What Writers in the Diaspora Miss About the Plurality of African Literature

What Writers in the Diaspora Miss About the Plurality of African Literature

Itoro Bassey on How We Write About Africa

By Itoro Bassey | December 5, 2025

How Indigenous West African Communities Resisted the European Slave Trade

How Indigenous West African Communities Resisted the European Slave Trade

“It was clear to African populations that self-reliance was the only way to survive predatory imperial states.”

By Sudhir Hazareesingh | December 5, 2025

Give Me Independence: On 1776, the Pivotal Year For What Would Become America

Give Me Independence: On 1776, the Pivotal Year For What Would Become America

Edward J. Larson Considers the Impact and Legacy of the American Revolutionary Cause

By Edward J. Larson | December 5, 2025

Have libraries have become the new Blockbuster?

Have libraries have become the new Blockbuster?

By Brittany Allen | December 4, 2025

<em> La, la, laaa, la, la, laaa. </em> We’re getting a <em> Gilmore Girls </em> tell-all.

La, la, laaa, la, la, laaa. We’re getting a Gilmore Girls tell-all.

By Brittany Allen | December 4, 2025

Life-Giving, Imaginative and Underfunded: Small Press Publishers in Crisis

Life-Giving, Imaginative and Underfunded: Small Press Publishers in Crisis

Lucy Mercer and Livia Franchini Discuss the Landscape of British Publishing with Jack Thompson, Jess Chandler, Sam Fisher and Kristen Vida Alfaro

By Lucy Mercer and Livia Franchini | December 4, 2025

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The Radical Write: How a Medieval Catholic Mystic Inspired My Debut Novel

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Janet Rich Edwards on Marguerite Porete and the Power of Unconventional Faith

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How It Feels to Watch a Civil War Unfold From the Comfort of Your Living Room

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Tareq Baconi on the Experience of Repeated Exile For His Palestinian Refugee Family

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Stravinsky in the Desert: Playing Piano Under Big West Texas Skies

Stravinsky in the Desert: Playing Piano Under Big West Texas Skies

Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy on Their Site-Specific Concerts in Marfa

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3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

Hwang Bo-Reum on Little Ways to Cultivate Your Reading (and Writing) Life

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Hannah Kauders on Grief, Translation, and Fátima Vélez’s <em>Galápagos</em>

Hannah Kauders on Grief, Translation, and Fátima Vélez’s Galápagos

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By Hannah Kauders | December 3, 2025

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