Globally, political and cultural forces are aligning to narrowly define national identities. Surging book bans, the outlawing of languages, the erasure of histories from official records, and the censorship of words increasingly limit who belongs and delineate who is other. Literature subverts that. For the...
The hallowed halls of academia have long captured the imaginations of writers. With their exclusivity, insularity, and at times cultish devotion to knowledge, they lend themselves to richly drawn atmospheres of darkness and mystery and incisive explorations of access, adolescence, and power. In Naomi Novik’s Scholomance series, magically...
Around the world, journalists are facing unprecedented attacks as governments crack down on press freedoms. From outright censorship to threats and arrests, reporters are increasingly at risk for doing the vital work of informing the public. Join Indian journalist Rana Ayyub of The Washington Post, George Packer of the Atlantic, and Filipina...
In times of political upheaval, displacement and erasure, writing becomes a powerful tool of resistance. Join Uyghur poet and memoirist Tahir Hamut Izgil (Waiting to Be Arrested at Night) and Iraqi American poet Dunya Mikhail (Tablets: Secrets of the Clay) as they discuss how their writing challenges dominant political...