Why Are We Fascinated by Strange Faces?

Why Are We Fascinated by Strange Faces?

Namwali Serpell Considers the "Smiling Disease" Exhibit, the Elephant Man, Michael Jackson, and Cleopatra

By Namwali Serpell | September 29, 2020

Voting is Still One of Our Most Powerful Tools For Change

Voting is Still One of Our Most Powerful Tools For Change

John Freeman on How Every Election is a Chance to Rebuild

By John Freeman | September 29, 2020

Meet the PhD Student Inventing a New Scientific Language in Welsh

Meet the PhD Student Inventing a New Scientific Language in Welsh

On Bedwyr Ab Ion Thomas's Mission to Reach One
Million Welsh Speakers

By Ally Findley | September 29, 2020

The 10 Best Book Covers <br>of September

The 10 Best Book Covers
of September

You Want It Darker?

By Emily Temple | September 29, 2020

Funeral in Effigy for the Statue of a Klansman Confederate General

Funeral in Effigy for the Statue of a Klansman Confederate General

Connor Towne O’Neill on Reckoning with Monuments and Memory at a Tennessee University

By Connor Towne O'Neill | September 29, 2020

On Wild Salmon, Hockey Dreams and Life in the Saanich Homeland

On Wild Salmon, Hockey Dreams and Life in the Saanich Homeland

Blaine Wilson: "Our name is what brings us alive, what ties us to our land."

By Sara Sinclair | September 29, 2020

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  • Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
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The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, September Edition

By Book Marks | September 29, 2020

What Does Nationalism Mean for the Environment?

By Keen On | September 29, 2020

The Black Women Who Led the Fight for Decolonization in the French Empire

By Time to Eat the Dogs | September 29, 2020

Ananya Roy on the Shared Struggles of Scholars and Activists

Ananya Roy on the Shared Struggles of Scholars and Activists

From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | September 29, 2020

On the Liberation Struggles of the <br>Soviet Refuseniks

On the Liberation Struggles of the
Soviet Refuseniks

Natan Sharansky Recalls the Global Effort to Get Russian Jews to Israel

By Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy | September 29, 2020

The Racist History and Political Ends of Taking Children

The Racist History and Political Ends of Taking Children

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | September 29, 2020

Here are the most challenged books from the last decade.

Here are the most challenged books from the last decade.

By Corinne Segal | September 28, 2020

An incomplete history of <em>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</em>: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

An incomplete history of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

By Dan Sheehan | September 28, 2020

Is Chris Hemsworth simply too hot to play a George Saunders hero?

Is Chris Hemsworth simply too hot to play a George Saunders hero?

By Emily Temple | September 28, 2020

Are the illustrations in children’s books making kids… dumber?                            

Are the illustrations in children’s books making kids… dumber?                            

By Jonny Diamond | September 28, 2020

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