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    Poetry

    Prayer to the Redwood

    By Mai Der Vang  August 28, 2020
    The Cold War

    On the Brink of War: A View of North and South Korea in 1950

    By Charles J. Hanley  August 28, 2020
    Being Trans

    But You Don’t Look Trans?
    A Tale of Microagression

    By Veronica Esposito  August 28, 2020
    Read Smart

    Hallie Rubenhold on Winning and Writing History

    By Read Smart  August 28, 2020
    New Books Network

    The History of Witch Hunts in the Early Modern Atlantic World

    By New Books Network  August 28, 2020
    Keen On

    Ian Buruma on the So-Called Special Relationship Between the US and the UK

    By Keen On  August 28, 2020
    The Literary Life

    Dr. Michele Harper: Healing Yourself by Understanding How to Heal Others

    By The Literary Life  August 28, 2020
    The Hub

    Poetry magazine will skip its September issue to address its “deep-seated white supremacy.”

    By Corinne Segal  August 27, 2020
    The Hub

    Powell’s Books will stop selling books through Amazon due to its “detrimental impact” on stores.

    By Corinne Segal  August 27, 2020
    Writer's Retreats

    A writer’s retreat in Tokyo will treat you like a Real Author, deadlines, nosy editors, and all.

    By Aaron Robertson  August 27, 2020
    On Race

    The Year Afropessimism Hit the Streets?:
    A Conversation at the Edge of the World

    By Aaron Robertson  August 27, 2020
    Letters Home

    To John Lewis, Whose Strength and Sweetness Never Faltered

    By Nikky Finney  August 27, 2020
    Conspiracy theories

    The Incoherence of Hate: Reading
    The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

    By Daniel Torday  August 27, 2020
    On Race

    Looking Back to the Devastation of Katrina, 15 Years Later

    By Sarah M. Broom  August 27, 2020
    Illustrations

    An Illustrator Brings Realism into Octavia Butler’s Speculative Fiction

    By Aaron Robertson  August 27, 2020
    Keen On

    Thomas Frank: In Defense of Populism

    By Keen On  August 27, 2020
    Sports History

    When Muhammad Ali First Met the Black Prince of Harlem

    By Todd D. Snyder  August 27, 2020
    The Maris Review

    Tara Isabella Burton: We’re Not As Secular As We Think

    By The Maris Review  August 27, 2020
    New Books Network

    On Human Genetics and Racist Pseudoscience

    By New Books Network  August 27, 2020
    Just the Right Book

    James Forman Jr. Talks Crime and Punishment in Black America

    By Just the Right Book   August 27, 2020
    The Hub

    After a vote, Carlin Romano will remain on the NBCC board.

    By Emily Temple  August 26, 2020
    The Hub

    The Discomfort of Evening has won the International Booker Prize.

    By Katie Yee  August 26, 2020
    The Hub

    Heads up: The American Masters documentary of Ursula K. Le Guin is streaming for free.

    By Jessie Gaynor  August 26, 2020
    Westerns

    On the Anti-Western Genre Set in America’s Surreal Borderlands

    By Mike Soto  August 26, 2020
    Indigenous Lit

    Joy Harjo on the Diverse, Groundbreaking World of Indigenous Poetry

    By Joy Harjo  August 26, 2020
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