January 16, 2024
For over a decade, I have had a “Google Alert” on my phone for the terms “jury duty” and “jury service.” This means that I have reviewed every news article… READ MORE
January 15, 2024
Jonathan Eig on the Early Civil Rights Movement and the Making of “Alabama’s Gandhi” By Jonathan EigReposted from Literary Hub Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the porch of his tiny… READ MORE
January 11, 2024
Introduction: To the Reader, from Joey This is adapted from a discussion between Jonathan Safran Foer and myself that took place in January 2022. Because of the conversational nature of… READ MORE
January 8, 2024
Ralph Young The best friend of a nation is he who most faithfullyrebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemywho, under the specious . . . garb of patriotism… READ MORE
December 1, 2023
By SunAh M Laybourn You’ve seen the photos: a young child holds a sign stating the number of days they were in foster care and triumphantly declaring that today is… READ MORE
November 16, 2023
by Lisandro Pérez On October 14, 2023, only four days after the official release date of my book, The House on G Street: A Cuban Family Saga, I presented it… READ MORE
October 31, 2023
As literature professor Jeffrey Jerome Cohen wrote in his seminal tract, Monster Culture: Seven Theses, “The monster dwells at the gates of difference… Any kind of alterity can be inscribed… READ MORE
October 27, 2023
by David L. Wilson There’s been a lot of talk in the past few years about a so-called “border crisis”—that is, a recent increase in migrants entering the United States… READ MORE
October 10, 2023
This year, the White House has released a proclamation for Indigenous Peoples’ Day to “honor the perseverance and courage of Indigenous peoples, show our gratitude for the myriad contributions they… READ MORE
September 5, 2023
How has true crime storytelling changed in the last 10 years? What is “the new true crime”? What impact has this narrative shift had on the way people consume true… READ MORE
Six Classics of Queer Literature