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Unsurprisingly, George Santos doesn’t know who James Baldwin is.

Unsurprisingly, George Santos doesn’t know who James Baldwin is.

By Jonny Diamond | December 19, 2023

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

From Literary Hats to Liz Koch’s Perception Box

By Emily Temple | December 19, 2023

Jane Smiley on What It’s Like to Have Your Book Banned

Jane Smiley on What It’s Like to Have Your Book Banned

In Conversation with Tai Caputo From Iowa City’s City High School Student Paper

By Tai Caputo | December 19, 2023

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

From Anne Carson Going Viral to the End of the Manuscript Thief Saga

By Emily Temple | December 15, 2023

The Memories of Streets: A Reading List of NYC Books That Capture the City’s Many Sides

The Memories of Streets: A Reading List of NYC Books That Capture the City’s Many Sides

Jonathan Wells Recommends Sam Lipsyte, E.L. Doctorow, Vivian Gornick, and More

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This weird NYC couple doesn’t want you to read Palestinian children’s books.

By Jonny Diamond | December 12, 2023

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Gideon Lewis-Kraus: Everyone Needs to Read Nathan Thrall’s A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

By Gideon Lewis-Kraus | December 12, 2023

Dozens of indie booksellers have signed an open letter in support of Palestine.

By Jonny Diamond | December 11, 2023

When the Culture Wars Came for Monty Python’s Life of Brian

By Kliph Nesteroff | December 8, 2023

Censoring Imagination: Why Prisons Ban Fantasy and Science Fiction

Censoring Imagination: Why Prisons Ban Fantasy and Science Fiction

Moira Marquis on the Importance of Magical Thinking For the Incarcerated

By Moira Marquis | December 7, 2023

Unlocking Digital Doors: On the Hacker Group That Told Congress They Could Take Down the Internet

Unlocking Digital Doors: On the Hacker Group That Told Congress They Could Take Down the Internet

Walter J. Scheirer on L0pht Heavy Industries and the Origins of Modern-Day Online Deception

By Walter J. Scheirer | December 7, 2023

Black Lives Matter in the Classroom: A Roundtable on Teaching CRT and Disputed Literature Today

Black Lives Matter in the Classroom: A Roundtable on Teaching CRT and Disputed Literature Today

Lynnette Mawhinney Speaks with Cicely Lewis, Christopher Stewart, Shamika J. Simpson, Ahmed Ismail Yusuf, and Holly Y. McGee

By Literary Hub | December 7, 2023

Marxism and Mistletoe: A Holiday List of Books for the Lefties in Your Life

Marxism and Mistletoe: A Holiday List of Books for the Lefties in Your Life

Kristen R. Ghodsee Recommends Cory Doctorow, Malaika Jabali, Angela Saini, and More

By Kristen R. Ghodsee | December 6, 2023

Precarious Liminality: How Parole Keeps Ex-Prisoners Stranded Between Two Worlds

Precarious Liminality: How Parole Keeps Ex-Prisoners Stranded Between Two Worlds

Ben Austen Follows One Man's Path From Incarceration to Supervised Freedom

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Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

Considering Boom for Real: The Late-Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat While Walking Through Baltimore

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For the love of “Orange Jesus.” Liz Cheney’s new book calls out GOP Trumpers.

For the love of “Orange Jesus.” Liz Cheney’s new book calls out GOP Trumpers.

By Jonny Diamond | November 29, 2023

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