On the Haunted History of Apartheid in South Africa

On the Haunted History of Apartheid in South Africa

Nadia Davids Spends Time in the Company of Ghosts

By Nadia Davids | December 10, 2025

Why Joan Didion Hated the Police

Why Joan Didion Hated the Police

Scott Saul on a Little-Known Essay by California’s Famed Chronicler of the Counterculture

By Scott Saul | December 9, 2025

The Far Side of Disaster: <br>On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel <em>To the Lighthouse</em>

The Far Side of Disaster:
On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel To the Lighthouse

Colin Dickey: “It reminds me that others have struggled with how to write through the end of the world.”

By Colin Dickey | December 9, 2025

You can help build the first public library in Gaza since the genocide began.

You can help build the first public library in Gaza since the genocide began.

By James Folta | December 8, 2025

Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment.

Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment.

By Drew Broussard | December 8, 2025

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | December 5, 2025

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  • The Six Loves of James I

The US will reinstate library grants canceled by Trump.

By James Folta | December 5, 2025

How Indigenous West African Communities Resisted the European Slave Trade

By Sudhir Hazareesingh | December 5, 2025

Author R.F. Kuang has dropped out of a UAE literary festival, citing the BDS boycott.

By Brittany Allen | December 3, 2025

Caro-head Matthew Rhys wants to make a <em>Power Broker</em> show with Netflix.

Caro-head Matthew Rhys wants to make a Power Broker show with Netflix.

By James Folta | December 3, 2025

How It Feels to Watch a Civil War Unfold From the Comfort of Your Living Room

How It Feels to Watch a Civil War Unfold From the Comfort of Your Living Room

Tareq Baconi on the Experience of Repeated Exile For His Palestinian Refugee Family

By Tareq Baconi | December 3, 2025

A kid’s book press had to tell Pete Hegseth to not depict their turtle committing murder.

A kid’s book press had to tell Pete Hegseth to not depict their turtle committing murder.

By James Folta | December 2, 2025

On the Rise of ChatGPT and the Industrialization of the Post-Meaning World

On the Rise of ChatGPT and the Industrialization of the Post-Meaning World

“Soon it won’t just be birthday greetings and opening gambits on Hinge that people outsource to AI.”

By Matt Greene | December 2, 2025

Al-Atlal, Now: On Language and Silence in Gaza’s Wake

Al-Atlal, Now: On Language and Silence in Gaza’s Wake

Sarah Aziza on Genocide and the Graveyard of Meanings

By Sarah Aziza | December 2, 2025

Sally Rooney says her books may become unavailable in the UK because of her advocacy for Palestine.

Sally Rooney says her books may become unavailable in the UK because of her advocacy for Palestine.

By James Folta | December 1, 2025

Progressive Except for Palestine: On Growing Up in Bari Weiss’s “Urban Shtetl”

Progressive Except for Palestine: On Growing Up in Bari Weiss’s “Urban Shtetl”

Laura Kraftowitz Examines the Fault Lines and False Choices of Liberal Judaism

By Laura Kraftowitz | December 1, 2025

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