13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

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By Maud Newton | August 18, 2022

What a New Translation of <em>Beowulf</em> Says About Extinction

What a New Translation of Beowulf Says About Extinction

Lydia Pyne on Talking About Species Loss

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Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

Japanese American Incarceration for Children: Brandon Shimoda on Reading with His Daughter

“I did not grow up with children’s books about Japanese American incarceration. There were not many.”

By Brandon Shimoda | August 18, 2022

Steven W. Thrasher on How Viruses Affect Economic Mobility As Much As Health

Steven W. Thrasher on How Viruses Affect Economic Mobility As Much As Health

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | August 18, 2022

The PRH Trial Has Revealed a Barely Hidden Scorn for Independent Publishers

The PRH Trial Has Revealed a Barely Hidden Scorn for Independent Publishers

Margot Atwell of Feminist Press on the Importance of Indies

By Margot Atwell | August 18, 2022

Why Publishing Sitcoms Help Me Maintain Hope and Humor for the Future of the Industry

Why Publishing Sitcoms Help Me Maintain Hope and Humor for the Future of the Industry

Emma Kantor on the Screwball Comedies Younger and Love & Anarchy

By Emma Kantor | August 18, 2022

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Courtney E. Martin on the Many Ways of Asking the School Question

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