March 19, 2024
Featuring Author and Founder of The American Prison Writing Archive, Doran Larson, in Conversation with Elizabeth Alexander, President of the Mellon Foundation Including a Q&A with Larson’s former students Jason… READ MORE
March 11, 2024
Join us as we celebrate Ramadan by exploring the diverse experiences of Muslim life. These titles offer a variety of perspectives, exploring Islam and its subcultures through lenses of gender,… READ MORE
March 8, 2024
Excerpted from I Write the Yawning Void: Selected Essays of Sindiwe Magona by Sindiwe Magona, published by Wits University Press I can’t believe I have been writing for more than… READ MORE
March 5, 2024
You spent a year researching this book at four large, municipal police departments all located within the same southern state. You did tactical training alongside future police officers, and interviewed… READ MORE
February 23, 2024
An Excerpt from Free Time: The History of an Elusive Ideal by Gary S. Cross Originally Published by LitHub Day to day, we experience time in blocks of work and… READ MORE
February 13, 2024
Whether you’re celebrating love or embracing singledom, this Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to make a date with a book. These titles dive into the intricacies of love, from… READ MORE
February 12, 2024
At a recent launch for my memoir Who Gets In: An Immigration Story at Canada’s National Archives in Ottawa, two young attendees told me they’d attended because they were in the middle… READ MORE
February 7, 2024
Two months ago, several current and former students texted me asking if I had seen a new YouTube video called “Plagiarism and You(Tube).” The video by Hbomberguy, also known as… READ MORE
January 29, 2024
On January 27, 1945, the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau were opened by the Soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front, and approximately 7,000 people were liberated. 79 years… READ MORE
January 23, 2024
By Jennifer Frost In the November 2023 elections, the youth vote was a deciding factor in key state races and referenda, such as Ohio’s Issue 1 to protect a woman’s… READ MORE
Six Classics of Queer Literature