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The Far Side of Disaster: <br>On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel <em>To the Lighthouse</em>

The Far Side of Disaster:
On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel To the Lighthouse

Colin Dickey: “It reminds me that others have struggled with how to write through the end of the world.”

By Colin Dickey | December 9, 2025

You can help build the first public library in Gaza since the genocide began.

You can help build the first public library in Gaza since the genocide began.

By James Folta | December 8, 2025

Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment.

Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment.

By Drew Broussard | December 8, 2025

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | December 5, 2025

The US will reinstate library grants canceled by Trump.

The US will reinstate library grants canceled by Trump.

By James Folta | December 5, 2025

How Indigenous West African Communities Resisted the European Slave Trade

How Indigenous West African Communities Resisted the European Slave Trade

“It was clear to African populations that self-reliance was the only way to survive predatory imperial states.”

By Sudhir Hazareesingh | December 5, 2025

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Author R.F. Kuang has dropped out of a UAE literary festival, citing the BDS boycott.

By Brittany Allen | December 3, 2025

Caro-head Matthew Rhys wants to make a Power Broker show with Netflix.

By James Folta | December 3, 2025

How It Feels to Watch a Civil War Unfold From the Comfort of Your Living Room

By Tareq Baconi | December 3, 2025

A kid’s book press had to tell Pete Hegseth to not depict their turtle committing murder.

A kid’s book press had to tell Pete Hegseth to not depict their turtle committing murder.

By James Folta | December 2, 2025

On the Rise of ChatGPT and the Industrialization of the Post-Meaning World

On the Rise of ChatGPT and the Industrialization of the Post-Meaning World

“Soon it won’t just be birthday greetings and opening gambits on Hinge that people outsource to AI.”

By Matt Greene | December 2, 2025

Al-Atlal, Now: On Language and Silence in Gaza’s Wake

Al-Atlal, Now: On Language and Silence in Gaza’s Wake

Sarah Aziza on Genocide and the Graveyard of Meanings

By Sarah Aziza | December 2, 2025

Sally Rooney says her books may become unavailable in the UK because of her advocacy for Palestine.

Sally Rooney says her books may become unavailable in the UK because of her advocacy for Palestine.

By James Folta | December 1, 2025

Progressive Except for Palestine: On Growing Up in Bari Weiss’s “Urban Shtetl”

Progressive Except for Palestine: On Growing Up in Bari Weiss’s “Urban Shtetl”

Laura Kraftowitz Examines the Fault Lines and False Choices of Liberal Judaism

By Laura Kraftowitz | December 1, 2025

Why We All Make Sacrifices to the Human-Created God Called “The Economy”

Why We All Make Sacrifices to the Human-Created God Called “The Economy”

Sven Beckert on the Rise of Capitalism As Both an Economic System and a Way of Life

By Sven Beckert | December 1, 2025

How Sex Workers Organize For Empowerment Across the Global South

How Sex Workers Organize For Empowerment Across the Global South

T.D. Tso on the Ongoing Struggle Against Victimhood Narratives and For Recognition and Rights

By TD Tso | November 26, 2025

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