How Adam Zagajewski “Accidentally“ Wrote the Definitive 9/11 Poem

How Adam Zagajewski “Accidentally“ Wrote the Definitive 9/11 Poem

Elaine L. Wang on “Try to Praise the Mutilated World”

By Elaine L. Wang | September 11, 2025

How Photographer Frank S. Matsura Challenged White America’s Hegemonic View of the West

How Photographer Frank S. Matsura Challenged White America’s Hegemonic View of the West

Glen Mimura on the Groundbreaking Work of the Japanese Photographer Who Made Washington State His Home

By Glen Mimura | September 11, 2025

No one’s reading for fun, apparently. Here’s a reading list to fix that.

No one’s reading for fun, apparently. Here’s a reading list to fix that.

By James Folta | September 10, 2025

What Money Really Means in Jane Austen’s Work

What Money Really Means in Jane Austen’s Work

“Talk of money in Austen is always dramatic, never just informative.”

By John Mullan | September 10, 2025

Friedrich Engels Predicted Modern Gentrification 150 Years Ago

Friedrich Engels Predicted Modern Gentrification 150 Years Ago

P.E. Moskowitz Wonders What Makes a City “Valuable”?

By P.E. Moskowitz | September 9, 2025

The Rise of Spiritualism (and Séances) After the First World War

The Rise of Spiritualism (and Séances) After the First World War

Alice Vernon on Preserving Memory During Periods of Global Grief

By Alice Vernon | September 8, 2025

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The WWI Battle That Never Ended: Finding Unexploded Mines in Verdun’s Fields

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A New Translation of Grave of the Fireflies Commemorates 80 Years Since the End of WWII

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Are Americans Being Conditioned to Accept Delayed Elections?

Are Americans Being Conditioned to Accept Delayed Elections?

For Aron Solomon, Warning Signs Are Flashing Everywhere

By Aron Solomon | September 3, 2025

Emily Wilson Explores The <i>Aeneid </i>’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World

Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World

“This ancient epic raises profound, provocative questions that are now more pressing than ever.”

By Emily Wilson | September 3, 2025

Howling Into the Wind: On 41 years of Writing About the Abuses of the Immigration System

Howling Into the Wind: On 41 years of Writing About the Abuses of the Immigration System

Daniel A. Olivas Considers America’s Seemingly Endless Demonization of Immigrants

By Daniel A. Olivas | September 3, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | August 29, 2025

Here's Obama's 2025 summer reading list.

Here's Obama's 2025 summer reading list.

A "close" read of the president's beach reads.

By Brittany Allen | August 27, 2025

The Paddystinians of Belfast: On the Palestinian Solidarity Movement in Northern Ireland

The Paddystinians of Belfast: On the Palestinian Solidarity Movement in Northern Ireland

Philip Metres Examines the Close Bonds of Occupation

By Philip Metres | August 27, 2025

How the Oslo Accords Fragmented Palestine and Uprooted a People

How the Oslo Accords Fragmented Palestine and Uprooted a People

Revisiting a Turning Point in the History of Israel’s Occupation

By Literary Hub | August 27, 2025

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