A Letter for Educators from Grady Chambers, Author of Great Disasters

Dear Reader, Nearly 25 years since the attacks of September 11, 2001, writers, scholars, and the American public are still coming to understand their long-reaching effect—on civil liberties, civil discourse, and on domestic and global power dynamics—even as our domestic and global present continues to be shaded by the attacks and the U.S. response. My

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost’s A Black Queer History of the United States

The first-ever Black history to center queer voices, this landmark study traces the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans from slavery to present day. Black gay filmmaker, cultural critic, and university professor Marlon Riggs was born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1954. He received his bachelor of arts degree in history from Harvard University and his

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Books for World Day of Social Justice

The United Nations recognizes February 20th as World Day of Social Justice. This year’s theme is “Empowering Inclusion: Bridging Gaps for Social Justice,” focusing on the importance of inclusive policies and social protections to address systemic inequality. Here is a collection centered on social justice issues including antiracism and race relations, environmental justice, support for

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War

Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario explores this ticking-clock scenario, based on dozens of exclusive new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons, have been privy to the response plans, and have been responsible for those decisions should they have needed to be made. Nuclear War: A Scenario examines the handful

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from The Friends of Attention’s Attensity!

Attensity! is a rallying cry to fight the commodification of human attention, with the tools we need to reclaim our humanity, by a group of writers, artists, and activists in the vanguard of the movement.   Chapter 1 Something is seriously wrong. It has to do with our ATTENTION, our essential ability to give our

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FROM THE PAGE: An excerpt from Lachi’s I Identify as Blind

Through magnetic storytelling and pop-culture deep dives, Lachi challenges mainstream views on disability and neurodivergence with humor and heart. Because visionaries with disabilities have always driven progress. The book features trailblazing figures like Senator Tammy Duckworth, Breaking Bad star RJ Mitte, Microsoft executive Jenny Lay-Flurrie, and so many more. Lachi even takes readers behind the

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Teacher’s Guide Now Available for As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

We are pleased to share a new teacher’s guide for the As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. This is Faulkner’s harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Told in multiple first person narratives by each of the family members—including Addie herself—as well as

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