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How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

Dorian Lynskey on Pierrepoint B. Noyes, H.G. Wells, and the “Superweapons” of Early Science-Fiction

By Dorian Lynskey | January 28, 2025

The Trump administration just scored a major goal for book bans. (Which it claims are a

The Trump administration just scored a major goal for book bans. (Which it claims are a "hoax.")

Here's how you can find the titles you need.

By Brittany Allen | January 27, 2025

“Anarchism Means That You Should Be Free.” On the Literature of Liberation

“Anarchism Means That You Should Be Free.” On the Literature of Liberation

Ed Simon Considers the Life Alexander Berkman, Anarchist, Would-Be Assassin, and 19th-Century Luigi Mangione

By Ed Simon | January 27, 2025

Aisha Gawad and Lisa Ko on What Really Happened at the Albany Book Festival

Aisha Gawad and Lisa Ko on What Really Happened at the Albany Book Festival

“In a time of genocide, who gets to be outraged? Who gets to be indulged, listened to, humanized, validated?”

By Fariha Róisín | January 27, 2025

Men Have Bigger Problems Than Not Reading Novels

Men Have Bigger Problems Than Not Reading Novels

For James Folta, What’s Wrong With Men is What’s Wrong With America

By James Folta | January 24, 2025

Betty Shamieh on the Next Generation of Palestinian Fiction

Betty Shamieh on the Next Generation of Palestinian Fiction

The Author of “Too Soon” Considers Her Novel in Relation to Etaf Rum, Hala Alyan, and the Politics of Influence

By Betty Samieh | January 22, 2025

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By James Folta | January 21, 2025

Make 2025 the year you read more books in translation.

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By Josh Cook | January 21, 2025

We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid

We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid

Kim Kelly Offers Advice and Reading Suggestions for How We Might Survive the Depredations to Come

By Kim Kelly | January 21, 2025

American College Football Couldn’t Exist Without Structural Coercion

American College Football Couldn’t Exist Without Structural Coercion

Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva on the Racial Capitalism at the Heart of the Big Game

By Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva | January 17, 2025

The Unsolved Tale of a British Slave Ship’s Uprising and Shipwreck

The Unsolved Tale of a British Slave Ship’s Uprising and Shipwreck

James H. Sweet on the Mysteries of the “Black Prince” and the Complex History of Anticolonial Mutinies

By James H. Sweet | January 17, 2025

On the Courage of Nan Goldin and the Truth About Germany’s “Never Again Is Now” Resolution

On the Courage of Nan Goldin and the Truth About Germany’s “Never Again Is Now” Resolution

Germany’s Resolution on Antisemitism Is More About Soothing a Nation’s Conscience Than "Protecting Jewish Life”

By A.J. Goldmann | January 15, 2025

Beyond <em>Brown</em>: How the Failure of Desegregation in the North Reveals America's Lingering Racial Fault Lines

Beyond Brown: How the Failure of Desegregation in the North Reveals America's Lingering Racial Fault Lines

Michelle Adams on the Ongoing Legal Struggle For Educational and Racial Equality Across the United States

By Michelle Adams | January 15, 2025

At this year's MLA convention, protestors put Palestine on the docket.

At this year's MLA convention, protestors put Palestine on the docket.

By Brittany Allen | January 13, 2025

Defying Empire: On the Perennially Relevant Political Message of <em>Wicked</em>

Defying Empire: On the Perennially Relevant Political Message of Wicked

Aaron Boehmer Considers Enemies of the State, in the US and Oz

By Aaron Boehmer | January 13, 2025

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