West Virginia prison system seeks to profit from inmates desire to read books.

West Virginia prison system seeks to profit from inmates desire to read books.

By Jonny Diamond | November 26, 2019

How We See Iran: A Brief History of Fictions at a Distance

How We See Iran: A Brief History of Fictions at a Distance

Alireza Taheri Araghi on Trying to Find His Home Through a Screen

By Ali Araghi | November 26, 2019

Neal Katyal’s new book about impeachment will help you survive Thanksgiving arguments with Uncle Flat Tax.

Neal Katyal’s new book about impeachment will help you survive Thanksgiving arguments with Uncle Flat Tax.

By Jonny Diamond | November 25, 2019

Naguib Mahfouz's Daughter Fights to Preserve Her Father's Legacy

Naguib Mahfouz's Daughter Fights to Preserve Her Father's Legacy

Karim Zidan on Dealing with the Fast and Loose
World of Egyptian Publishing

By Karim Zidan | November 25, 2019

Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse

Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse

Alyssa Hull Tries to Find Optimism in Teaching Cli-Fi
to Terrified Students

By Alyssa Hull | November 22, 2019

On the Great Secret-Keepers<br> of History

On the Great Secret-Keepers
of History

Do Archivists Have Political Motivations Too?

By Courtney Taylor | November 21, 2019

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When a City Goes Bankrupt: A Brief History of Detroit c. 2010

By Jodie Adams Kirshner | November 21, 2019

American Diplomacy After Benghazi

By Paul Richter | November 20, 2019

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

By Serhii Plokhy | November 20, 2019

Malcolm Garcia Documents the Lives of America's Have-Nots

Malcolm Garcia Documents the Lives of America's Have-Nots

A Conversation with the No-Nonsense Journalist Who Goes
Beyond the Mainstream News

By Dale Maharidge | November 20, 2019

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Fiction Award

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Fiction Award

Jacqueline Woodson, Valeria Luiselli, Miriam Toews, and More

By Reading Women | November 20, 2019

Reading Albert Woodfox's <em>Solitary</em> While Being Detained at Guantánamo

Reading Albert Woodfox's Solitary While Being Detained at Guantánamo

Ahmed Rabbani: "My overwhelming sense is one of sorrow."

By Literary Hub | November 19, 2019

The American Tradition of Anti-Black Vigilantism

The American Tradition of Anti-Black Vigilantism

Darryl Pinckney on the History of Patrols, Body Cams, and More

By Darryl Pinckney | November 18, 2019

How Donald Trump's Narcissism Masks His Extreme Insecurity

How Donald Trump's Narcissism Masks His Extreme Insecurity

Jerrold Post and Stephanie Doucette on the President's Unprecedented Lack of Intellectual Curiosity

By Jerrold Post | November 18, 2019

Adriano Olivetti, Industrialist, Typewriter King... Antifascist?

Adriano Olivetti, Industrialist, Typewriter King... Antifascist?

On Espionage and Resistance in World War II Italy

By Meryle Secrest | November 18, 2019

Terry Tempest Williams on William Merwin and Becoming an Environmental Activist

Terry Tempest Williams on William Merwin and Becoming an Environmental Activist

In Conversation with Will Schwalbe on But That's Another Story

By But That's Another Story | November 18, 2019

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