Why Should You Read?

Why Should You Read?

Will Self Wonders What the Hell We Think We’re Doing

By Will Self | April 22, 2021

Brit Bennett on <em>Undercover Brother</em> and the Bygone Comedy of Racial Misunderstanding

Brit Bennett on Undercover Brother and the Bygone Comedy of Racial Misunderstanding

Introducing Our New Film Podcast, Open Form, Hosted
by Mychal Denzel Smith

By Open Form | April 22, 2021

Fatima Bhutto on Channeling the Fearlessness of Malcolm X

Fatima Bhutto on Channeling the Fearlessness of Malcolm X

“I learned how to be lonely from a young age.”

By Fatima Bhutto | April 22, 2021

Steve Ballinger on Removing the Remains of War, Nearly 80<br> Years On

Steve Ballinger on Removing the Remains of War, Nearly 80
Years On

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | April 22, 2021

Bishop Michael B. Curry on Hopeful Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement

Bishop Michael B. Curry on Hopeful Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement

This Week on Just the Right Book Podcast with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | April 22, 2021

Why Don’t We Talk More About Sibling Estrangement?

Why Don’t We Talk More About Sibling Estrangement?

Fern Schumer Chapman in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 22, 2021

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How the Sinister Study of Eugenics Legitimized Forced Sterilization in the United States

By Audrey Clare Farley | April 22, 2021

On the Battle to Reform a Pennsylvania School District's Xenophobic Enrollment Policies

By Jo Napolitano | April 22, 2021

So is a Gnome a Fairy? Tony DiTerlizzi Has the Answer

By NewberyTart | April 22, 2021

Mass Graves and 21st-Century Slavery: On the Dangerous Plight of Migrants

Mass Graves and 21st-Century Slavery: On the Dangerous Plight of Migrants

Emmanuel Mbolela Considers Our Ongoing Global Humanitarian Crisis

By Emmanuel Mbolela | April 22, 2021

Gilded Age Parties Were Even Wilder Than You Can Imagine

Gilded Age Parties Were Even Wilder Than You Can Imagine

Renée Rosen Runs Down the Great Balls of the
19th-Century One Percent

By Renée Rosen | April 22, 2021

Megan Rosenbloom on the History of Books Bound in Human Skin

Megan Rosenbloom on the History of Books Bound in Human Skin

This Week from the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | April 22, 2021

Despite protests from employees, Simon & Schuster still plans to publish Mike Pence’s book.

Despite protests from employees, Simon & Schuster still plans to publish Mike Pence’s book.

By Walker Caplan | April 21, 2021

Antoine Fuqua is making a new, all-Black <em>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</em>.

Antoine Fuqua is making a new, all-Black Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

By Dan Sheehan | April 21, 2021

Alyssa Collins has been awarded the Octavia E. Butler Fellowship.

Alyssa Collins has been awarded the Octavia E. Butler Fellowship.

By Walker Caplan | April 21, 2021

The University of Cape Town’s African Studies Library, ravaged by wildfire, needs your help.

The University of Cape Town’s African Studies Library, ravaged by wildfire, needs your help.

By Walker Caplan | April 21, 2021

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