Birth of the Jailhouse Lawyer: How Inmate Counsel Saves Prisoners’ Lives

Birth of the Jailhouse Lawyer: How Inmate Counsel Saves Prisoners’ Lives

Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull on William “Joe Writs” Johnson, Law Libraries, and a Constitutional Battle

By Literary Hub | July 8, 2025

On Killing a Coyote

On Killing a Coyote

“We see ourselves in the predators of the wild; to eat a coyote would feel like an act of cannibalism.”

By Helen Whybrow | July 7, 2025

How Much is Too Much? On Bearing Witness to Violence in the Digital Age

How Much is Too Much? On Bearing Witness to Violence in the Digital Age

Will Potter Considers the Psychological and Social Impact of the (Over) Saturation of Cruelty in the Contemporary Era

By Will Potter | July 7, 2025

Dancing with Frank O’Hara: How <em>Lunch Dances</em> Breaks the Library’s Sacred Silence

Dancing with Frank O’Hara: How Lunch Dances Breaks the Library’s Sacred Silence

Brian Schaefer on Monica Bill Barnes and Robbie Saenz de Viteri’s Immersive Dance-Theater Performance

By Brian Schaefer | July 7, 2025

On America’s First Highway: Preparing For a Trip Along the Great Wagon Road

On America’s First Highway: Preparing For a Trip Along the Great Wagon Road

James Dodson Explores the History and Legacy of Early Colonial Expansion

By James Dodson | July 7, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | July 3, 2025

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By Brittany Allen | July 3, 2025

What Are the Revolutionaries Reading? Activists Recommend Essential Texts

By Suzanne Cope | July 3, 2025

Clarence A. Haynes on Finding the Soundscape of Your Novel

By Clarence A. Haynes | July 3, 2025

How Houston’s Third Ward Became a Hub of Black Art, Culture, and Opportunity

How Houston’s Third Ward Became a Hub of Black Art, Culture, and Opportunity

Lauren O'Neill Butler on Shotgun Houses, Segregation, and the Art of Rick Lowe and John Biggers

By Lauren O'Neill Butler | July 2, 2025

How Immigrants and Other ESL Students Make American English Their Own

How Immigrants and Other ESL Students Make American English Their Own

Megan C. Reynolds on the Linguistic Quirks That Contribute to the Diversity of the English Language

By Megan C. Reynolds | July 2, 2025

On the Dehumanizing Impact of Deportation and Our Obligations to Each Other

On the Dehumanizing Impact of Deportation and Our Obligations to Each Other

Laurie Sheck Considers the Plight of Refugee Children

By Laurie Sheck | July 2, 2025

A Series of Unfortunate Salaries: <br>Maris Kreizman on Fighting the Publishing Industry’s Elitism

A Series of Unfortunate Salaries:
Maris Kreizman on Fighting the Publishing Industry’s Elitism

The Author of “I Want to Burn This Place Down” Unionizes Against the Big Five’s Unlivable Wages

By Maris Kreizman | July 1, 2025

Doomsday Profiteers: On Corporate America’s Y2K Response

Doomsday Profiteers: On Corporate America’s Y2K Response

Leigh Claire La Berge Looks Back at the Digital Apocalypse That Wasn’t

By Leigh Claire La Berge | July 1, 2025

Remembering the Great Manuel Puig, Cosmopolitan Chronicler of the Everyday

Remembering the Great Manuel Puig, Cosmopolitan Chronicler of the Everyday

Suzanne Jill Levine on Knowing and Translating One of Latin America’s Finest 20th Century Writers

By Suzanne Jill Levine | June 30, 2025

The Supreme Court just approved anti-LGBT book bans.

The Supreme Court just approved anti-LGBT book bans.

By James Folta | June 27, 2025

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