Do we really live longer than our ancestors?
“There is a basic distinction between life expectancy and life span,” says Stanford University historian Walter Scheidel, a leading scholar of ancient Roman demography. “The life span of humans –…
Q&A: Girmay Edits BOA Selections
What do you predict will be difficult about reading for these selections?I feel as certain as I can be that there will be many manuscripts that are just incredible—I imagine…
Diversity Efforts Lead to Salary Hikes
While professionals of color are hopeful about the wage increases as one step toward addressing these various issues in their workplaces, they remain cautious. “I just want a comfortable working…
Writers Confront Climate Crisis
Writers Rebel NYC, a coalition of writers who are part of the activist group Extinction Rebellion, seeks to encourage conversation and action around climate change through literature.
Pandemic Pen Pals
Writer Rachel Syme’s pen pal matching program has connected more than nine thousand correspondents from over fifty countries during the pandemic. {read}
Saddle Up and Read
In 2017 Gooch teamed up with a local library to give children the opportunity to interact with horses. Through the partnership, children could enter into a drawing for a chance…
A Decade of Women Who Submit
Accolades was released on March 4, 2020, a week before the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 crisis a pandemic. Three days later, the Saturday before schools and businesses were…
Laziness Does Not Exist
If a person can’t get out of bed, something is making them exhausted. If a student isn’t writing papers, there’s some aspect of the assignment that they can’t do without…
The look in Derek Chauvin’s eyes was something worse than hate
It was the look of indifference in Chauvin’s eyes on May 25, 2020, as he casually drained the life out of George Floyd. That was as chilling as his knee…
Shock G, Humpty Hump Rapper and Frontman of Digital Underground, Dead at 57
Shock G, the co-founder of the iconic hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died. He was 57. The rapper, born Gregory Jacobs, was found dead on Thursday. “Our son, brother and…