No War Is Too Small: How Localized Conflicts Sparked Imperial Violence

No War Is Too Small: How Localized Conflicts Sparked Imperial Violence

From Lauren Benton's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “They Called It Peace”

By Lauren Benton | September 9, 2024

Censorship Through Centuries: On the Long Fight for Queer Liberation

Censorship Through Centuries: On the Long Fight for Queer Liberation

Rebecca L. Davis Examines Battles Over Drag Story Hours and Book Bans Through the Lens of LGBTQ History

By Rebecca L. Davis | September 9, 2024

Silence is Power: Sara Nović on Joanne Greenberg’s <em>In This Sign</em>

Silence is Power: Sara Nović on Joanne Greenberg’s In This Sign

“The quietness... forces readers to reckon with the intricacies of deaf people as people.”

By Sara Nović | September 9, 2024

Dunya Mikhail Talks Mythology, Translating Her Own Poetry, and Exploring the Past Through Objects

Dunya Mikhail Talks Mythology, Translating Her Own Poetry, and Exploring the Past Through Objects

The Author of “Tablets: Secrets of the Clay” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2024

Brontez Purnell on Staying Unclassifiable

Brontez Purnell on Staying Unclassifiable

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | September 9, 2024

Jessica Shattuck on Idealism, Aging, and Outlines

Jessica Shattuck on Idealism, Aging, and Outlines

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 9, 2024

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By Book Marks | September 6, 2024

Six Writers on Getting Words on the Page

By Literary Hub | September 6, 2024

What T.S. Eliot’s Letters to Emily Hale Reveal About the Poet’s Romantic Past

By Sara Fitzgerald | September 6, 2024

Writing Between Worlds: Navigating My African and American Identities on the Page

Writing Between Worlds: Navigating My African and American Identities on the Page

Itoro Bassey on the Gift of Being Understood

By Itoro Bassey | September 6, 2024

Poetry and Painting: Visualizing Verse on the Page and the Canvas

Poetry and Painting: Visualizing Verse on the Page and the Canvas

Cynthia Zarin and Rose Seccareccia Explore Their Shared Family Pastimes of Art and Literature

By Cynthia Zarin | September 6, 2024

An Ode to the Ode: Lory Bedikian on How the Form Helped Her Grieve and Grow

An Ode to the Ode: Lory Bedikian on How the Form Helped Her Grieve and Grow

The Author of “Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body” Explores the Many Meanings and Possibilities of a Poetic Category

By Lory Bedikian | September 6, 2024

Suffering, Grace and Redemption: How The Bronx Came to Be

Suffering, Grace and Redemption: How The Bronx Came to Be

Ian Frazier on the Early History of New York City's Northernmost Borough

By Ian Frazier | September 6, 2024

Reckoning and Refoundation: How the Tokyo Trials Created Modern Asia

Reckoning and Refoundation: How the Tokyo Trials Created Modern Asia

From Gary J. Bass's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Judgment at Tokyo”

By Gary J. Bass | September 6, 2024

American Nightmare: Alice Driver on the Immigrants Who Risked Their Lives at a Meatpacking Plant During Covid

American Nightmare: Alice Driver on the Immigrants Who Risked Their Lives at a Meatpacking Plant During Covid

The Author of “Life and Death of the American Worker” in Conversation with Sarah Viren

By Sarah Viren | September 5, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The men in her fiction are black holes who threaten to extinguish the light of any woman or child unlucky enough to get near them.”

By Book Marks | September 5, 2024

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