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Looking the Palestinian in the Eye

Looking the Palestinian in the Eye

Nicki Kattoura on Mohammed El-Kurd’s “Perfect Victims”

By Nicki Kattoura | February 12, 2025

A Fantasy of Domesticity: Why We’re Drawn to the False Promise of the Tradwife

A Fantasy of Domesticity: Why We’re Drawn to the False Promise of the Tradwife

Larissa Pham on Baking, Community and Navigating Societal Expectations of Heteronormativity

By Larissa Pham | February 12, 2025

An American Faerie Queene: The Uncertain Lives of Nathaniel and Una Hawthorne

An American Faerie Queene: The Uncertain Lives of Nathaniel and Una Hawthorne

Megan Marshall on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Family, Edmund Spenser, and Biographical Lies

By Megan Marshall | February 12, 2025

Secrets of the Deep South: In Search of Hidden Family and Collective History in Georgia

Secrets of the Deep South: In Search of Hidden Family and Collective History in Georgia

David Levering Lewis on the Eternal Questions of Race and Power Surrounding the American National Narrative

By David Levering Lewis | February 12, 2025

The Great (Un)Equalizer: How Black and Native Families Struggle to Achieve Social Mobility Through Education

The Great (Un)Equalizer: How Black and Native Families Struggle to Achieve Social Mobility Through Education

Eve L. Ewing on the Structural Factors Behind Economic and Educational Inequality in America

By Eve L. Ewing | February 12, 2025

From Community Organizer to Novelist: Alejandro Heredia Finds a Balance Between Art and Activism

From Community Organizer to Novelist: Alejandro Heredia Finds a Balance Between Art and Activism

“Fiction offers us a way of looking at people’s interior and interconnected lives that... holds space for contradiction.”

By Alejandro Heredia | February 12, 2025

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Pankaj Mishra on Nationalism, Modernity and How We Can Best Confront Contemporary Atrocity

By Pankaj Mishra | February 11, 2025

Mohammed El-Kurd on the Complexities of Victimhood, Resilience, and Portraying Palestinian Genocide

Mohammed El-Kurd on the Complexities of Victimhood, Resilience, and Portraying Palestinian Genocide

Hanna Phifer in Conversation with the Author of “Perfect Victims”

By Hanna Phifer | February 11, 2025

Truth and Reconciliation: <br>Ten Books That Explore South Africa’s Identity

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Gird your loins. We're about to get a lot of really bad, state-sponsored art.

Gird your loins. We're about to get a lot of really bad, state-sponsored art.

By Brittany Allen | February 10, 2025

Israeli police raided Palestinian-owned bookstores in Jerusalem and arrested the owners.

Israeli police raided Palestinian-owned bookstores in Jerusalem and arrested the owners.

By James Folta | February 10, 2025

What to read if you're finally ready to loud quit your job.

What to read if you're finally ready to loud quit your job.

By Brittany Allen | February 10, 2025

Bestselling comic novelist Tom Robbins has died at 92.

Bestselling comic novelist Tom Robbins has died at 92.

By Emily Temple | February 10, 2025

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