How British colonialism impacted this special form of knowledge transmission. Palm-leaf manuscripts are one of humanity’s most...
Literature
Enter the worlds created by poets, playwrights, novelists, and storytellers across time. Explore influential works and the lives behind them while tracing how literature preserves memory and challenges societies to imagine themselves differently.
The invention of moveable face type and the press meant that books could now be printed in...
Weston Brown thought he had fully come to terms with his mother’s anti-LGBTQ beliefs. Introduction Weston Brown...
The Wife of Bath’s outspoken views on marriage, power, and religious doctrine. Introduction Alisoun, the Wife of...
Doctors and nurses became sex symbols and romantic heroes and heroines as Mills & Boon novels grew...
Her poetry was well-known and greatly admired through much of antiquity. Introduction Sappho, who lived from around...
Only a rare few are able to summon courage among the drive of others to maintain power....
Challenges to books are nothing new in American schools, but the tactics and politicization are. By Elizabeth...
They seek to impose an ideologically skewed version of the United States, its history, and its culture....
As communities and school districts push for book bans, some Texas librarians are nearing their breaking point....
Lucretia’s story provides an explanation for historical change in Rome through a recounting of sexual assault against...
A slew of legislation across the U.S. only furthers this part of their agenda. How do book...
The Bible is not age-appropriate with “casual” references to murder, adultery, sexual immorality, and fornication. A Florida...
The concept of censorship, as well as legal protections against it, are often highly misunderstood. Introduction The...
What makes a book successful? This is a question that has been asked by writers and readers...
Fathers occupy an outsized place in Greek myth. They are kings and models, and too often challenges...
The arrival of mechanical movable type printing in Europe in the Renaissance introduced a new era of...
The early-20th century Polish artist known as “Witkacy” would consume various intoxicants before creating pastel portraits. This...
Dostoevsky insisted that one cannot shy away from horror and tragedy and Tolstoy would call for action. Introduction As someone who teaches...
Torquemada pioneered the cryptic: a puzzle form that, like modernist poetry, unwove language and rewove it anew....
The power of folklore in shaping the worldview of children and, ultimately, of the adults they grow...
He used humor to poke holes in the nostalgic myths of the South and expose the contradictions...
A group of moms are speaking out against the rising movement to ban books from schools and...
Mori wanted to be a “serious writer” – which, to him, meant getting published. Introduction Eighty years...
Students are forming banned-book clubs and distribution drives to contest restrictions. For high school senior Gabrielle Izu,...
Poems from ‘Ariel,’ Plath’s seminal poetry collection, vividly channel the painful experience of losing an unborn child....
Comparing the debates over banning books in school today to a similar conflictse during the Reagan era....
Procrastination, motivation, discipline… There are times in everyone’s life when exhaustion and emptiness set in. When your...
How Lord Byron’s politics, relationships, and views on others led to his reputation of 19th-century bad boy....
The image of a ‘holy warrior’ became much more popular during the First Crusade. By Anakin CaryHistory...