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The Race to Save a Medieval Palestinian Library

The Race to Save a Medieval Palestinian Library

Ryan Byrnes on the Khalidi Family’s Battle to Protect Their Library From Ultra-Orthodox Settlers

By Ryan Byrnes | October 7, 2025

Imagining a Liberated Future for Palestine

Imagining a Liberated Future for Palestine

Ilan Pappé Explores Political Futures in Palestine and Israel

By Ilan Pappé | October 7, 2025

Here are the most banned books of 2025.

Here are the most banned books of 2025.

By Brittany Allen | October 6, 2025

Patricia Smith on How a Poet Ages

Patricia Smith on How a Poet Ages

Growing Older and Forging Connection Through Poetry

By Patricia Smith | October 6, 2025

Uncanny Prescience: Revisiting Kafka’s Amerika

Uncanny Prescience: Revisiting Kafka’s Amerika

Mark Harman Considers the Striking Social Commentary of the Unfinished Novel

By Mark Harman | October 6, 2025

Teaching 200 Children in Gaza’s Refugee Camps

Teaching 200 Children in Gaza’s Refugee Camps

How Palestinian Teacher Ikram Talaat Ahmed Turned Displacement Tents into Schools

By Ikram Talaat Ahmed | October 6, 2025

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This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | October 3, 2025

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | October 3, 2025

What It’s Like to Live a Queer Life in the United Arab Emirates

By Gaar Adams | October 3, 2025

Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Andrew Ervin Looks for Answers (to Impossible Questions) in Recent Books by Luke Kemp and Richard Mabey

By Andrew Ervin | October 3, 2025

Any Coloradan with a cell phone will soon be able to access banned books for free.

Any Coloradan with a cell phone will soon be able to access banned books for free.

By Brittany Allen | October 2, 2025

Funeral For a Postponed Death: On Burying Argentina’s Disappeared

Funeral For a Postponed Death: On Burying Argentina’s Disappeared

Mariana Enriquez: “How beautiful cemeteries are.... Where the name and the date remain, a voice that says: I was here, now I’m gone.”

By Mariana Enriquez | October 2, 2025

Ron DeSantis is about to “gift” Donald Trump a $200 million plot of land for his “library.”

Ron DeSantis is about to “gift” Donald Trump a $200 million plot of land for his “library.”

By Jonny Diamond | September 30, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | September 26, 2025

Why I Risked Arrest to Protest the Giller Prize’s Blood Money

Why I Risked Arrest to Protest the Giller Prize’s Blood Money

"It’s not enough to sign a letter or boycott once. We must see this through to the end."

By Literary Hub | September 26, 2025

When Bruce Lee Trained With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When Bruce Lee Trained With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Jeff Chang on What Two Iconic Athletes Learned From Their Collaboration

By Jeff Chang | September 25, 2025

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