How Cheap Postal Rates for Books and Nonprofits Contributed to American Democracy

How Cheap Postal Rates for Books and Nonprofits Contributed to American Democracy

Christopher W. Shaw on the Importance of Affordable Mail

By Christopher W. Shaw | November 5, 2021

“The First Hurrah of Something Else.” On Boston’s Unprecedented Mayoral Election

“The First Hurrah of Something Else.” On Boston’s Unprecedented Mayoral Election

This Week on the Radio Open Source Podcast

By Open Source | November 5, 2021

Omar Mouallem on the Unknown History of Islam Across the Americas

Omar Mouallem on the Unknown History of Islam Across the Americas

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 5, 2021

Ben Wilson on the Invention of the City

Ben Wilson on the Invention of the City

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 5, 2021

A parent wants to criminally prosecute librarians for sharing a book about a genderqueer kid.

A parent wants to criminally prosecute librarians for sharing a book about a genderqueer kid.

By Walker Caplan | November 4, 2021

Here are 252 books by Native and Indigenous writers that Elissa Washuta thinks you should read.

Here are 252 books by Native and Indigenous writers that Elissa Washuta thinks you should read.

By Walker Caplan | November 4, 2021

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Deep Vellum will relaunch the Dalkey Archive this April.

By Walker Caplan | November 4, 2021

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr is the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to win the Prix Goncourt.

By Snigdha Koirala | November 4, 2021

On Grit: How Cheryl Strayed Learned to Ride Into Battle

By Debbie Millman | November 4, 2021

Learning About Sex from Samantha Jones

Learning About Sex from Samantha Jones

Rax King on Sex and the City Reruns and Owning the Term “Slut”

By Rax King | November 4, 2021

What I Learned While Cataloguing an Entire Library of 19th-Century Schoolbooks

What I Learned While Cataloguing an Entire Library of 19th-Century Schoolbooks

Kim Beil on Building a Habit of Curiosity

By Kim Beil | November 4, 2021

On Unjustly Forgotten American Abstract Artist Alice Trumbull Mason

On Unjustly Forgotten American Abstract Artist Alice Trumbull Mason

Meghan Forbes: What the Letters Reveal About the Artist

By Meghan Forbes | November 4, 2021

Ha Jin on the Importance of Writing Lasting Literature

Ha Jin on the Importance of Writing Lasting Literature

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 4, 2021

Defiant Women and Defiant Books: A Reading List

Defiant Women and Defiant Books: A Reading List

Amy Butcher Recommends Chanel Miller, T Kira Madden, and More

By Amy Butcher | November 4, 2021

“Was It I Who Came Back Home?” On the Return of Catherine Dior and Other Survivors of Ravensbrück

“Was It I Who Came Back Home?” On the Return of Catherine Dior and Other Survivors of Ravensbrück

Justine Picardie on a Homecoming Freighted with Suffering

By Justine Picardie | November 4, 2021

The Lives of Dangerous Books: On the Explosive Rise of Literacy in Tudor England

The Lives of Dangerous Books: On the Explosive Rise of Literacy in Tudor England

Amy Licence Looks at the History of the Printing Industry

By Amy Licence | November 4, 2021

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