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Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with “reframing” rejection?

Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with “reframing” rejection?

By Brittany Allen | February 4, 2026

On Russia’s New Official Dictionary and the Language of Authoritarianism

On Russia’s New Official Dictionary and the Language of Authoritarianism

Katherine Kelaidis Considers the Dictionary as a Prescriptive Ideological Document

By Katherine Kelaidis | February 4, 2026

From Gaza to Minneapolis We Are Still Being Told to Disbelieve Our Eyes

From Gaza to Minneapolis We Are Still Being Told to Disbelieve Our Eyes

Steven W. Thrasher on the Western Establishment’s
Deliberate Break From Reality

By Steven W. Thrasher | February 4, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: “did they really take a 4 yo too the other night?”

Letter From Minnesota: “did they really take a 4 yo too the other night?”

Sarah Green on Preserving the Idea of Kinship in the Face of Brutality

By Sarah Green | February 4, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: Our Work is to Protect What We Love

Letter From Minnesota: Our Work is to Protect What We Love

Diane Wilson on Traditions of American Violence,
to Nature and Human Alike

By Diane Wilson | February 4, 2026

What’s the Word for... <br>Forgetting Words?

What’s the Word for...
Forgetting Words?

Mira Ptacin on Grappling with Perimenopausal Aphasia

By Mira Ptacin | February 4, 2026

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Bianca Stone is Reading Now, and Next

By Diana Arterian | February 4, 2026

How W.E.B. DuBois and James McCune Smith Helped Combat Medical Racism in America

By Michelle A. Williams | February 4, 2026

Meet the Ancient Ancestor of Macaroni and Cheese—and Cook It Yourself

By Karima Moyer-Nocchi | February 4, 2026

How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating

How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating

Katherine Hollander on Intellectual, Political and Artistic Collaboration Among the Exiled Mitarbeiter

By Katherine Hollander | February 4, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: This is Actually What’s Great About America

Letter From Minnesota: This is Actually What’s Great About America

David Mura on the Power of Solidarity and Diversity in the Twin Cities

By David Mura | February 3, 2026

Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, Anti-Zionism, and Her Relationship to American Judaism

Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, Anti-Zionism, and Her Relationship to American Judaism

“I take both my Jewishness and my Americanness as honors and responsibilities.”

By Lily Meyer | February 3, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: <br>We’ve Been Here Before

Letter From Minnesota:
We’ve Been Here Before

Carolyn Holbrook Finds Wisdom For the Moment
in the Words of Octavia Butler

By Carolyn Holbrook | February 3, 2026

11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society

11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society

From the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

By Ann Larson and Alissa Quart | February 3, 2026

Writing is an Act of Faith, But Publishing is a Practice in Doubt

Writing is an Act of Faith, But Publishing is a Practice in Doubt

Reena Shah on Remaining a “Writer in Training”

By Reena Shah | February 3, 2026

This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s <em>Infinite Jest</em> Was Published

This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest Was Published

And the Takes Began

By Literary Hub | February 2, 2026

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