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

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

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.

American universities continue to punish pro-Palestinian speech.

By Brittany Allen | September 9, 2024

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

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2024

Modern Gun Ownership is Just Another Consumer Fantasy About Empowerment

By Alex Trimble Young | September 9, 2024

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

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

Censorship Through Centuries: On the Long Fight for Queer Liberation

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.

By Brittany Allen | September 6, 2024

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

By Sara Fitzgerald | September 6, 2024

Writing Between Worlds: Navigating My African and American Identities on the Page

Writing Between Worlds: Navigating My African and American Identities on the Page

Itoro Bassey on the Gift of Being Understood

By Itoro Bassey | September 6, 2024

Poetry and Painting: Visualizing Verse on the Page and the Canvas

Poetry and Painting: Visualizing Verse on the Page and the Canvas

Cynthia Zarin and Rose Seccareccia Explore Their Shared Family Pastimes of Art and Literature

By Cynthia Zarin | September 6, 2024

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