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How a Small Town Murder in Oklahoma Sparked a Supreme Court Battle Over Tribal Sovereignty

How a Small Town Murder in Oklahoma Sparked a Supreme Court Battle Over Tribal Sovereignty

Rebecca Nagle on the Independence of the Muscogee Nation

By Rebecca Nagle | September 10, 2024

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

The Author of “Magically Black and Other Essays” Reflects on Serena Williams, Gang Signs, and “Scaring the White Folks”

By Jerald Walker | September 10, 2024

How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

From Joya Chatterji's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Shadows at Noon”

By Joya Chatterji | September 10, 2024

Paper Trail: On the Cross-Cultural Evolution of the Notebook

Paper Trail: On the Cross-Cultural Evolution of the Notebook

Roland Allen Explores the Millennia-Long History of Jotting Things Down

By Roland Allen | September 9, 2024

No War Is Too Small: How Localized Conflicts Sparked Imperial Violence

No War Is Too Small: How Localized Conflicts Sparked Imperial Violence

From Lauren Benton's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “They Called It Peace”

By Lauren Benton | September 9, 2024

Censorship Through Centuries: On the Long Fight for Queer Liberation

Censorship Through Centuries: On the Long Fight for Queer Liberation

Rebecca L. Davis Examines Battles Over Drag Story Hours and Book Bans Through the Lens of LGBTQ History

By Rebecca L. Davis | September 9, 2024

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American Nightmare: Alice Driver on the Immigrants Who Risked Their Lives at a Meatpacking Plant During Covid

By Sarah Viren | September 5, 2024

How the Weimar Republic’s Hyperinflation Transformed Gender Relations in Germany

How the Weimar Republic’s Hyperinflation Transformed Gender Relations in Germany

Harald Jähner on the Economic, Social and Moral Landscape of Weimar Berlin

By Harald Jähner | September 5, 2024

Korean Revolutionary Kim San on Moral Courage in the Face of Imperialist Violence

Korean Revolutionary Kim San on Moral Courage in the Face of Imperialist Violence

“To rise above oppression is the glory of man; to submit is his shame.”

By Kim San | September 5, 2024

On the weird literary origins of <em>Beetlejuice</em> (Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice...).

On the weird literary origins of Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice...).

By Brittany Allen | September 4, 2024

Poetic Prankster: On Rudyard Kipling’s Boundary-Blurring Satire of Bureaucracy

Poetic Prankster: On Rudyard Kipling’s Boundary-Blurring Satire of Bureaucracy

Priyasha Mukhopadhyay Explores the Anglo-Indian Author’s “Departmental Ditties”

By Priyasha Mukhopadhyay | September 4, 2024

How Arabic Translations of Ancient Greek Texts Started a New Scientific Revolution

How Arabic Translations of Ancient Greek Texts Started a New Scientific Revolution

Josephine Quinn on the Myth that Arabic Translations Merely Preserved Greek Literature

By Josephine Quinn | September 4, 2024

Seven literary(ish) Substacks you should subscribe to, stat.

Seven literary(ish) Substacks you should subscribe to, stat.

By Brittany Allen | August 30, 2024

Taking Up Space: When the Gay Games Came to San Francisco

Taking Up Space: When the Gay Games Came to San Francisco

Frank Andre Guridy on Queer Athletic Activism and the Use of Stadiums as Sites of Political Struggle

By Frank Andre Guridy | August 30, 2024

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