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Ways of Remembering: A Father and Daughter Navigate Loss Together

Ways of Remembering: A Father and Daughter Navigate Loss Together

“Is this my family’s thing? The need to pin memories down, preserve them in a drawer, put a frame around them?”

By Michele Filgate | May 8, 2025

An Indigenous Theory of Water: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on Rivers as Teachers

An Indigenous Theory of Water: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on Rivers as Teachers

The Author of "Theory of Water" Offers Some Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg Spirituality

By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | May 8, 2025

On the Latest Threat to Literary Culture’s Fragile Ecosystem: Donald Trump

On the Latest Threat to Literary Culture’s Fragile Ecosystem: Donald Trump

Maris Kreizman Wonders What Can Be Done in the Face of Trump’s Devastating NEA Cuts?

By Maris Kreizman | May 8, 2025

Remembering the Unacknowledged Sacrifices of the Red Army’s Female Snipers

Remembering the Unacknowledged Sacrifices of the Red Army’s Female Snipers

Shelly Sanders on the Brave Women Silenced By the Country They Fought to Protect

By Shelly Sanders | May 8, 2025

From the French Resistance to the Horrors of Hiroshima: Eight Globe-Spanning Books on World War II

From the French Resistance to the Horrors of Hiroshima: Eight Globe-Spanning Books on World War II

Natasha Lester Recommends Ariel Lawhon, Emma Pei Yin, Anne Sebba, and More

By Natasha Lester | May 8, 2025

Eve L. Ewing and pals are buying a Chicago bookstore.

Eve L. Ewing and pals are buying a Chicago bookstore.

By Brittany Allen | May 7, 2025

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Margaret Atwood has won the Griffin Poetry Prize's 2025 Lifetime Recognition Award.

By Literary Hub | May 7, 2025

The Schomburg Library is turning 100 this year—and throwing an epic rager.

By Brittany Allen | May 7, 2025

One great short story to read today: Angela Carter's "The Company of Wolves"

By Emily Temple | May 7, 2025

The Rise of the Submission Industrial Complex

The Rise of the Submission Industrial Complex

Chill Subs’ Benjamin Davis Looks into the Economics of Submission Fees

By Benjamin Davis | May 7, 2025

Poet of the Queer Brotherhood: How William Blake Influenced Oscar Wilde’s Circle

Poet of the Queer Brotherhood: How William Blake Influenced Oscar Wilde’s Circle

Philip Hoare on Paul Nash, W. Graham Robertson, “De Profundis,” and More

By Philip Hoare | May 7, 2025

It’s the Most Important Muscle in Your Body and You Don’t Even Know What It’s Called

It’s the Most Important Muscle in Your Body and You Don’t Even Know What It’s Called

Henry Abbott on the Essential Anatomical Role Played By the Enigmatic Psoas

By Henry Abbott | May 7, 2025

Ornament, Etiquette, Identity, Food: A Personal History of the Orange

Ornament, Etiquette, Identity, Food: A Personal History of the Orange

Katie Goh Ponders Citrus in Art and Life

By Katie Goh | May 7, 2025

An Immodest Proposal: How Britain’s Relentless Imperialism Created the Irish Potato Famine

An Immodest Proposal: How Britain’s Relentless Imperialism Created the Irish Potato Famine

Padraic X. Scanlan on Jonathan Swift, Colonization, and Dispossession

By Padraic X. Scanlan | May 7, 2025

Asking Toni’s Questions: Decentering Whiteness in Literary Spaces

Asking Toni’s Questions: Decentering Whiteness in Literary Spaces

“It is the discomfort of asking and of making space for the answers...that will allow us to stay in the room together.”

By Rosa Castellano | May 7, 2025

How Reality Television Warps Our Understanding of Political and Economic Realities

How Reality Television Warps Our Understanding of Political and Economic Realities

Eunji Kim on the Role of Entertainment and Infotainment in American Life

By Eunji Kim | May 7, 2025

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