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Carlyle’s "Past and Present" and Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol"

Dec 15 2025
The overlooked influence of Carlyle's "Past and Present" on Charles Dickens' famous "A Christmas Carol."
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Q&A with Samuel Shearer, author of "Kigali"

Nov 20 2025
Author and first-gen scholar Samuel Shearer discusses his book, "Kigali," an ethnography exploring the politics of urban design, displacement, and the dual crises of capitalism and ecology in Kigali, Rwanda.
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Author Ellen Muehlberger on Building a Book

Nov 19 2025
Author Ellen Muehlberger on her path to writing THINGS UNSEEN.
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Excerpt from "A Memory of Violence"

Nov 18 2025
An excerpt from A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE with commentary from author Christine Sheparson.
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How should babies be born? The question contains worlds.

Nov 15 2025
What do doula-supported births reveal about American cultural values?
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Courts at Their Best – and Worst

Nov 11 2025
Judges can give us hope despite the deeply flawed among them.
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How We Fight Back: Storytelling for Reproductive Justice

Nov 10 2025
Stories resist carceral logics, affirm survival, and show why Black women’s reproductive freedom must be told from the margins.
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Imagining a Future Built on Abolition and Queer Justice

Nov 06 2025
How to fight for queer justice in a time of continued criminalization and targeted attacks on queer communities.
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Salvaging Indonesian Music from Missionary Archives

Oct 30 2025
Editors Anna Maria Busse Berger and Henry Spiller explain what we can learn about Indonesian music from missionary archives.
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A Tomato-y Egyptian Lentil Soup for Cooler Days

Oct 28 2025
Author Anny Gaul shares a cozy recipe for fall soup season that highlights the key themes in her book, "Nile Nightshade."
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