How ‘Lolita’ Escaped Obscenity Laws and Cancel...

Emily Mortimer, who grew up with a prominent free-speech advocate before becoming an actress and screenwriter, has some ideas.

NYT - 13 hours 29 minutes ago

Publisher pulls six Dr. Seuss books over...

Dr. Seuss Enterprise, which oversees the author and illustrator’s legacy, has announced that it would no longer be selling...

CS Monitor - 18 hours 44 minutes ago

Inside the Mind of an Islamic Extremist

With the novel “Khalil,” the former Algerian Army officer who writes as Yasmina Khadra examines the roots of radicalization.

NYT - 18 hours 30 minutes ago

The Performance of Racial Passing

Though Nella Larsen’s classic 1929 novel is understood to be a tragedy, it also exposes race to be something of a farce.

NYT - 16 hours 26 minutes ago