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Sci-fi writers have often pre-empted technological developments but we don't always heed their warnings in real time.
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The Invention of Close Reading
By transforming quotations into evidence, close reading served as way to turn postwar criticism into a specialized knowledge.
Imagine a surveillance state powerful enough to incarcerate people for the wrong dreams. In 2025, it doesn’t feel like such a ...
In “Girl on Girl,” Sophie Gilbert turns a critical eye on misogyny without settling into outrage or pity.
Edna Bonhomme, author of "A History of the World in Six Plagues," details how pandemics are about more than viruses ...
Is reading to your kids a bedtime ritual in your home? For many of us, it will be a visceral memory of our own childhoods. Or ...
The Amazons frontman Matt Thomson guides us through the making of their vital and exploratory new album '21st Century Fiction ...
Zines provide a voice for marginalized communities and independent creators to express their ideas, connect with others, and share their artwork, all while remaining accessible and free.
Many of my students don’t see the value of academic writing, particularly when AI can produce passable essays in seconds. Many arrived in college with minimal experience in revision, deep engagement ...
Most assignments in college are not relevant,” he told me. “They’re hackable by AI, and I just had no interest in doing them.
In this story, several investigative journalists from Mexico speak about the experience of turning their exposés into books.