Month: June 2020

Read more…

Lackluster fundraising efforts have led to serious financial struggles for the gun-rights advocacy group, but that might be about to change. Hear how the NRA is convincing more people than ever before to donate to their cause, and how you might be next.

Read more…

Read more…

Across the country, libraries have seen demand for e-books skyrocket as people try to entertain themselves during lockdown. But they’re also dealing with complicated questions around reopening.

(Image credit: Thomas Hawk/Flickr Creative Commons)

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir’s atmospheric novel, about a young writer and her outcast friends in 1963 Iceland, will transport you to another time and place, though not necessarily a rosier time and place.

(Image credit: Grove Press/Black Cat)

Maeve Dunigan writes a satirical post to a cat-lovers Facebook group about a cat owner whose pet is particularly destructive—both physically and emotionally.

The National Book Critics Circle, which represents hundreds of critics across the country, has been roiled by a dispute over an anti-racism statement that has led several board members to resign.

Glynnis Fawkes humorously illustrates how characters in the Iliad, the Decameron, “Jane Eyre,” and other historical literary works react to disease and pandemics.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences delays the 2021 Oscar ceremony from February to April because of COVID-19.

(Image credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)

Ewing’s 1919 looks back on a century-old riot in Chicago, set off after a black teen drowned while being stoned by white people. She says the systemic racism that plagued the U.S. then still exists.