With a tragic personal link, Paja Faudree delves into one of the most underrecognized aspects of gun violence in America: self-harm.
Restarting the Gun Debate: Suicide After COVID-19
Essays
The Act of Seeing
Breanna Chia thinks about the disservice of dodges and well-meaning, noncommittal sympathies in the context of the murder of James Scurlock.
Beware of Old Statues
Elizabeth Archibald thinks about the destruction and vengeance of statues.
The Road from Montenegro
Olja Knezevic writes about returning to Podgorica.
Who’s Rereading Virginia Woolf?
"Woolf’s novel was written as part of a broader intellectual quest, around a century ago, for the right words and metaphors to account for inner life..."
The Patience of the Hand: On Elias Canetti’s Crowds and Power and Our Current Crisis
Seth Lerer rediscovers truth in Elias' Canetti's "Crowds and Power."
The Times, They Aren’t a’Changin’
John W. W. Zeiser explains how Senator Cotton's op-ed makes all too much sense for the Gray Lady.
Donald Trump, COVID-19, and the Politics of Profiles
Paul J. D’Ambrosio posits the overwhelming power of online profiles in today's culture.
Addressing Racial Equity through Reading
Rosa Boshier and Natalie Nava recommend titles for learning about racial (in)equity, past and present.
Using Library Work as a Compass During the Pandemic
Amber Gallant talks about the importance of libraries in supporting research during the pandemic.
