Here are the finalists for the 2026 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

Here are the finalists for the 2026 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

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How We All Became Little Blue Dots on a Digital Map

How We All Became Little Blue Dots on a Digital Map

Katherine Dunn on the Intersection of Corporate and Military Power and That Created Modern GPS Systems

By Katherine Dunn | June 17, 2026

A Poem For Bad Dads: Annakeara Stinson on <em>The Cremation of Sam McGee</em>

A Poem For Bad Dads: Annakeara Stinson on The Cremation of Sam McGee

“He haunts us, but sometimes, playfully, surprisingly—and in this way, even in death, like McGee, he returns.”

By Annakeara Stinson | June 17, 2026

“Don’t Let Nobody Ever Call You That.” Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor on Finding Confidence in Her Blackness

“Don’t Let Nobody Ever Call You That.” Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor on Finding Confidence in Her Blackness

Navigating the Reality of American Racism with a World-Famous Father

By Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor | June 17, 2026

Mail Between Heaven and Earth: On Japan’s Post Office For Letters to the Dead

Mail Between Heaven and Earth: On Japan’s Post Office For Letters to the Dead

Sally Hayden Explores the Ways We Cope With Loss in Times of Crisis

By Sally Hayden | June 17, 2026

What is the Future of Ethnic Studies?

What is the Future of Ethnic Studies?

Aaron Boehmer on the Crisis in Academia and George Lipsitz’s Ethnic Studies at the Crossroads

By Aaron Boehmer | June 17, 2026

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Resistance Against Apartheid Started Young

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On Time, Pain and the Labor Process: Considering the History of Midwifery

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Erin Maglaque Examines Her Own Experience of Giving Birth in the Context of What Has Come Before

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