How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

From Joya Chatterji's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Shadows at Noon”

By Joya Chatterji | September 10, 2024

Here's the shortlist for the 2024 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.

Here's the shortlist for the 2024 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding.

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2024

American universities continue to punish pro-Palestinian speech.

American universities continue to punish pro-Palestinian speech.

By Brittany Allen | September 9, 2024

Here's the shortlist for the 2024 American Library in Paris Book Award.

Here's the shortlist for the 2024 American Library in Paris Book Award.

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2024

Modern Gun Ownership is Just Another Consumer Fantasy About Empowerment

Modern Gun Ownership is Just Another Consumer Fantasy About Empowerment

Alex Trimble Young Wants to Tell a Different Story of US Gun Culture

By Alex Trimble Young | September 9, 2024

Paper Trail: On the Cross-Cultural Evolution of the Notebook

Paper Trail: On the Cross-Cultural Evolution of the Notebook

Roland Allen Explores the Millennia-Long History of Jotting Things Down

By Roland Allen | September 9, 2024

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No War Is Too Small: How Localized Conflicts Sparked Imperial Violence

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Censorship Through Centuries: On the Long Fight for Queer Liberation

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The Internet Archive lost their latest appeal. Here's what that means for you.

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What T.S. Eliot’s Letters to Emily Hale Reveal About the Poet’s Romantic Past

What T.S. Eliot’s Letters to Emily Hale Reveal About the Poet’s Romantic Past

Sara Fitzgerald on Unrequited Love and a Recently Declassified Epistolary Correspondence

By Sara Fitzgerald | September 6, 2024

Writing Between Worlds: Navigating My African and American Identities on the Page

Writing Between Worlds: Navigating My African and American Identities on the Page

Itoro Bassey on the Gift of Being Understood

By Itoro Bassey | September 6, 2024

Poetry and Painting: Visualizing Verse on the Page and the Canvas

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Cynthia Zarin and Rose Seccareccia Explore Their Shared Family Pastimes of Art and Literature

By Cynthia Zarin | September 6, 2024

Suffering, Grace and Redemption: How The Bronx Came to Be

Suffering, Grace and Redemption: How The Bronx Came to Be

Ian Frazier on the Early History of New York City's Northernmost Borough

By Ian Frazier | September 6, 2024

Reckoning and Refoundation: How the Tokyo Trials Created Modern Asia

Reckoning and Refoundation: How the Tokyo Trials Created Modern Asia

From Gary J. Bass's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Judgment at Tokyo”

By Gary J. Bass | September 6, 2024

Little Free Library has a new map to help places hit hardest by book bans.

Little Free Library has a new map to help places hit hardest by book bans.

By James Folta | September 5, 2024

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