Power and Control: On the Very Rare Case of a Male Witch’s Execution

Power and Control: On the Very Rare Case of a Male Witch’s Execution

Kathryn Nuernberger Considers Society's Failure to Protect Victims, Then and Now

By Kathryn Nuernberger | February 19, 2021

A Brief Literary History of Gay and Lesbian Bars

A Brief Literary History of Gay and Lesbian Bars

Jeremy Atherton Lin on Finding Sites of Literary Sociability

By Jeremy Atherton Lin | February 19, 2021

How Walmart's Early Exploitation of Women Kickstarted an Economy of Underpaid Workers

How Walmart's Early Exploitation of Women Kickstarted an Economy of Underpaid Workers

Sarah Jaffe in Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | February 19, 2021

How We Get Free: On Genealogical Quests and Unknown Family History

How We Get Free: On Genealogical Quests and Unknown Family History

Michelle D. Commander Unearths the Buried Lives of Her Formerly Enslaved Ancestors

By Michelle D. Commander | February 19, 2021

A Brief History of Women’s Liberation Movements in America

A Brief History of Women’s Liberation Movements in America

Alix Kates Shulman and Honor Moore Map Genealogies 
of Feminist Activism

By Alix Kates Shulman and Honor Moore | February 19, 2021

Elizabeth McCulloch on the Ecological Sins of Floridians

Elizabeth McCulloch on the Ecological Sins of Floridians

In Conversation with G.P. Gottlieb on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | February 19, 2021

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This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: here is the sweet hand by francine j. harris

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Can a robot write a play? We’ll find out this month.

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Netflix is turning Lupita Nyong’o's children's book into an animated musical.

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A new Amor Towles novel is hitting shelves this October.

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Brit Bennett, Amanda Gorman, and Ijeoma Oluo are TIME’s “next” most influential people of 2021.

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Take a look inside this infinite stack of books (not your TBR pile).

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The Struggle to Define Wilderness: On Encountering John Muir in Bear Country

The Struggle to Define Wilderness: On Encountering John Muir in Bear Country

Bjorn Dihle: “The locals weren’t sure what to make of Muir when he confessed he had no interest in gold.”

By Bjorn Dihle | February 18, 2021

On One of the Great Unsung War Novels of the Last 30 Years

On One of the Great Unsung War Novels of the Last 30 Years

Daniel Elkind Rereads James Chapman’s TV-War Novel
GLASS (pray the electrons back to sand)

By Daniel Elkind | February 18, 2021

Homecoming: How To Be a Returnee in Lagos

Homecoming: How To Be a Returnee in Lagos

Yemisi Adegoke on Returnee Privilege and the Africa You Don’t See on TV

By Yemisi Adegoke | February 18, 2021

When Death Comes: An Oncology Nurse Finds Solace in Mary Oliver

When Death Comes: An Oncology Nurse Finds Solace in Mary Oliver

Nina Solis on Making Peace with the Unknown

By Nina Solis | February 18, 2021

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