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There are currently freedom to read bills under consideration in three states: Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania. An additional one is currently on deck in Virginia as well, though the details of that are worthy of a little more discernment. These are in addition to the 13 similar bills that have already passed. The titles […]
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THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1909, Simone Weil is born. “I take both my Jewishness and my Americanness as honors and responsibilities.” Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, anti-Zionism, and her relationship to American Judaism. | Lit Hub Memoir Toni Morrison considers Blackness in the literary canon and what Flannery O’Connor’s fiction reveals […]
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The Supreme Court’s lack of a ruling on the legality of President Trump’s sweeping tariff regime on Tuesday means the case won’t get resolved until at least next month. The closely watched case on whether it’s constitutional for Trump to issue painful tariffs under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act remained at a standstill […]
Bitcoin topped $100,000 on Thursday for the first time since early February, bolstered by a wide-ranging deal between the US and the United Kingdom in a sign that perhaps President Trump’s trade war with the rest of the world is easing. By midday, bitcoin was trading at $101,329.97, a 4.7% gain on the day. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency has clawed its way back into positive […]
The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1925, Edward Gorey is born. “The beginning of democracy requires a transport into a necessary fiction.” Judith Butler on why democracy needs the humanities. | Lit Hub Politics Gabrielle Bellot on how the linguistic erasure of trans people also erases them from history and life: […]
TODAY: In 2011, President Barack Obama awards Maya Angelou the Presidential Medal of Freedom. “With his authoritarian orders, the president—and his unelected South African Rasputin—have eliminated the fundamental tools of discussion and debate, namely words themselves.” Rob Spillman on self-censorship and why writers, editors, and publishers should not obey in advance. | Lit Hub Politics […]
TODAY: In 1895, Oscar Wilde’s final play, The Importance of Being Earnest, opens at the St. James Theatre in London. Angelica Mazza considers the romance novel’s mainstream moment: “Romance can do all those things, too, but its primary goal is pleasure and satisfaction and enjoyment. I think we struggle, as a culture, to see […]
TODAY: In 1850, Kate Chopin is born. “The Aubrey/Maturin series is not only a military-historical epic but also—I would even say primarily—a work of domestic fantasy.” Olivia Wolfgang-Smith explores Master and Commander’s queer subtext. | Lit Hub Criticism Josh Cook on preserving the independence of our bookstores and libraries: “A just world starves fascism of […]
