On the Long Tradition of the Imitative Performance of Blackness

On the Long Tradition of the Imitative Performance of Blackness

Ayanna Thompson Considers the History of Minstrelsy, Racial Tropes, and the White Gaze

By Ayanna Thompson | April 12, 2021

Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy Read from Rilke's <em>The Book of Hours</em>

Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy Read from Rilke's The Book of Hours

This Week on the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | April 12, 2021

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, April 12th to April 16th

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, April 12th to April 16th

Featuring Maaza Mengiste, Namwali Serpell, Kaitlyn Greenidge,
and More 

By Rasheeda Saka | April 12, 2021

How Nellie Y. McKay Forged a Path for the Study of African American Literature

How Nellie Y. McKay Forged a Path for the Study of African American Literature

Shanna Greene Benjamin on the Broader Narrative of
Black Women’s Intellectualism

By Shanna Greene Benjamin | April 12, 2021

A Poem by Ellen Hagan

A Poem by Ellen Hagan

From Blooming Fiascoes

By Ellen Hagan | April 12, 2021

<em>The Echo Wife</em> by Sarah Gailey, Read by Xe Sands

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey, Read by Xe Sands

A Disturbing and Engrossing Sci-Fi Thriller

By Behind the Mic | April 12, 2021

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  • The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
  • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
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On Great Literary Loves and the Joyous, Complicated Brilliance of Walt Whitman

By Mark Edmundson | April 9, 2021

How to Raise Your Children on the History of Protest

By Nate Powell | April 9, 2021

Searching for Three Generations of Secrets at a French Chateau

By Stephanie Dray | April 9, 2021

The Donald Barthelme Story Nobody Talks About But Everyone Should Read

The Donald Barthelme Story Nobody Talks About But Everyone Should Read

Emily Temple on the Masterful Use of Authorial Intrusion in “Rebecca”

By Emily Temple | April 9, 2021

On Dealing with Literary Rejection: The Importance of Letting Go and Moving On

On Dealing with Literary Rejection: The Importance of Letting Go and Moving On

Jessica Bacal Considers How Writers and Artists Deal
with Hearing “No”

By Jessica Bacal | April 9, 2021

How Dorothea Nutzhorn Chased the Promise of Possibility and Became Dorothea Lange

How Dorothea Nutzhorn Chased the Promise of Possibility and Became Dorothea Lange

Jasmin Darznik on the Beginnings of a Legendary Photographer

By Jasmin Darznik | April 9, 2021

On the Necessary (and Inevitable) Rise of the Nature Memoir: A Reading List

On the Necessary (and Inevitable) Rise of the Nature Memoir: A Reading List

Raynor Winn Recommends the Books That Reignited Her
Connection to the Wild

By Raynor Winn | April 9, 2021

Why Targeted Ads Are a Disaster for Democracy

Why Targeted Ads Are a Disaster for Democracy

Carissa Véliz on Big Data and the Consequences of the
Erosion of Our Privacy

By Carissa Véliz | April 9, 2021

A Secret, Symbolic History of Pomegranates

A Secret, Symbolic History of Pomegranates

Kate Lebo: “Cracking one open feels like lifting
the lid on a jewelry box.”

By Kate Lebo | April 9, 2021

Fred Guttenberg on Gun Reform and the Hope of<br> Young People

Fred Guttenberg on Gun Reform and the Hope of
Young People

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | April 9, 2021

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