A nun just unearthed a previously unknown Dante manuscript.

A nun just unearthed a previously unknown Dante manuscript.

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Read the story that just won the biggest short story prize in the world.

Read the story that just won the biggest short story prize in the world.

By Walker Caplan | July 8, 2021

What parents and teachers are getting wrong about childhood reading preferences.

What parents and teachers are getting wrong about childhood reading preferences.

By Jonny Diamond | July 8, 2021

Exclusive: NoViolet Bulawayo's next novel, <em>Glory</em>, is coming your way this spring.

Exclusive: NoViolet Bulawayo's next novel, Glory, is coming your way this spring.

By Emily Temple | July 8, 2021

When Franklin Pierce Saved Nathaniel Hawthorne from Financial Ruin

When Franklin Pierce Saved Nathaniel Hawthorne from Financial Ruin

Gary Ginsberg on the Longtime Friendship Between the Novelist and the Future President

By Gary Ginsberg | July 8, 2021

Toward Antifascist Futures: On Small-Scale Organizing as a Global Movement

Toward Antifascist Futures: On Small-Scale Organizing as a Global Movement

Ewa Majewska Investigates Counter Publics of the Common

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Millicent Simmons will lead an adaptation of Sara Nović's novel about a Deaf teen coming of age.

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Hungarian authorities have fined the distributor of a children’s book featuring same-sex parents.

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