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Americans tend to think they have the best system of government in the world. Yet from the outside, one aspect of it seems insane. Most functioning...

Celebrate Thanksgiving—and beyond—with a reading list of Native literature Photo by Andreas Wagner on Unsplash Since Thanksgiving is a time when the collective American imagination envisions a...

In a recent thread about sonnets on Twitter, the poet and critic Dana Levin remarked that traditional forms “have resurged.” She added, “Why is that? Is...

American culture is committed to a narrative that men in power are irreplaceable This past May, award-winning author Junot Díaz stepped down as chairman of the...

Last week, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo took home the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature, and I couldn’t be more thrilled. It’s easily...

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A New Short Story Translated from the Japanese by Asa Yoneda Charmion, the Vaudeville Trapeze Artist and Bodybuilder circa 1900. Public Domain. Issue №340 Jump to story AN INTRODUCTION...

Andy Woodworth is kind of a big deal in the world of libraries. He’s been listed as a Library Journal Mover & Shaker, co-authored the “eBook...

HEAR YE, HEAR YE PEOPLE OF THE INTERNET. I have made the definitive list of superhero teams, and I have not left even a single one...

I have a confession to make. For a long time, I didn’t really get poetry. I successfully managed to hide this through an English degree, my...