“I wasn’t willing to participate in swindling others into believing that Hungary was open to foreigners…”

You don’t know what it means to juxtapose, do you, babe? I want this man who I sleep beside to remember
what he did to Emmett’s face with a size 13 foot.

Bonnie Chau reflects on being Asian-American, the ideas and motivations of representation and visibility, the Amanda Gorman translation debate, and translating out of whiteness.

Imagine a society where we had empathy for those with opposing views. Imagine a society where we read more and fought less.

For Piper, race was always a conscious affiliation, not an essentialist identity. […] Throughout all of this, Piper seems to have organically arrived at an understanding of race that aligns with its actual definition—a social construct rather than a biological fact.

Thinking at the anatomical level about the potential scourge of pathogens and parasites has led me to conclude that my physical body is more discerning and intelligent than any so-called “thinking” person, much less any government.

One of the most talented American novelists of his generation, Colson Whitehead’s nine books constitute about as diverse a body of work as any living writer’s.