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    Imprisoned Writers

    Chris Hedges on Teaching Playwriting in Prison

    By Chris Hedges  October 21, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Brittney Cooper, Susana Morris, and Chanel Craft Tanner on a New Intersectional Resource for Young Feminists

    By The Virtual Book Channel  October 21, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Derecka Purnell on Abolition and the Pursuit of Freedom

    By The Quarantine Tapes  October 21, 2021
    Keen On

    Ethan Lou on Crypto and the Bitcoin Boom

    By Keen On  October 21, 2021
    The Hub

    Here are the finalists for the 2021 Cundill History Prize.

    By Snigdha Koirala  October 20, 2021
    The Hub

    Who will buy the £80,000 watch from James Joyce’s Ulysses?

    By Walker Caplan  October 20, 2021
    The Hub

    Watch the trailer for a new documentary about Kurt Vonnegut, with footage spanning decades.

    By Walker Caplan  October 20, 2021
    The Hub

    This 1998 advice from Ursula K. Le Guin about gender-neutral language is still relevant.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  October 20, 2021
    This is a Quiz

    Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

    By Emily Temple  October 20, 2021
    Water

    The Unsettling Sea: On Rationalizing the Drowning of the World We Inhabit

    By Patrick Nunn  October 20, 2021
    Running

    The Painful Language of an Ultrarunner’s Body on a Sweltering Day

    By J.M. Thompson  October 20, 2021
    Reality TV

    How Survivor Uses the Threat of Hunger to Sow Chaos and Disruption

    By Sallie Tisdale  October 20, 2021
    Teaching Through a Pandemic

    The Last-Resort Move That Made My Students Smile

    By Frances Starn  October 20, 2021
    Rural America

    White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

    By Brad Kessler  October 20, 2021
    Thresholds

    Bad Seed Warren Ellis on the Spirituality of Music and Nina Simone’s Chewing Gum

    By Thresholds   October 20, 2021
    Literary History

    How the TV Adaptation of Alex Haley’s Roots Sparked a Cultural Awakening

    By Wil Haygood  October 20, 2021
    Teaching Through a Pandemic

    On Mismatched Emotions in a South Dakota Pandemic Classroom

    By Christy Tidwell  October 20, 2021
    Keen On

    Michael Lenox on “Decarbonizing” the Global Economy

    By Keen On  October 20, 2021
    Protest

    Call and Response: On the Inextricable History of Music and Black Struggle

    By Veronica Chambers and Jennifer Harlan  October 20, 2021
    Reading

    On Finding the Book That Returns You to Your Body

    By Dodie Bellamy  October 20, 2021
    Keen On

    Myisha Cherry on Anger as a Tool for Defeating Racism

    By Keen On  October 20, 2021
    Trauma

    Writing Through Trauma, Past and Present: On the Legacies of Catholic Ireland

    By Elaine Feeney  October 20, 2021
    The Hub

    Three-time nominated Lucy Caldwell has won this year’s BBC National Short Story Award.

    By Snigdha Koirala  October 19, 2021
    The Hub

    The Believer magazine will stop publishing after its spring 2022 issue.

    By Emily Temple  October 19, 2021
    The Hub

    The new trailer for Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter goes full psychological thriller.

    By Walker Caplan  October 19, 2021
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