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Where are they now? Catching up with your favorite children's book protagonists.

Where are they now? Catching up with your favorite children's book protagonists.

By Brittany Allen | July 29, 2024

Did You Know That Poetry Used to Be an Actual Olympic Sport?

Did You Know That Poetry Used to Be an Actual Olympic Sport?

And the First Openly Gay Olympic Medalist Was a Poet

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 29, 2024

On Lying About Reading, or: How I Learned That Stieg Larsson Is Good, Actually

On Lying About Reading, or: How I Learned That Stieg Larsson Is Good, Actually

Sara Martin Considers the Motivations Behind Our Literary Untruths

By Sara Martin | July 29, 2024

Dangerous Solastalgia: On Writing in the Midst of Climate Grief

Dangerous Solastalgia: On Writing in the Midst of Climate Grief

Ashley Shelby Considers the Languages We Create for Our Most Profound Losses

By Ashley Shelby | July 29, 2024

Atomic Fallacy: Why Nuclear Power Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

Atomic Fallacy: Why Nuclear Power Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

M.V. Ramana Debunks Some Common Arguments About Energy In an Era of Ecological Emergency

By M.V. Ramana | July 29, 2024

The <em>New York Times’</em> “Best Books of the Century” List Was an Unforgivable Erasure of African Literature

The New York Times’ “Best Books of the Century” List Was an Unforgivable Erasure of African Literature

Ainehi Edoro-Glines on the Inherent Racism of Reproducing the Euro-American View of Literature

By Ainehi Edoro-Glines | July 26, 2024

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By Lauren Markham | July 26, 2024

What Mary Renault’s The Last of the Wine Reveals About Athletes, Ancient and Modern

By Justin Muchnick | July 26, 2024

Why your local indie bookstore might not have Hillbilly Elegy in stock this week (or ever).

By Drew Broussard | July 25, 2024

Cool merch for classic novels.

Cool merch for classic novels.

By James Folta | July 24, 2024

“Weapons of Health Destruction...” How Colonialism Created the Modern Native American Diet

“Weapons of Health Destruction...” How Colonialism Created the Modern Native American Diet

Andrea Freeman on the Impact of Systematic Oppression on Indigenous Cuisine in the United States

By Andrea Freeman | July 24, 2024

What the <em>Epic of Gilgamesh</em> Reveals About Sumerian Society

What the Epic of Gilgamesh Reveals About Sumerian Society

Paul Cooper on Economic, Intellectual and Creative Development in the Ancient Near East

By Paul Cooper | July 24, 2024

On Writing—and Then Becoming—the “Other”

On Writing—and Then Becoming—the “Other”

How Understanding Her Neurodiverse Protagonist Helped Mathangi Subramanian Understand Herself

By Mathangi Subramanian | July 24, 2024

Vacation Mode: On the Literary Relationship Between Travel and Madness

Vacation Mode: On the Literary Relationship Between Travel and Madness

Kate Preziosi on Recent Books by Rachel Lyon, Scarlett Thomas, and Kimberly King Parsons

By Kate Preziosi | July 24, 2024

Jen Hadfield on Annie Dillard’s <em>Pilgrim at Tinker Creek</em>

Jen Hadfield on Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 24, 2024

Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder on Protecting Mauna Kea

Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder on Protecting Mauna Kea

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 24, 2024

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