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From Ovid to Hawthorne, on the Power and Possibility of Retelling Classic Stories

From Ovid to Hawthorne, on the Power and Possibility of Retelling Classic Stories

“Voices we have not heard take the lead.”

By Laurie Lico Albanese | October 5, 2022

New York City’s Best Bookstore Storefronts: An Illustrated (Incomplete) List

New York City’s Best Bookstore Storefronts: An Illustrated (Incomplete) List

From Corner Bookstore to Drama Book Shop and More

By David Dodge and Joel Holland | October 4, 2022

<em>For Us All</em> Act I: On Fred Korematsu’s Conviction—and the Fight to Overturn it 40 Years Later

For Us All Act I: On Fred Korematsu’s Conviction—and the Fight to Overturn it 40 Years Later

Featuring the Japanese American Civil Liberties Collection from LA Theatre Works

By Audiobook Break | October 4, 2022

German chain Aldi calls <em>Schindler’s List</em> ideal for “relaxing, unwinding” on holiday.

German chain Aldi calls Schindler’s List ideal for “relaxing, unwinding” on holiday.

By Jonny Diamond | October 3, 2022

Fascism and Illness Have Long Been Intertwined in Italy’s National Consciousness

Fascism and Illness Have Long Been Intertwined in Italy’s National Consciousness

Thea Lenarduzzi on Pandemics Past and Present, and the Recent Italian Election

By Thea Lenarduzzi | October 3, 2022

Ada Ferrer on the Connections Between Cuba and the US

Ada Ferrer on the Connections Between Cuba and the US

"History always looks different depending on where one stands."

By Ada Ferrer | October 3, 2022

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Meet the Writers on the Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist

By Literary Hub | October 1, 2022

Among Other Things, Neoliberalism is “Too Boring” to Confront the Hard Right Threat to Democracy

By Andrew Keen | September 30, 2022

On the Meteoric Rise of “Aunt Elsie,” Beloved Newswoman and Children’s Columnist

By Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert | September 29, 2022

Jonathan Escoffery Talks About How Belonging Shifts Across Generations

Jonathan Escoffery Talks About How Belonging Shifts Across Generations

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 29, 2022

Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence and Partition

Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence and Partition

Featuring Anita Desai, Hari Kunzru, Salman Rushdie, and More

By Literary Hub | September 28, 2022

Who Has the Right to Bear Arms? A Brief History

Who Has the Right to Bear Arms? A Brief History

Elsa Dorlin on Legal Traditions of Self-Defense

By Elsa Dorlin | September 28, 2022

What Was Germany Like in the Decade After Hitler?

What Was Germany Like in the Decade After Hitler?

Harald Jähner on the No Man’s Time of Post WWII Germany

By Harald Jähner | September 28, 2022

How White Supremacy Was Codified Into Law in America

How White Supremacy Was Codified Into Law in America

Margaret A. Burnham on the Legal Legacy of Jim Crow

By Margaret A. Burnham | September 28, 2022

Elsie Robinson, the Most Popular American Woman Writer You’ve Never Heard Of

Elsie Robinson, the Most Popular American Woman Writer You’ve Never Heard Of

Allison Gilbert in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 28, 2022

Generation Amazing!!! How We’re Draining Language of Its Power

Generation Amazing!!! How We’re Draining Language of Its Power

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza on the “Maxim of Extravagance”

By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | September 27, 2022

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