Red Alert: This library made a Taylor Swift display.

Red Alert: This library made a Taylor Swift display.

By Katie Yee | November 30, 2021

A public library was denied funding over an LGBTQ+ support group—so patrons took action.

A public library was denied funding over an LGBTQ+ support group—so patrons took action.

By Walker Caplan | November 30, 2021

The delightful Marcus Rashford has written a delightful-sounding children's book.

The delightful Marcus Rashford has written a delightful-sounding children's book.

By Dan Sheehan | November 30, 2021

Mark Twain disliked suspenders so much that he invented the bra clasp. (That's right.)

Mark Twain disliked suspenders so much that he invented the bra clasp. (That's right.)

By Emily Temple | November 30, 2021

The 11 Best Book Covers of November

The 11 Best Book Covers of November

Pity You Can't Eat Them, Really

By Emily Temple | November 30, 2021

Why Writers Shouldn’t Wait for Permission to Create the Stories They Want

Why Writers Shouldn’t Wait for Permission to Create the Stories They Want

James Hannaham on Uncensored Reading, Salacious Novels, and Marginalized Authors

By James Hannaham | November 30, 2021

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On the Monumental, Lasting Impact of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympic Games

By John Feinstein | November 30, 2021

How the Great Dorothy Day’s Anger Was an Expression of Her Faith

By Kaya Oakes | November 30, 2021

The Italian Electrical Scientist Who (May Have) Inspired Frankenstein

By Timothy J. Jorgensen | November 30, 2021

How Baseball Legend Satchel Paige Sought to Pacify White Fans

How Baseball Legend Satchel Paige Sought to Pacify White Fans

Luke Epplin Guests on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | November 30, 2021

Patrick Dean on the Ascent of America’s Wildest Peak

Patrick Dean on the Ascent of America’s Wildest Peak

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 30, 2021

EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 30, 2021

Shelley Blanton-Stroud On the Different Ways We Mythologize the Past

Shelley Blanton-Stroud On the Different Ways We Mythologize the Past

From the New Video Series Authors in the Tent, Hosted by Ona Russell

By The Virtual Book Channel | November 30, 2021

Listen to Chadwick Boseman read <em>Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</em>.

Listen to Chadwick Boseman read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

By Vanessa Willoughby | November 29, 2021

COVER REVEAL: Northwestern University Press’s collection <em>Growing Up Chicago</em>.

COVER REVEAL: Northwestern University Press’s collection Growing Up Chicago.

By Literary Hub | November 29, 2021

How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

How Did the Arab Spring Change Fiction?

Talya Zax Looks to Post-Revolutionary Literature

By Talya Zax | November 29, 2021

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