Category: Literature, Arts, & Culture
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Let’s start with a provocative question: what makes a book a “classic”? The standard answer is something like: timeless themes,… Read more
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Historical fiction has a problem: it’s called “historical” fiction, but it often only tells history from one perspective—usually the white,… Read more
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Close your eyes and picture Elizabeth Bennet. Sherlock Holmes. The Beast. Alice. What did you see? If you’re like most… Read more
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The publishing industry has a problem: it extracts stories and profits from diverse communities while giving very little back. For… Read more
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Open any anthology of classic literature and you’ll notice something: a lot of white people, a narrow range of settings,… Read more
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Count Dracula. The Beast. Alice. Dorian Gray. These characters are iconic, instantly recognizable, embedded in our cultural consciousness. But what… Read more
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There’s a certain irony in the concept of public domain. These works—free from copyright, belonging to everyone—are still gatekept by… Read more
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The literary canon has a problem. For centuries, the stories we’ve been told to revere as “universal” have actually been… Read more
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Latinx cuisine in America isn’t a monolith. It’s a collection of distinct culinary traditions shaped by geography, history, immigration patterns,… Read more
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Native American art is everywhere. You’ve seen the knockoff dreamcatchers at Urban Outfitters, the “tribal” patterns on fast fashion, the… Read more
