Here’s the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

Here’s the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

By Literary Hub | September 10, 2024

The Giller Prize has dropped the Scotiabank name but not the money.

The Giller Prize has dropped the Scotiabank name but not the money.

By Dan Sheehan | September 10, 2024

Here’s the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

Here’s the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

By Literary Hub | September 10, 2024

How a Small Town Murder in Oklahoma Sparked a Supreme Court Battle Over Tribal Sovereignty

How a Small Town Murder in Oklahoma Sparked a Supreme Court Battle Over Tribal Sovereignty

Rebecca Nagle on the Independence of the Muscogee Nation

By Rebecca Nagle | September 10, 2024

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

The Author of “Magically Black and Other Essays” Reflects on Serena Williams, Gang Signs, and “Scaring the White Folks”

By Jerald Walker | September 10, 2024

How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

From Joya Chatterji's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Shadows at Noon”

By Joya Chatterji | September 10, 2024

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Here's the shortlist for the 2024 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2024

American universities continue to punish pro-Palestinian speech.

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Here's the shortlist for the 2024 American Library in Paris Book Award.

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Modern Gun Ownership is Just Another Consumer Fantasy About Empowerment

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Alex Trimble Young Wants to Tell a Different Story of US Gun Culture

By Alex Trimble Young | September 9, 2024

Paper Trail: On the Cross-Cultural Evolution of the Notebook

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Roland Allen Explores the Millennia-Long History of Jotting Things Down

By Roland Allen | September 9, 2024

No War Is Too Small: How Localized Conflicts Sparked Imperial Violence

No War Is Too Small: How Localized Conflicts Sparked Imperial Violence

From Lauren Benton's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “They Called It Peace”

By Lauren Benton | September 9, 2024

Censorship Through Centuries: On the Long Fight for Queer Liberation

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Rebecca L. Davis Examines Battles Over Drag Story Hours and Book Bans Through the Lens of LGBTQ History

By Rebecca L. Davis | September 9, 2024

Was Françoise Sagan the original brat?

Was Françoise Sagan the original brat?

By Brittany Allen | September 6, 2024

The Internet Archive lost their latest appeal. Here's what that means for you.

The Internet Archive lost their latest appeal. Here's what that means for you.

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What T.S. Eliot’s Letters to Emily Hale Reveal About the Poet’s Romantic Past

What T.S. Eliot’s Letters to Emily Hale Reveal About the Poet’s Romantic Past

Sara Fitzgerald on Unrequited Love and a Recently Declassified Epistolary Correspondence

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