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After Reconstruction, Black Women Found Opportunity for Revolt in Church

After Reconstruction, Black Women Found Opportunity for Revolt in Church

And White Suffragists Often Stood in the Way

By Martha S. Jones | September 10, 2020

Maaza Mengiste on How Writing and Justice Are Intertwined

Maaza Mengiste on How Writing and Justice Are Intertwined

From the Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengraber

By The Quarantine Tapes | September 10, 2020

How the 38-Day Battle for Sicily Was Overshadowed by D-Day

How the 38-Day Battle for Sicily Was Overshadowed by D-Day

James Holland and Al Murray in Conversation on We Have Ways of Making You Talk

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | September 10, 2020

On the Path to Understanding? <br>A Conversation with Claudia Rankine

On the Path to Understanding?
A Conversation with Claudia Rankine

Catherine Barnett Talks to the Author of Just Us

By Catherine Barnett | September 9, 2020

On Albery Allson Whitman, Radical Black Poet of the Reconstruction

On Albery Allson Whitman, Radical Black Poet of the Reconstruction

A 19th-Century Vision of Black and Native American Resistance

By Matt Sandler | September 9, 2020

12 Books You Should Read<br> in September

12 Books You Should Read
in September

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2020

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The Magic of Everyday Life is Preserved in Ganda Folklore

By Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi | September 9, 2020

How Paper Money Shaped American Capitalism

By New Books Network | September 9, 2020

The Unexpected Politics of Book Cover Design

By Jenny Bhatt | September 8, 2020

What Are the Chances of a Peaceful Transition of Power in November?

What Are the Chances of a Peaceful Transition of Power in November?

John Dean in Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | September 8, 2020

<em>Language Keepers</em>: Talking to the Last Fluent Speaker of the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Language

Language Keepers: Talking to the Last Fluent Speaker of the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Language

A New Six-Part Series From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 8, 2020

Matt Yglesias Makes the Case for More Americans

Matt Yglesias Makes the Case for More Americans

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | September 8, 2020

<em>Caste</em> by Isabel Wilkerson, Read by Robin Miles

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, Read by Robin Miles

A Powerhouse Performance and a Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

By Behind the Mic | September 7, 2020

Racists politicized the US postal system when they burned abolitionist literature in 1835.

Racists politicized the US postal system when they burned abolitionist literature in 1835.

By Aaron Robertson | September 4, 2020

The Twilight of Democracy and the Rise of Authoritarianism

The Twilight of Democracy and the Rise of Authoritarianism

Anne Applebaum and Michael Ignatieff In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | September 4, 2020

The Bible Is Far More Interesting to Read as a Literary Text Than a Literal One

The Bible Is Far More Interesting to Read as a Literary Text Than a Literal One

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | September 4, 2020

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