Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change

Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change

“Describing the slowness of change is often confused with acceptance of the status quo. It’s really the opposite.”

By Rebecca Solnit | January 11, 2024

How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rose Up and Won an Underdog Political Victory

How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rose Up and Won an Underdog Political Victory

Joshua Green Details AOC’s Grassroots Campaign Against the Incumbent Joseph Crowley

By Joshua Green | January 11, 2024

Vigilantes and Vengeance: On the Women Who Fight Back

Vigilantes and Vengeance: On the Women Who Fight Back

How Elizabeth Flock Immerses Herself in the Lives of Her Subjects

By Elizabeth Flock | January 9, 2024

Cops search middle school for banned books in liberal Massachusetts

Cops search middle school for banned books in liberal Massachusetts

By Jonny Diamond | January 8, 2024

The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

At Least 2023 is Over Now

By Literary Hub | December 23, 2023

Mythologized Impartiality: A Conversation About the Supreme Court's Checkered Past and Future

Mythologized Impartiality: A Conversation About the Supreme Court's Checkered Past and Future

Daniel Kiel and Lori Ringhand Speak with Stanford University Press

By Literary Hub | December 20, 2023

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

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The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

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

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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

By Jonathan Wells | December 14, 2023

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

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

By Jonny Diamond | December 12, 2023

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

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

The Must Read Book of the Current Moment

By Gideon Lewis-Kraus | December 12, 2023

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

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 <em>Monty Python’s Life of Brian</em>

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

“A film so funny they banned it in Norway!”

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

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