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France and Mexico celebrated their friendiversary by exchanging ancient books.
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Brittany Allen
| January 8, 2026
Together, a Father and a Daughter Break a Generational Cycle of Abuse
Jameelah Lang Explores Faith, Family and the Nature of Everyday Violence
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Jameelah Lang
| December 15, 2025
What Happens When Gen Z Encounters Catullus’s Filthiest Poem?
“Reading wakes us up to love, culture, grief, war, a range of possibilities too vast to name, and also to great discomfort.”
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Rachel DeWoskin
| December 10, 2025
The Radical Write: How a Medieval Catholic Mystic Inspired My Debut Novel
Janet Rich Edwards on Marguerite Porete and the Power of Unconventional Faith
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Janet Rich Edwards
| December 3, 2025
What Does It Mean to be Human? (According to Philosopher Alexandre Kojève)
Boris Groys on the Nothingness of Human Existence
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Boris Groys
| November 11, 2025
How Two Nuns and a Jesuit Might Persuade You to Finally Download that Dating App
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Return to
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Singing For Freedom: How Those Fleeing Slavery Found New Lives in the North
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Tom Zoellner
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What It’s Like to Live a Queer Life in the United Arab Emirates
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Gaar Adams
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Who Was the Real, Historical Mary, Mother of Jesus?
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| September 30, 2025
How the Oslo Accords Fragmented Palestine and Uprooted a People
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Between Myth and Modernity: On Persian Stories, Identity, and the US-Iran Divide
Ryan Bani Tahmaseb Considers the Enduring Wisdom of Iranian Myths
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God-Tier Books: A Personal Library of Holy Scripture
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Jon Raymond
| August 5, 2025
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Sujata Massey on Indian Mysteries, Saradindu Bandyopadhyay, and South Asian Cinema
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Tiffany Crum on Translating the Unique Intimacy of Podcasts into Fiction
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Noelle W. Ihli on Reading Survival Thrillers in a World of Real Danger
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"Slim but powerful Solnit writes with moral clarity and philosophical vigor in a voice that…"