On June 4, 1972, Angela Davis was acquitted of kidnapping and murder. Her trial still resonates
A volume of essays by and about the radical Black thinker Angela Davis deals with her time in U.S. prison and has disturbing relevance today.
U.S. publishers file lawsuit against Internet Archive alleging breach of copyright
The publishers’ suit argues that the Internet Archive is engaging in wholesale piracy by offering users free access to in-copyright books.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 31: “Home” by Langston Hughes
First published in 1934, Langston Hughes’s story throws a spotlight on racial violence that continues in America today.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 30: “Now More than Ever” by Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith’s controversial story is a dystopian satire about call-out culture.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 29: “Book Review” by Nancy Hale
Nancy Hale’s story about the dangers of poisonous political ideologies is surprisingly relevant to our current moment.
31 Days of Stories 2020: Day 28: “South Congress” by Bryan Washington
Bryan Washington’s story is about a veteran drug dealer who becomes a kind of surrogate father to an undocumented Guatemalan teen.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 27: “Baby Jesus and the Intruder” by Elise Levine
Elise Levine, sui generis.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 26: “Ships in High Transit” by Binyavanga Wainaina
Binyavanga Wainaina’s story is about the performative cultural roles people are expected to play.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 25: “Petty Theft” by Adrian Michael Kelly
Adrian Michael Kelly uses a train ride as a means to examine a character who is much less upright than he at first appears.
31 Days of Stories 2020, Day 24: “Sardonicus” by Ray Russell
Ray Russell’s 1961 modern Gothic tale has lost none of its power to shock its reader.