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    On the Supreme Court’s Misinterpretation of the Religion Clauses

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    Raven Leilani has won the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

    By Rasheeda Saka  December 4, 2020
    Young Adult

    The Hidden Literary Heritage of Harriet the Spy

    By Leslie Brody  December 4, 2020
    Masculinity

    On Loneliness and the Superficial Friendships of Men

    By Andrew Reiner  December 4, 2020
    TV

    Who Gets to Be a Sympathetic Character in The Undoing?

    By Olivia Rutigliano  December 4, 2020
    How to Proceed

    Arundhati Roy on Carrying the Inquiry Through Different
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    By How to Proceed   December 4, 2020
    Teaching

    Lessons in Humility From Teaching in the Mojave Desert

    By Thomas Maltman  December 4, 2020
    Basketball

    How the NBA Became a Spectacle

    By Pete Croatto  December 4, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Terry Tempest Williams: Thinking of the Pandemic
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    Cover Reveal

    Aminatta Forna and Maaza Mengiste: A Conversation and Cover Reveal

    By Literary Hub  December 4, 2020
    Keen On

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    By Keen On  December 4, 2020
    Adaptations

    The Mankiewicz Brothers’ Biographer Weighs in on David Fincher’s Mank

    By Sydney Ladensohn Stern  December 4, 2020
    Change Lab

    Grace Lynne Haynes on the Coexisting Beauty of
    Darkness and Light

    By Change Lab  December 4, 2020
    Trauma

    Aubrey Gordon on Dealing With Aggressive Fatphobia

    By Aubrey Gordon  December 4, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

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    The Antibody Reading Series

    The Antibody Reading Series: Starring Matthew Daddona, Hafizah Geter, and Xialou Guo

    By The Antibody Reading Series  December 3, 2020
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    Check out the first trailer for American Gods season 3.

    By Dan Sheehan  December 3, 2020
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    Showtime has (already) optioned a book about Biden’s win for television.

    By Corinne Segal  December 3, 2020
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    We’re getting a poetry collection from Akwaeke Emezi in 2022.

    By Rasheeda Saka  December 3, 2020
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    Camilla Townsend is the 2020 winner of the Cundill History Prize.

    By Rasheeda Saka  December 3, 2020
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    Jason Reynolds bought up all his own books from local DC bookstores and gave them to readers.

    By Walker Caplan  December 3, 2020
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    Allegheny County Jail has reversed its policy banning book delivery to its incarcerated population.

    By Walker Caplan  December 3, 2020
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    Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain is being adapted for TV.

    By Dan Sheehan  December 3, 2020
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    NYC radical bookstore Bluestockings is back—and they need your help.

    By Walker Caplan  December 3, 2020
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    Brit Bennett is one of EW’s Entertainers of the Year.

    By Walker Caplan  December 3, 2020
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