. Thrasher  October 3, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 3, 2024
    Graphic Memoir

    Two Apple Problem: What “Show, Don’t Tell” Means in Graphic Narratives

    Jesse Lee Kercheval on Drawing a Memoir

    By Jesse Lee Kercheval  October 4, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Hate This Jerk in My Book Club: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  October 3, 2024
    European History

    How the Future Henry V Began His Royal Career

    By Dan Jones  October 3, 2024
    Language

    Nicer in Hindi: Sayantani Dasgupta on Living Between Three Languages

    By Sayantani Dasgupta  October 3, 2024
    Farming

    Embracing Bucolic Beauty: On Finding Purpose and Joy in Raising Sheep

    John Connell: “My existence had an aim and my incompleteness was ended. I let go of my sadness. It was a new-found freedom.”

    By John Connell  October 3, 2024
    Community

    Chowder and Community: In Praise of Warm Meals and Warm Hearts

    By Tammy Armstrong  October 3, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Lola Milholland on the Housing Crisis and Communal Living

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 3, 2024
    Children's Literature

    Ten World-Spanning New Children’s Books Out in October

    By Caroline Carlson  October 2, 2024
    Reading Lists

    A Long, Vital Tradition: Nine Books That Imagine What a Black Utopia Could Be

    Aaron Robertson Recommends Victoria Wolcott, Nell Irvin Painter, Wilson Jeremiah Moses, and More

    By Aaron Robertson  October 2, 2024
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Demons, Bog Wives, and Seven-Eyed Dragons: October’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Natalie Zutter  October 2, 2024
    Poetry

    Bedtime Tales, Upheavals, and Ecopoetry: Seven New Poetry Collections to Read This October

    By David Woo  October 2, 2024
    Spirituality

    What Our Dreams Tell Us About Ourselves and About the World

    By Michelle Tea  October 2, 2024
    Mental health

    “Brilliant, Unquiet Minds.” Remembering the Writers Who Struggled With Their Demons

    Betsy Lerner Considers the Difficult Yet Important Work of Publishing Messy and Vulnerable Stories

    By Betsy Lerner  October 2, 2024
    Authoritarianism

    The Price of “Progress.” On Development, Displacement and Dictatorship in the Amazon

    By José Henrique Bortoluci  October 1, 2024
    Cities

    Weird No More: On Loving and Leaving Austin, Texas

    By Alex Hannaford  October 1, 2024
    Bangladesh

    In Bangladesh, Protest Graffiti Challenged the Murky Narratives of Misinformation

    By Sarah Anjum Bari  October 3, 2024
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