The rich history of black graphic scores represents a visual culture creating space for improvisation, imagination and unknowability in much the way black musical culture does

Wie steht es um die Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften in Deutschland? Eine neue Technopolis-Kartierung zeigt Trends bei Studium, Forschung, Finanzierung und Generationenwechsel.

This conversation between two authors who happen to share the same name: BBC and Channel 4 broadcaster Samira Ahmed, whose A Hard Day’s Night in Bloomsbury’s BFI Film Classics series ju…

Marlon James’s new novel follows a group of gay men who seek love, connection, and restitution after a bloody homophobic attack.

Neue Genstudien zeigen: Europa war schon immer von Migration geprägt. Was das über unsere Herkunft und Geschichte verrät.

Jahrzehntelang waren die liebevollen Beigaben an die Familie des Revolutionärs falsch eingeordnet. Jetzt gibt es Aufschluss über die Bindung zu Freiligraths Geschwistern.

The Scottish Association for the Study of America (SASA) is thrilled to announce that this year’s Ellen Craft Essay Prize is now open for submissions. The Ellen Craft Essay Prize is intended to help…

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Struggles for personal and creative freedom fuel Shatara Michelle Ford’s “Dreams in Nightmares,” a loving, political drama about three women’s search for a friend gone missing.

I was fourteen when my interest in history began. I placed third in Buffalo’s citywide Richmond Speaking Contest. All three of us winners received certificates for book purchases, and I bought a pi…

Short reviews of recent releases.

An insider’s look at publishing argues that literary agents have shaped genres, global reputations and the economics of modern fiction

My first encounter with a literary agent was in 1970, the year I worked in publishing for Quadrangle-New York Times Books. The agent was a man named Georges Borchardt. I was seeking the rights to publ...

Die Reihe „Literatur und Öffentlichkeit – Literature and the Public Sphere“ präsentiert aktuelle Forschungsarbeiten zu den Produktions- und ...

Sohini Basak interviews Erika Kobayashi about her publishing venture, abaro books, and bringing “atomic bomb literature” to the world.

In der Soziologie wird über Politisierung gestritten, Christoph Möllers stellt Strategien gegen autoritäre Angriffe vor und neue Studien beschäftigen sich mit KI in der Kommunikation. Das Wisskomm-Upd...

Our quintet of quality reviews this week includes Lauren LeBlanc on Téa Obreht’s Sunrise, Jane Hu on Chang-Rae Lee’s A Tender Age, Stephanie Burt on Marlon James’ The Disappearers, Laura Miller on…

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We invite proposals under the theme of: “Narratives of Enslavement and their Legacies” Applicants are invited to propose innovative research exploring any element of the relationship between…

The Larry McMurtry novel is back in rotation; we asked our critics what book to pick up next.

New research finds AI story generators erase female animal characters, defaulting to male or "neutral" almost every time.

This article investigates how the American short story responded to the Covid-19 pandemic. It shows how several authors turned to an aesthetic that Barbara Claire Freeman defined in 1995 as the “fe...

Publishers Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette , Macmillan and McGraw Hill sued Meta Platforms in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, alleging ​that the tech giant misused their books and journal articles to ...

Despite welcome diversification, literary culture is also becoming more tied to elite educational institutions, and more difficult to enter.

The shortlist for the International Booker Prize is out today, and it includes many books published by women and independent presses, two debuts, and writers from eight nationalities and four conti…

There is no real middlebrow any more.

*Deadline extended to Friday 16 January 2026* The Scottish Association for the Study of America (SASA) is thrilled to announce that this year’s Ellen Craft Essay Prize is now open for submissions.…