On the Ethical Problems of Clinging to My Sighted Life

By Deni ElliottJune 17, 2026

The letter that my eye doctor had sent to the state’s agency included diagnosis and prognosis, and it described my functional limitations: some trouble reading print and computer text, more trouble finding landmarks when walking and identifying obstacles in my

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Edward Said, My Grandfather, and the Problem of Home

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“There is a movement undermining, constraining, and eradicating those who document, understand, and name the experiences of systematically marginalized communities in US history.” The post Who Benefits from Distorting American Studies? appeared first on Public Books.

Morgan BarryJun 17, 2026

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“Don’t Let Nobody Ever Call You That.” Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor on Finding Confidence in Her Blackness

“Richard, she can’t stop looking at you,” my mom said, with a big silly grin. After only three months, my father was back in my life. And it was all because of the n-word. “Can’t stop looking at her either,”

Elizabeth Stordeur PryorJun 17, 2026

The Paris Review

Announcing Our Summer Issue

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Emily StokesJun 16, 2026

The Public Domain Review

Louis Pope Gratacap, A Curator in Lost Worlds

Arguably the first work of fiction to feature a *Tyrannosaurus rex*, Louis Pope Gratacap’s *The New Northland* (1915) is at once kaleidoscopic, mischievous, fascinating — and exhausting. Richard Fallon explores this “lost world” novel, finding a work as interested in cutting-edge science as it was in paying dues to its generic precursors.

Jun 17, 2026