Why Drag Queen Story Hour Matters

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Writing Yourself Into Existence: On Loving Worlds Where We Don’t Belong

Writing Yourself Into Existence: On Loving Worlds Where We Don’t Belong

Abdi Nazemian: "My empathy is big enough to let me love something (or someone) even if they have not pledged allegiance to me..."

By Abdi Nazemian | September 24, 2025

From Leninism to Legalism: On the Ideological Evolution of Soviet Dissidents

From Leninism to Legalism: On the Ideological Evolution of Soviet Dissidents

From Benjamin Nathans's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause”

By Benjamin Nathans | September 24, 2025

Literary takeaways from the 2025 film festival circuit.

Literary takeaways from the 2025 film festival circuit.

By Brittany Allen | September 23, 2025

Here’s the 2025 Booker Prize shortlist.

Here’s the 2025 Booker Prize shortlist.

By Literary Hub | September 23, 2025

Beloved radical NYC bookstore Bluestockings announced they will be closing in 2025.

Beloved radical NYC bookstore Bluestockings announced they will be closing in 2025.

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Behind the Fame (and Inspirations) of Muriel Spark

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Here's the shortlist for the 2025 American Library in Paris Book Award.

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What <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> Tells Us About British History, Class, and Women’s Leisure Time

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The Other King Henry: On the Many Afterlives of Haiti’s Misunderstood Henry Christophe

The Other King Henry: On the Many Afterlives of Haiti’s Misunderstood Henry Christophe

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“The Many Sick Mothers of My Heart.” Life at the Intersection of Sickness and Trauma

“The Many Sick Mothers of My Heart.” Life at the Intersection of Sickness and Trauma

Margeaux Feldman Considers Individual and Societal Attitudes Towards Physical, Mental and Chronic Illness

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