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How the
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Max Weiss on Translating the Gaza Doctor’s Words for the NYT, and the Paper’s Failure to Cover His Abduction and Torture
By
Max Weiss
| January 14, 2026
Following backlash over the booting of a Palestinian author, Adelaide Writers’ Week has been canceled.
By
Brittany Allen
| January 13, 2026
Thanks to the Trump administration, LGBTQ+ books are getting harder to sell.
By
Brittany Allen
| January 12, 2026
Texas A&M is banning Plato, citing his “gender ideology.”
By
Brittany Allen
| January 12, 2026
Jose Antonio Vargas on Life in a Country That Says You Don’t Belong
From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner
By
Memoir Nation
| January 12, 2026
Dozens of writers are boycotting the Adelaide festival for booting Palestinian-Australian Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah.
By
James Folta
| January 9, 2026
Best Reviewed
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What Happens if Russia Wins the War it Started in Ukraine?
By
Carlo Masala
| January 9, 2026
Stop anthropomorphizing lines of code.
By
James Folta
| January 8, 2026
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
By
Jonny Diamond
| January 8, 2026
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted to close itself down.
By
James Folta
| January 7, 2026
SI SI SI SI SI: On Fascist Passions in Mussolini’s Italy
Tia Glista Considers
Mussolini: Son of the Century
and
The Silver Book
By
Tia Glista
| January 7, 2026
How Humor Can Be an Effective Tool For Social Change
Chris Duffy on Relieving the Horrors Through Laughter
By
Chris Duffy
| January 7, 2026
The boycott of PEN America led by Writers Against the War on Gaza was a success.
By
James Folta
| January 6, 2026
In 2025, most Americans read fewer than four books.
By
Brittany Allen
| January 5, 2026
How the Enslaved of Saint-Domingue Struck Fear Into the Hearts of the Ruling Class
Carrie Gibson on François Makandal and the Impact of Superstition and the Supernatural in the 18th Century Caribbean
By
Carrie Gibson
| January 5, 2026
Zohran Mamdani Understands the Precarity of Middle Class American Life
Alissa Quart on the Lessons From Mamdani’s Campaign
By
Alissa Quart
| January 2, 2026
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by
A.D. Bell
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