Let Them Be Morally Flawed: In Defense of Queer Villains in Stories

Let Them Be Morally Flawed: In Defense of Queer Villains in Stories

John Copenhaver on Conflating Queerness with Evil

By John Copenhaver | June 14, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Morgan Talty Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Morgan Talty Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Anton Chekhov, Nick Rees Gardner, Joseph Osmundson, Others

By Diana Arterian | June 6, 2024

In Honor of Duke Ellington: Here Are 15 Great Books About Jazz

In Honor of Duke Ellington: Here Are 15 Great Books About Jazz

Ed Simon Recommends Langston Hughes, Dorothy Baker, Geoff Dyer, and More

By Ed Simon | May 24, 2024

There’s a lot more hair than you think stored at the Library of Congress.

There’s a lot more hair than you think stored at the Library of Congress.

By James Folta | April 24, 2024

“What If We Weren’t Afraid to Tell the Hard Truths?” Chris Chalk on Playing James Baldwin

“What If We Weren’t Afraid to Tell the Hard Truths?” Chris Chalk on Playing James Baldwin

“Being Baldwin requires you to be free. It’s mandatory.”

By Dan Sheehan | February 21, 2024

Unsurprisingly, George Santos doesn’t know who James Baldwin is.

Unsurprisingly, George Santos doesn’t know who James Baldwin is.

By Jonny Diamond | December 19, 2023

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Black Lives Matter in the Classroom: A Roundtable on Teaching CRT and Disputed Literature Today

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Dwight Garner on the Long History of Writers and America's Greatest Invention, the Martini

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The Many Lessons from James Baldwin's <em>Another Country</em>

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“Code words to say what can’t be said”: James Hannaham Talks to a Writer in Solitary Confinement

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Kwaneta Harris and James Hannaham on Queerness and the Silencing of the Incarcerated

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Read the first reviews of every James Baldwin novel.

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The Lesser-Known Novel of the 1950s That Presaged Queer Liberation

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Cat Sebastian on the Unexpected Power of Mary Renault’s The Charioteer

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Chris Chalk will play James Baldwin in <em>Capote's Women</em>.

Chris Chalk will play James Baldwin in Capote's Women.

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The Ethics of Writing About Race as a White Woman

The Ethics of Writing About Race as a White Woman

Rachel Jamison Webster on Oral Traditions, Racial Ancestries, and Confronting Shame

By Rachel Jamison Webster | March 21, 2023

Growing Up Queer: A Coming-of-Age Reading List

Growing Up Queer: A Coming-of-Age Reading List

Richard Mirabella Recommends Kaitlyn Greenidge, Zak Salih, and More

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