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Premonition in the West Bank: Ben Ehrenreich on Life in the Village of Burin

Premonition in the West Bank: Ben Ehrenreich on Life in the Village of Burin

“Sometimes you hear an echo of a sound that has not yet been voiced, of a shot that has not yet been fired.”

By Ben Ehrenreich | April 15, 2024

Cutting Class: On the Myth of the Middle Class Writer

Cutting Class: On the Myth of the Middle Class Writer

Alissa Quart Reckons With the Precarity of the Writing Life

By Alissa Quart | April 15, 2024

How Ordinary Irish Citizens Got Caught Up in the Violence of the Troubles

How Ordinary Irish Citizens Got Caught Up in the Violence of the Troubles

Henry Hemming on Bloody Sunday, Frank Hegarty, and Life in the IRA

By Henry Hemming | April 15, 2024

Considering the Lessons of the Cold War for the Next Great Power Rivalry

Considering the Lessons of the Cold War for the Next Great Power Rivalry

Adam E. Casey on America, China, and the Future of Revolutionary Rule

By Adam E. Casey | April 15, 2024

Why I’m Using My PEN Nomination to Protest for Palestine

Why I’m Using My PEN Nomination to Protest for Palestine

“The silence of our institutions stands on 75 years of inertia.”

By Sarah Cypher | April 12, 2024

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

Kelly E. Hill on Women Defying Societal Norms in the Nineteenth Century

By Kelly E. Hill | April 12, 2024

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Shop with solidarity at these unionized (and unionizing) stores and publishers.

By James Folta | April 11, 2024

An open letter from North American scholars condemns the "scholasticide" in Gaza.

By Brittany Allen | April 10, 2024

Dev Patel on Destruction and Growth

By Talk Easy | April 10, 2024

Dispatches from the Land of Erasure During a Genocide

Dispatches from the Land of Erasure During a Genocide

“Poetry’s belatedness hauntingly echoes international law’s belatedness when it comes to defining genocide.”

By Philip Metres | April 9, 2024

Meta considered buying Simon & Schuster to build its AI.

Meta considered buying Simon & Schuster to build its AI.

By James Folta | April 8, 2024

Death and The Maiden: What Rewatching <em>The OC</em> Can Teach Us Now

Death and The Maiden: What Rewatching The OC Can Teach Us Now

Kelly Marie Coyne on Society’s Lethal Obsession With the White Starlet

By Kelly Marie Coyne | April 5, 2024

How Do We Celebrate Arab American Heritage Month During a Genocide?

How Do We Celebrate Arab American Heritage Month During a Genocide?

“Palestinian lives are simply not valued, and, by inheritance, neither are Palestinian Americans.”

By Sahar Mustafah | April 4, 2024

Unsolvable Puzzles: Anna Shechtman on the Feminist Psychology Behind Crosswords

Unsolvable Puzzles: Anna Shechtman on the Feminist Psychology Behind Crosswords

Hannah Zeavin Talks to the Author of “The Riddles of the Sphinx”

By Hannah Zeavin | April 4, 2024

How Texas Prisons Regulate Women’s Knowledge Behind Bars

How Texas Prisons Regulate Women’s Knowledge Behind Bars

Kwaneta Harris Explores Systemic Censorship Within the Criminal Justice System

By Kwaneta Harris | April 4, 2024

The Language of American Jewishness: On Delmore Schwartz, Grace Paley, and the Duties of Freedom

The Language of American Jewishness: On Delmore Schwartz, Grace Paley, and the Duties of Freedom

“I want American Jews to count ourselves in; to include ourselves in the bad parts of American history as part of building the good.”

By Lily Meyer | April 2, 2024

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