How a Legacy of Poverty and Systematic Exclusion Created “White Trash” in America

How a Legacy of Poverty and Systematic Exclusion Created “White Trash” in America

Jaydra Johnson on the Intersections of Literature, Classism and Family History

By Jaydra Johnson | November 8, 2024

How Woodrow Wilson’s Privileged Southern Upbringing Influenced His Love Life

How Woodrow Wilson’s Privileged Southern Upbringing Influenced His Love Life

Christopher Cox on the 28th President’s Relationship With His First Wife, Ellen Axson Wilson

By Christopher Cox | November 8, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“With this sly sleight of hand, Senna deftly scrambles hierarchies of race, class, and culture.”

By Book Marks | November 7, 2024

The Book News is Generally... Good?

The Book News is Generally... Good?

Maris Kreizman Finds Some Silver Linings

By Maris Kreizman | November 7, 2024

“A Chubby-Cheeked, Shabby-Blazered Colossus.” How Dylan Thomas Influenced Generations of Poets

“A Chubby-Cheeked, Shabby-Blazered Colossus.” How Dylan Thomas Influenced Generations of Poets

Dai George Remembers the Inventive Wordplay and Freewheeling Life of a Welsh Literary Giant

By Dai George | November 7, 2024

But Can It Change Anything? What Artists and Social Movements Can Learn From Each Other

But Can It Change Anything? What Artists and Social Movements Can Learn From Each Other

Amber Massie-Blomfield Explores the Intersection of Art and Activism in the Contemporary Era

By Amber Massie-Blomfield | November 7, 2024

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On Illness and Death as Text and Autocorrect

By Malwina Gudowska | November 7, 2024

Jennifer Maritza McCauley on Puerto Ricans, Trump, and the Election

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 7, 2024

What Chickens Know: On Bonding with Birds and the Language of Hens

By Sy Montgomery | November 7, 2024

That Kind of Woman: On Motherhood As a Choice, Not a Destiny

That Kind of Woman: On Motherhood As a Choice, Not a Destiny

Honor Moore: “To be a mother was what a girl wanted then, and I did not.”

By Honor Moore | November 7, 2024

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee on Time and Timelessness

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee on Time and Timelessness

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | November 7, 2024

In Search of a Time Lost: A Selection of Proust’s Letters Translated by Lydia Davis

In Search of a Time Lost: A Selection of Proust’s Letters Translated by Lydia Davis

Three Missives from Marcel and Reflections on the World in Which He Composed Them

By Literary Hub | November 6, 2024

A Room of One’s Own: On Finding Beauty and Inspiration in Meditation

A Room of One’s Own: On Finding Beauty and Inspiration in Meditation

Leanne Ogasawara Considers the Importance of Stillness and Contemplation For Writers and Translators

By Leanne Ogasawara | November 6, 2024

The Journey of a Sea Bean: In Praise of the Ocean’s Smallest Gifts

The Journey of a Sea Bean: In Praise of the Ocean’s Smallest Gifts

Sally Huband: “I am left contemplating this luck.”

By Sally Huband | November 6, 2024

How a Novel by Mildred D. Taylor Helped Glory Edim Understand Being Black in the South

How a Novel by Mildred D. Taylor Helped Glory Edim Understand Being Black in the South

The Author of “Gather Me” Reflects on Navigating Her Nigerian and American Identities

By Glory Edim | November 6, 2024

The Great Dying: How Mass Extinction Made the Dinosaurs

The Great Dying: How Mass Extinction Made the Dinosaurs

Armin Schmitt on Earth’s Millennia-Long History of Reoccurring Cataclysms

By Armin Schmitt | November 6, 2024

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