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The Sexual Double Standards That Led to the Baby Boom—and ‘Girls in Trouble’

The Sexual Double Standards That Led to the Baby Boom—and ‘Girls in Trouble’

Gabrielle Glaser Recounts an Era of Prudery, Playboy,
and Teen Pregnancy

By Gabrielle Glaser | January 27, 2021

Benjamin Franklin would hate your patriotic bald eagle memes.

Benjamin Franklin would hate your patriotic bald eagle memes.

By Jonny Diamond | January 26, 2021

A Brief History of the Death Penalty in America

A Brief History of the Death Penalty in America

Maurice Chammah on the Country's Ambivalence Toward Democratized Killing

By Maurice Chammah | January 26, 2021

22 Books That Helped Me Write the Story of My Transition

22 Books That Helped Me Write the Story of My Transition

P. Carl on Inspiration, Imagination, and Identity

By P. Carl | January 26, 2021

How Do We Write About Political Crisis and Personal Conflict?

How Do We Write About Political Crisis and Personal Conflict?

Carys Davies Outlines the Process of Writing Her Latest Novel

By Carys Davies | January 26, 2021

Of Progressive Bookselling, <br>Past and Future

Of Progressive Bookselling,
Past and Future

Lucy Kogler on the American Bookstore as a Radical Resource

By Lucy Kogler | January 26, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

On Class Warfare and the Perfect Storm of Crises That Got Us Here

By Keen On | January 26, 2021

From the Golden Age to... Roombas: 8 Essential Books About Artificial Intelligence

By Michael Wooldridge | January 25, 2021

What James Baldwin Taught Nikky Finney About the Poet’s Responsibility to the Living

By The Quarantine Tapes | January 25, 2021

How the Long Winter of 1933 Birthed a New Kind of Nationalism

How the Long Winter of 1933 Birthed a New Kind of Nationalism

Paul Jankowski Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 25, 2021

The Unmade Edges of Language: On the Poetry of Alvin Feinman

The Unmade Edges of Language: On the Poetry of Alvin Feinman

James Geary: "Alvin’s poems exist at the extreme reaches of speech, the far outskirts of thought."

By James Geary | January 25, 2021

Writing a Saudi American Novel When No One Has Done It Before

Writing a Saudi American Novel When No One Has Done It Before

Eman Quotah on the Beginning of a Tradition

By Eman Quotah | January 25, 2021

On Cancel Culture, Accountability, and Transformative Justice

On Cancel Culture, Accountability, and Transformative Justice

adrienne maree brown Considers a New Method of Care and Community-Building

By adrienne maree brown | January 25, 2021

‘There Are No Slaveholders Here.’ A Letter from Frederick Douglass

‘There Are No Slaveholders Here.’ A Letter from Frederick Douglass

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | January 25, 2021

On the Long, Baseless History of Anti-Vaccination Movements

On the Long, Baseless History of Anti-Vaccination Movements

And How Doctors Have Enabled Anti-Vaxxers

By Charles Kenny | January 22, 2021

Against the Myth of the <br>Macho Craftsman

Against the Myth of the
Macho Craftsman

On the Idea of Crafting as Community Support

By Glenn Adamson | January 22, 2021

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