Do You Teach Geography?

We are pleased to present the new Modern Library Torchbearers series, created to honor a more inclusive vision of classic books by recognizing women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance. “The collection started with our desire to use the Modern Library as a platform to call out

Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, has spent his life studying democracy. A professor of political science and sociology at Stanford University, and former director of its Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, he served in Baghdad as a senior adviser on

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am profiles the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of international acclaim, featuring interviews with Morrison herself, Robert Gottlieb, Oprah Winfrey, Angela Davis, Walter Mosley, and more. The documentary portrays Morrison in an intimate, human light: examining her life, works, and the philosophies woven throughout the stories she tells. In the video

Immigration Heritage Month serves as a reminder to  celebrate individual stories of immigration, and the shared diversity that makes up the United States. This year at the 38th annual conference on The First-Year Experience, author Abdi Nor Iftin shared his journey from war-torn Somalia to the United States—first by way of American movies, and years later

Since its premiere in 1991, Angels in America—both Part One: Millennium Approaches and Part Two: Perestroika—has become one of the most important works of American theater and a staple of theater courses across the country. Its portrait of New Yorkers grappling with the AIDS crisis and complex questions of identity, community, justice, and redemption remains

In June we celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) which honors the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. First, President Bill Clinton declared June “Gay & Lesbian Pride Month” on June 2, 2000. In 2009, President Barack Obama declared June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. LGBTQ Pride Month events attract

We are saddened to share that Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Edmund Morris passed away on May 24, 2019, at the age of seventy-eight. Best known for his trilogy on Theodore Roosevelt and his boundary-pushing biography of Ronald Reagan—the only biography ever authorized by a sitting president—Morris was a singularly skilled writer with the rare talent of

Season 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale kicks off on Wednesday, June 05, with Hulu releasing new episodes each week. Hulu has described the new season as being “driven by June’s resistance to the dystopian regime of Gilead and her struggle to strike back against overwhelming odds.” Just in time for the season premiere, Nan A. Talese

Dear Educators: A few years ago, when I began to focus more on entrepreneurial pursuits, my mom, a former writer herself, gifted me a little book titled Passion: Every Day. It was filled with inspiring quotes like “I dare you, while there is still time, to have a magnificent obsession” and “follow your desire as long as

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and bestselling author Tony Horwitz died suddenly on May 27 in Washington, D.C. of an apparent cardiac arrest. He was 60 years old. Tony was a native of Washington, D.C., and a graduate of Brown University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. As a newspaper reporter he spent a decade overseas,

The APS Convention brings together more than 4000 scientists from disciplines spanning the full spectrum of psychological science. Those who attend will gain insights into research and trends from world-renowned psychological scientists, a chance to improve a multitude of skills, an opportunity to deepen knowledge, and a space to forge life-long collaborations with colleagues.  

There There is a multivoiced novel that features twelve Native American characters of different backgrounds and generations all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow. Together, this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American, grappling with a complex and painful history. In an interview with The New Yorker, Tommy Orange explained