Censoring Imagination: Why Prisons Ban Fantasy and Science Fiction

Censoring Imagination: Why Prisons Ban Fantasy and Science Fiction

Moira Marquis on the Importance of Magical Thinking For the Incarcerated

By Moira Marquis | December 7, 2023

After Australia: Robyn Davidson on Discovering Her Next Adventure

After Australia: Robyn Davidson on Discovering Her Next Adventure

“Perhaps a strong fate is nothing more than a reckless disregard for consequences.”

By Robyn Davidson | December 7, 2023

Shadow Face: Jessica Moore on the Dissolving Margins of Motherhood

Shadow Face: Jessica Moore on the Dissolving Margins of Motherhood

“I was made dangerously permeable so my babies could be born.”

By Jessica Moore | December 7, 2023

Unlocking Digital Doors: On the Hacker Group That Told Congress They Could Take Down the Internet

Unlocking Digital Doors: On the Hacker Group That Told Congress They Could Take Down the Internet

Walter J. Scheirer on L0pht Heavy Industries and the Origins of Modern-Day Online Deception

By Walter J. Scheirer | December 7, 2023

Black Lives Matter in the Classroom: A Roundtable on Teaching CRT and Disputed Literature Today

Black Lives Matter in the Classroom: A Roundtable on Teaching CRT and Disputed Literature Today

Lynnette Mawhinney Speaks with Cicely Lewis, Christopher Stewart, Shamika J. Simpson, Ahmed Ismail Yusuf, and Holly Y. McGee

By Literary Hub | December 7, 2023

Here are the 2023 recipients of the $40,000 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant.

Here are the 2023 recipients of the $40,000 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant.

By Literary Hub | December 6, 2023

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Colonizing Plants: How Bougainvillea Conquered the World

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Shahnaz Habib on the Relationship Between Colonialism, Natural Science and Travel

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Patricia Engel has won the 2023 John Dos Passos Prize.

Patricia Engel has won the 2023 John Dos Passos Prize.

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More Than Meets the Eye: On the Ancient Origins and Diverse Uses of Eyeliner

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Zahra Hankir Explores the Cosmetic’s Relationship with Beauty, Power and Spirituality

By Zahra Hankir | December 5, 2023

Space Pastoral: Finding a New Literary Genre in the Slow Death of the International Space Station

Space Pastoral: Finding a New Literary Genre in the Slow Death of the International Space Station

Samantha Harvey on Sci-Fi Becoming Sci-Fact and the End of an Era in Technology

By Samantha Harvey | December 5, 2023

Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction

Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction

“Once I wanted poetry to save me. From what? For what is the better question.”

By Christian Wiman | December 5, 2023

<em>Poor Things</em> is a Curious Phantasmagoria

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Olivia Rutigliano on Yorgos Lanthimos’s (Best) New Film

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“The Frisson of Pure Evil.” An Oral History of the Release of the Velvet Underground’s First Album

“The Frisson of Pure Evil.” An Oral History of the Release of the Velvet Underground’s First Album

“There were just so many layers and so many colors. Even if all the colors were dark.”

By Dylan Jones | December 5, 2023

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