• Politics

    The Hub

    C-SPAN is starting a (very “patriotic”) book club.

     
    By Brittany Allen  August 25, 2025
    Fascism

    The Fascist History of Yoga

    By Stewart Home  August 22, 2025
    Lesbian Literature

    On the Past and Future of Lesbian Pulp

    By Trish Bendix  August 21, 2025
    Style

    Not Just a Fashion Statement: How Purses Are Used as Political Tools

    By Kathleen B. Casey  August 21, 2025
    Slavery

    Riding to Freedom: On the Importance of the Horse in Escaping Slavery

    By Bitter Kalli  August 19, 2025
    The Hub

    Sally Rooney could be arrested on terrorism charges for supporting Palestine Action.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 18, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Displacement

    A Record of Vanishings: Neda Maghbouleh on the Stress Response of Seeing Iran Bombed

    By Neda Maghbouleh  August 18, 2025
    The Hub

    This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

    By James Folta  August 15, 2025
    Ukraine

    A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine

    By Olia Hercules  August 15, 2025
    Gaza

    Surviving the Infamous Flour Massacre in Gaza

    Ahmed Dader: “I will need years for the scenes of that night to fade in my memory.”

    By Ahmed Dader  August 25, 2025
    Genocide

    How Do We Tell the Story of Gaza’s Murdered Journalists?

    By Steven W. Thrasher  August 14, 2025
    The Hub

    New Hampshire will soon allow parents to see their children’s library checkouts.

    By James Folta  August 14, 2025
    Publishing

    Why the Supreme Court Shouldn’t Make Millions From Publishing Books

    By Maris Kreizman  August 14, 2025
    Fiction vs. Nonfiction

    Memoir On a Hill: Finding the Best Way to Tell the Story of America

    Jason Mott Navigates the Demands of Fiction and Nonfiction in the Second Trump Era

    By Jason Mott  August 14, 2025
    American Revolution

    Inventing the American Revolution: On Thomas Paine’s Guide to Fighting Dictatorship

    By Matthew Redmond  August 13, 2025
    Gaza

    The View From Gaza—As Seen Through WB Yeats’s Widening Gyre

    By Alaa Alqaisi  August 13, 2025
    Sexuality

    How the AIDS Epidemic Led to the Creation of Sex Ed in America

    By Margaret Grace Myers  August 13, 2025
    Ukraine

    “Literature is a Force For Peace and Solidarity.” On Writing a Novel of the War in Ukraine

    Sam Wachman Unpacks the Challenges of Sharing Truths in Fiction

    By Sam Wachman  August 13, 2025
    The Hub

    The Associated Press is ending its regular book coverage.

    By Brittany Allen  August 12, 2025
    The Hub

    Award-winning poet Alice Oswald was arrested for supporting Palestine Action.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 11, 2025
    The Hub

    Read the final message sent by murdered Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif.

    By Dan Sheehan  August 11, 2025
    Health

    The Value of Women’s Lives: How Abortion Bans Escalate Domestic Violence

    Kylie Cheung Explores the Life-Threatening Risks of Seeking an Abortion After the Overturn of Roe v. Wade

    By Kylie Cheung  August 11, 2025
    The Hub

    This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

    By James Folta  August 8, 2025
    Climate Change

    Dreading Those Sunny Days: The Perils of Surviving Without Shade as a Homeless Person

    By Sam Bloch  August 8, 2025
    Poetry

    “Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan

    By Nima Hasan  August 15, 2025
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