From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and Autocracy

From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and Autocracy

Don Gillmor Explores the Economic, Political and Environmental Impact of Our Addiction to Oil

By Don Gillmor | April 25, 2025

Nanny As Nuisance: How Caregivers Disrupt the Fiction of the Nuclear Family

Nanny As Nuisance: How Caregivers Disrupt the Fiction of the Nuclear Family

Hannah Zeavin Explores the Class, Racial and Gender Dynamics of Childcare in the United States

By Hannah Zeavin | April 25, 2025

In Praise of “Toxic” Female Friendships

In Praise of “Toxic” Female Friendships

Ginny Hogan on the Intersection of Beauty and Disappointment, on the Page and the Screen

By Ginny Hogan | April 25, 2025

What Community Means as a Queer Black Writer

What Community Means as a Queer Black Writer

Doug Jones Explores Acting Up in an Age of Tribalism

By Doug Jones | April 25, 2025

Time to re-read <em>The Masses</em>, the 1910s literary magazine crushed by government censorship.

Time to re-read The Masses, the 1910s literary magazine crushed by government censorship.

By James Folta | April 24, 2025

Five incredible books edited by Toni Morrison.

Five incredible books edited by Toni Morrison.

By Brittany Allen | April 24, 2025

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Tommy Orange has won the Aspen Words Literary Prize for Wandering Stars.

By Literary Hub | April 24, 2025

Urgent Lessons From a Heroic Early AIDS Doctor: On the Legacy of Joseph Sonnabend

By Steven W. Thrasher | April 24, 2025

“The Question Project.” On John Dunton and the World’s First Advice Column

By Mary Beth Norton | April 24, 2025

Matthew Specktor Remembers His Mother as a Young Woman Struggling to Find Her Place in Los Angeles

Matthew Specktor Remembers His Mother as a Young Woman Struggling to Find Her Place in Los Angeles

“All of this suggests not a person who’s simply afraid to be late, but rather one who is running: who remains, always, in flight.”

By Matthew Specktor | April 24, 2025

How the Rattlesnake Almost Became an Emblem of a Nascent America

How the Rattlesnake Almost Became an Emblem of a Nascent America

Stephen S. Hall on the Centuries-Long Historical Evolution of a Serpentine Symbol

By Stephen S. Hall | April 24, 2025

Art and Craft: An Illustrated Conversation Between Lena Moses-Schmitt and Martha Park

Art and Craft: An Illustrated Conversation Between Lena Moses-Schmitt and Martha Park

From the Authors of “True Mistakes” and “World Without End”

By Literary Hub | April 24, 2025

Something Good in the World: Let’s Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day This Weekend

Something Good in the World: Let’s Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day This Weekend

Maris Kreizman Reminds Us That Good Spaces Still Exist in the World

By Maris Kreizman | April 24, 2025

The Sant Jordi NYC Festival of Books & Roses is bringing the Catalan celebration to America.

The Sant Jordi NYC Festival of Books & Roses is bringing the Catalan celebration to America.

By James Folta | April 23, 2025

Here's the shortlist for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize.

By Literary Hub | April 23, 2025

On the Vital Importance of Preserving the Most Obscure—and Endangered—of the World’s Many Languages

On the Vital Importance of Preserving the Most Obscure—and Endangered—of the World’s Many Languages

Lorna Gibb Considers How Language Shapes Identities, Worldviews and Societies Across the Globe

By Lorna Gibb | April 23, 2025

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