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Arrested for Driving While Black: The Effortless Racism of America's Criminal Justice System

Arrested for Driving While Black: The Effortless Racism of America's Criminal Justice System

Irvin Weathersby Jr. on Racist Cops, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and the Traumatic Memory of Spending a Night in Chains

By Irvin Weathersby Jr. | January 8, 2025

From the Wakefield Twins to Claudia Kishi: How We See and Don’t See Ourselves in What We Read

From the Wakefield Twins to Claudia Kishi: How We See and Don’t See Ourselves in What We Read

Gloria L. Huang on Understanding Herself and Her Family Through Middle Grade Books

By Gloria L. Huang | January 8, 2025

What Roman Coins Reveal About the People Who Made Them

What Roman Coins Reveal About the People Who Made Them

Gareth Harney on the Hidden Human Stories Behind Ancient Currency

By Gareth Harney | January 8, 2025

A new $20,000 prize will recognize innovative prose by early-career writers.

A new $20,000 prize will recognize innovative prose by early-career writers.

By Literary Hub | January 7, 2025

Judith Shakespeare, Grinning Literary Ghost: Lauren Groff on the Nuances of <em>A Room of One’s Own</em>

Judith Shakespeare, Grinning Literary Ghost: Lauren Groff on the Nuances of A Room of One’s Own

From a New Introduction to Virginia Woolf's Classic, Oft-Misunderstood Essay

By Lauren Groff | January 7, 2025

Say hello to your new favorite holiday—Plough Monday!

Say hello to your new favorite holiday—Plough Monday!

By Brittany Allen | January 6, 2025

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In an overwhelming vote, the American Historical Association voted to condemn scholasticide in Gaza.

By Brittany Allen | January 6, 2025

The Travails of Maria the Beauty: On the Plight of Indigenous Women in the Brazilian Amazon

By Alex Cuadros | January 6, 2025

Forest, Forest Burning Bright: On Humans’ Relationship with Trees in an Era of Climate Change

By Lauren E. Oakes | January 6, 2025

Paradise in Progress: On Creating a Natural Refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Paradise in Progress: On Creating a Natural Refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains

“The more I learned, the more I had to face that, in this job I’d volunteered myself for, total control was impossible.”

By Paula Whyman | January 6, 2025

Crumple Zone: What Car Crashes Reveal About Human Hubris and Fragility

Crumple Zone: What Car Crashes Reveal About Human Hubris and Fragility

Sara Mitchell Explores Risk, Racing and a Shared Father-Daughter Legacy of Survival

By Sara Mitchell | January 3, 2025

What Does It Mean to Remake <em>Nosferatu</em> Instead of Simply <em>Dracula</em>?

What Does It Mean to Remake Nosferatu Instead of Simply Dracula?

Robert Eggers’s Elegant New Vampire Film Takes the “Dracula” Canon in a Nostalgic, Reflective Direction

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 3, 2025

The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism

The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism

Julie Phillips Considers a Beloved Author’s Lifetime of Helping With the Housework of Democracy

By Julie Phillips | January 3, 2025

Trees of Life and Knowledge: Jamaica Kincaid on Colonialism, Gardening, and Worshipping Her Plants

Trees of Life and Knowledge: Jamaica Kincaid on Colonialism, Gardening, and Worshipping Her Plants

The Author of “An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children” in Conversation with Sandra Guzmán

By Sandra Guzmán | January 3, 2025

Fighting for Book Workers’ Rights, Battling Book Bans, and Other Literary Resolutions For 2025

Fighting for Book Workers’ Rights, Battling Book Bans, and Other Literary Resolutions For 2025

Maris Kreizman Looks Ahead to the New Year

By Maris Kreizman | January 2, 2025

Notable Literary Deaths in 2024

Notable Literary Deaths in 2024

An Incomplete List of the Writers, Editors, and Great Literary Minds We Lost This Year

By Literary Hub | January 2, 2025

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