Fable’s AI-generated end-of-year reading summaries veered into bigotry.

Fable’s AI-generated end-of-year reading summaries veered into bigotry.

By James Folta | January 8, 2025

What Will You Save When the Climate Crisis Comes For You?

What Will You Save When the Climate Crisis Comes For You?

Eiren Caffall on the Importance of Preserving Human and Natural History in Times of Catastrophe and Collapse

By Eiren Caffall | January 8, 2025

Arrested for Driving While Black: The Effortless Racism of America's Criminal Justice System

Arrested for Driving While Black: The Effortless Racism of America's Criminal Justice System

Irvin Weathersby Jr. on Racist Cops, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and the Traumatic Memory of Spending a Night in Chains

By Irvin Weathersby Jr. | January 8, 2025

From the Wakefield Twins to Claudia Kishi: How We See and Don’t See Ourselves in What We Read

From the Wakefield Twins to Claudia Kishi: How We See and Don’t See Ourselves in What We Read

Gloria L. Huang on Understanding Herself and Her Family Through Middle Grade Books

By Gloria L. Huang | January 8, 2025

What Roman Coins Reveal About the People Who Made Them

What Roman Coins Reveal About the People Who Made Them

Gareth Harney on the Hidden Human Stories Behind Ancient Currency

By Gareth Harney | January 8, 2025

A new $20,000 prize will recognize innovative prose by early-career writers.

A new $20,000 prize will recognize innovative prose by early-career writers.

By Literary Hub | January 7, 2025

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Judith Shakespeare, Grinning Literary Ghost: Lauren Groff on the Nuances of A Room of One’s Own

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The Travails of Maria the Beauty: On the Plight of Indigenous Women in the Brazilian Amazon

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Alex Cuadros Explores Patriarchy and Exploitation in a Context of Modern-Day Colonialism

By Alex Cuadros | January 6, 2025

Forest, Forest Burning Bright: On Humans’ Relationship with Trees in an Era of Climate Change

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Lauren E. Oakes Examines the Global Disequilibrium We’ve Created

By Lauren E. Oakes | January 6, 2025

Paradise in Progress: On Creating a Natural Refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Paradise in Progress: On Creating a Natural Refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains

“The more I learned, the more I had to face that, in this job I’d volunteered myself for, total control was impossible.”

By Paula Whyman | January 6, 2025

Crumple Zone: What Car Crashes Reveal About Human Hubris and Fragility

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Sara Mitchell Explores Risk, Racing and a Shared Father-Daughter Legacy of Survival

By Sara Mitchell | January 3, 2025

What Does It Mean to Remake <em>Nosferatu</em> Instead of Simply <em>Dracula</em>?

What Does It Mean to Remake Nosferatu Instead of Simply Dracula?

Robert Eggers’s Elegant New Vampire Film Takes the “Dracula” Canon in a Nostalgic, Reflective Direction

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 3, 2025

The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism

The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism

Julie Phillips Considers a Beloved Author’s Lifetime of Helping With the Housework of Democracy

By Julie Phillips | January 3, 2025

Trees of Life and Knowledge: Jamaica Kincaid on Colonialism, Gardening, and Worshipping Her Plants

Trees of Life and Knowledge: Jamaica Kincaid on Colonialism, Gardening, and Worshipping Her Plants

The Author of “An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children” in Conversation with Sandra Guzmán

By Sandra Guzmán | January 3, 2025

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