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White Sugar, Black Bodies: How Slavery Fueled an 18th-Century British Obsession

White Sugar, Black Bodies: How Slavery Fueled an 18th-Century British Obsession

Mathelinda Nabugodi Explores the Violent Shared History of a Popular Consumer Product and Colonial Power in the Caribbean

By Mathelinda Nabugodi | July 29, 2025

“On Bilocation,” a Poem by Remi Graves

“On Bilocation,” a Poem by Remi Graves

From the Collection “coal”

By Remi Graves | July 29, 2025

Ha Jin on the Transcendent and Universal Power of Artistic Practice

Ha Jin on the Transcendent and Universal Power of Artistic Practice

“In literature I have found a landscape or galaxy that is vaster and more enduring than a country or a state.”

By Ha Jin | July 28, 2025

Small Book, Big Ideas: <em>Harold and the Purple Crayon</em> and the Art of Imagination

Small Book, Big Ideas: Harold and the Purple Crayon and the Art of Imagination

Philip Nel on the Enduring Cultural Legacy of a Children’s Classic

By Philip Nel | July 28, 2025

Una Cultura en Juego: Identity, Erasure and Language in America Today

Una Cultura en Juego: Identity, Erasure and Language in America Today

Natalie Guerrero: “All these years I’ve been asking the wrong question, and what I wake up with today is another one burning inside me”

By Natalie Guerrero | July 28, 2025

Margaret Busby on Jazz, Africa, and the Endurance of Jayne Cortez’s Disruptive Poetry

Margaret Busby on Jazz, Africa, and the Endurance of Jayne Cortez’s Disruptive Poetry

The Editor of “Firespitter: The Collected Poems of Jayne Cortez” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | July 28, 2025

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On Hybrid Writing: Finding the Right Container for the Story You Need to Tell

On Hybrid Writing: Finding the Right Container for the Story You Need to Tell

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Am I the Asshole For Working on My Novel During a Shift at the Library?

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How Canadian Laws and Institutions Sought to Erase Indigenous Peoples and Cultures

How Canadian Laws and Institutions Sought to Erase Indigenous Peoples and Cultures

Tanya Talaga Explores the Intersections of a Family Mystery and the Ongoing Legacy of Genocide Against Canada’s First Nations

By Tanya Talaga | July 24, 2025

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