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Who’s Afraid of the Fangirl?

The tale of the Boy Band Fangirl By María Lucía Carrillo González When someone tells you that they are a One Direction or a BTS fan—or even better, when they… READ MORE

Required Reading: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

Making up almost 30% of NYC’s population, the Latinx community is an integral part of the city. This Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re celebrating the richness of Latinx history, along with… READ MORE

The background is a photo of the New York City skyline when the Twin Towers still stood. Above the image is the book cover for 110 Stories.

Random Notes—September 11, 2001, 4:00 P.M. by Paul Auster

Excerpted from 110 Stories: New York Writes after September 11, edited by Ulrich Baer Our fourteen-year-old daughter started high school today. For the first time in her life, she rode… READ MORE

Brown and Gay in LA: A radical redefinition of what it means to be a gay person of color in America.

Excerpt from Brown and Gay in LA by Anthony Christian Ocampo “We need to talk,” my partner Joe tells me the night after the 2016 election. “If something happens to… READ MORE

Consuming True Crime: A Conversation with Diana RIckard

Consuming True Crime: A Conversation with Diana Rickard

How has true crime storytelling changed in the last 10 years? What is “the new true crime”? What impact has this narrative shift had on the way people consume true… READ MORE

Bayard Rustin’s Blueprint for Activism—and Perhaps Progress

Bayard Rustin’s Blueprint for Activism—and Perhaps Progress

August 28, 2023

A new NYU Press book examines the life and legacy of the March on Washington’s chief architect. Reposted from NYU.edu, interview by James Devitt The March on Washington, Aug. 28,… READ MORE

From Civil Rights to campus change: Black student activism in Washington state

From Civil Rights to campus change: Black student activism in Washington state

August 22, 2023

KUOW interviews Marc Arsell Robinson. Reposted from KUOW.org. Seattle isn’t widely recognized as an epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement. But through the mid 20th-century, individuals and organizations were making… READ MORE

Death by Incarceration

Death by Incarceration

August 14, 2023

By Doran Larson Stories of the killing heat inside Texas prisons, and legislative neglect of the condition, are appearing in local, state, and national news outlets, but the deadly temperatures… READ MORE

Five Books To Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop

Five Books To Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop

August 10, 2023

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of hip hop! The genre’s origins are traced back to the Bronx in 1973, when DJ Kool Herc made a musical breakthrough at one… READ MORE

‘Knowledge of self’: How a key phrase from Islam became a pillar of hip-hop

‘Knowledge of self’: How a key phrase from Islam became a pillar of hip-hop

August 9, 2023

By Su’ad Abdul Khabeer, reposted from The Conversation I was 9 years old when Eric B. and Rakim’s “Paid in Full” dropped. I have vivid memories of the bass-laden track… READ MORE

Summer 2023: Barbie Reading List

Summer 2023: Barbie Reading List

August 7, 2023

To celebrate Barbie Summer, we wanted to give you a list of books that we think Barbie would love. Check them out! You may like them too. Violence Never Heals… READ MORE

The Children of the Atom: What Oppenheimer (The Film) Left Out

The Children of the Atom: What Oppenheimer (The Film) Left Out

August 3, 2023

By James C. Rice In October 1956, a boy from the Warm Springs area, just north of the Nevada Test Site (NTS), died in a hospital far from home in… READ MORE

Required Reading: Disability Pride Month

Required Reading: Disability Pride Month

July 28, 2023

This Disability Pride Month, explore captivating literature that amplifies the voices of individuals with disabilities. With a mix of personal narratives and theoretical writing, this compelling array of books offers… READ MORE