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Our terrible year of open letters continues: JK Rowling edition.

Our terrible year of open letters continues: JK Rowling edition.

By Jonny Diamond | September 30, 2020

What Happens When a President <br>Really Listens?

What Happens When a President
Really Listens?

Jonathan Alter on Jimmy Carter Ditching Politics for Truth

By Jonathan Alter | September 30, 2020

At Their Own Pace: Why Reading Is Not an Inherent Moral Good

At Their Own Pace: Why Reading Is Not an Inherent Moral Good

Katherine Gaudet on Raising Reluctant Readers

By Katherine Gaudet | September 30, 2020

Literature for Justice: Seven Books that Rethink Mass Incarceration

Literature for Justice: Seven Books that Rethink Mass Incarceration

A Reading List from the National Book Foundation

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2020

How an Italian Translator Found an Unlikely Home in the Utah Desert

How an Italian Translator Found an Unlikely Home in the Utah Desert

Sara Reggiani on Belonging, Kinship, and Translating Ellen Meloy's Nature Writing

By Sara Reggiani | September 30, 2020

Jordan Morgan on How the Pandemic Is Fueling Unrest

Jordan Morgan on How the Pandemic Is Fueling Unrest

From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | September 30, 2020

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What Happens to the Common Good in a Culture of Winners and Losers?

By Keen On | September 30, 2020

Bob Davidson on Rising Above Segregation through Persistence and Resistance

By Change Lab | September 30, 2020

Policing the Womb: How the State Criminalizes Reproduction

By New Books Network | September 30, 2020

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

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

What Does Nationalism Mean for the Environment?

What Does Nationalism Mean for the Environment?

John Freeman in Conversation with Andrew Keen on
the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | 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

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

Why Does Everyone in America Think They’re Middle Class?

Why Does Everyone in America Think They’re Middle Class?

David R. Roediger on the Myth of American Exceptionalism

By David R. Roediger | September 28, 2020

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