How the Killing of George Floyd Reflects America's Repeated History of Racism and Police Brutality

How the Killing of George Floyd Reflects America's Repeated History of Racism and Police Brutality

Curtis Bunn on the Black Lives Matter Movement, the Watts Riots, and the City as Powder Keg

By Curtis Bunn | October 5, 2021

In Search of My Family’s Faroese Stories

In Search of My Family’s Faroese Stories

Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen on Grief and Finding One’s Culture

By Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen | October 5, 2021

<em>Literary Disco</em> Goes Back to School with Poet and Teacher Bree Rolfe

Literary Disco Goes Back to School with Poet and Teacher Bree Rolfe

On the Syllabus: Jamaica Kincaid, Roddy Doyle, and Assaf Gavron

By Literary Disco | October 5, 2021

<em>The Turnout</em> by Megan Abbott, Read by Cassandra Campbell

The Turnout by Megan Abbott, Read by Cassandra Campbell

A Dark, Compelling Tale of Family and Deception

By Behind the Mic | October 5, 2021

“Saturday”

“Saturday”

A Poem by Marcio Junqueira, trans. by Johnny Lorenz

By Marcio Junqueira | October 5, 2021

Nadifa Mohamed on the Long, Strange Journey of Her Uncle Kettle

Nadifa Mohamed on the Long, Strange Journey of Her Uncle Kettle

“My sense of belonging to Hargeisa, the city of my birth but not his, has dissipated in his absence.”

By Nadifa Mohamed | October 4, 2021

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By Nadia Wassef | October 4, 2021

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

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Writing the Anxiety of Parenthood on the Precipice of Apocalypse

By Emma Szewczak | October 4, 2021

On Babar: Model of Integration or Crumbling Myth?

On Babar: Model of Integration or Crumbling Myth?

French-Algerian Author Faïza Guène Considers Her Relationship to the Iconic Elephant

By Faїza Guène and Sarah Ardizzone | October 4, 2021

The Literature of Migration and Caribbean Identity in America: A Reading List

The Literature of Migration and Caribbean Identity in America: A Reading List

Antonio Michael Downing Recommends Jamaica Kincaid, Canisia Lubrin, Edwidge Danticat and More

By Antonio Michael Downing | October 4, 2021

On Constancia de la Mora and the Plight of Writers in Exile

On Constancia de la Mora and the Plight of Writers in Exile

Soledad Fox Maura on Rediscovering the Fascinating Story of Her Distant Relative

By Soledad Fox Maura | October 4, 2021

The Complex Freedom of Creating Art as a Black Woman in Post-Apartheid South Africa

The Complex Freedom of Creating Art as a Black Woman in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Colleen van Niekerk on Writing After Enforced Silence

By Colleen van Niekerk | October 4, 2021

Peter Orner on the Pressure of Fiction’s Infinite Possibilities

Peter Orner on the Pressure of Fiction’s Infinite Possibilities

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 4, 2021

Jack Dash and Luke Swenson on Ecologies that Resist Borders

Jack Dash and Luke Swenson on Ecologies that Resist Borders

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | October 4, 2021

On Philip Roth’s Lasting Legacy

On Philip Roth’s Lasting Legacy

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | October 4, 2021

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