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The Radical Generosity of Arundhati Roy
After a 20-year hiatus from fiction, the Indian writer and activist returns to challenge the limits of the contemporary Indian novel.
The Fantasy Author Using Humor to Get Serious About Disability and Gender
Jim Hines, who went viral for making gender-swapped book covers, explains how he raises social awareness with his sci-fi.
What Would Anne of Green Gables Have Used During Her Period?
The menstrual technology in Anne With an E is historically accurate, if not entirely comprehensive.
Why It Matters That ‘Anne With an E’ Has a Period Episode
Netflix's new adaptation is a welcome rejoinder to television's long history of ignoring—or vilifying—menstruation.
You Are What You Read
How the literary genres you prefer reveal—or shape—your sense of what is ethical.
The Enduring Fascination of S.E. Hinton’s ‘The Outsiders’
Life is messy, bruising, but also full of intoxicating adventures. Which might explain why I still love reading…
Donna Seaman on the Forgotten Women Artists of America
In Identity Unknown, Donna Seaman revisits and revives the legacies of seven forgotten women artists. By Terry Tempest…
Day of the Dead Languages
Nearly 600 years ago, the author Geoffrey Chaucer opened his great work The Canterbury Tales with the observation…
America Is Still Killing Emmett Till
Timothy B. Tyson’s The Blood of Emmett Till reminds us how little has changed.