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Against Homophobic Traditionalism: The Revelations of Writing Queer Historical Fiction

Against Homophobic Traditionalism: The Revelations of Writing Queer Historical Fiction

Phil Melanson Argues on Leonardo da Vinci, Bad Reviews, and Bucking History'’s Heteronormativity

By Phil Melanson | June 16, 2025

Judith Butler: To Imagine a World After This, Democracy Needs the Humanities

Judith Butler: To Imagine a World After This, Democracy Needs the Humanities

“The beginning of democracy requires a transport into a necessary fiction.”

By Judith Butler | February 20, 2025

25 books out in paperback this February!

25 books out in paperback this February!

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 30, 2025

Former Modern Language Association Presidents Call for BDS Vote

Former Modern Language Association Presidents Call for BDS Vote

“Now is surely the time to stand up to unjustifiable censorship and retaliation.”

By Literary Hub | December 18, 2024

How Reading Grief Memoirs Helped Cody Delistraty Understand His Loss in New Ways

How Reading Grief Memoirs Helped Cody Delistraty Understand His Loss in New Ways

The Author of “The Grief Cure” on the Unexpected Invisibility of the Grieving

By Cody Delistraty | June 25, 2024

For philosophy newbs: five thinkers to follow today.

For philosophy newbs: five thinkers to follow today.

By Brittany Allen | April 29, 2024

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The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

By Literary Hub | December 16, 2021

FSG will publish Judith Butler's first non-academic press book.

By Walker Caplan | December 9, 2021

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By Walker Caplan | September 9, 2021

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By Vanessa Willoughby | August 20, 2021

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Sam Cohen Considers the Dismantling of Normative Gender Roles

By Sam Cohen | March 11, 2021

22 Books That Helped Me Write the Story of My Transition

22 Books That Helped Me Write the Story of My Transition

P. Carl on Inspiration, Imagination, and Identity

By P. Carl | January 26, 2021

Judith Butler on the Case for Nonviolence

Judith Butler on the Case for Nonviolence

"Nonviolence requires a critique of what counts as reality."

By Judith Butler | February 18, 2020

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Cancel February; stay home and read instead.

By Emily Temple | February 3, 2020

The Complicated Comforts of Marilynne Robinson

The Complicated Comforts of Marilynne Robinson

and Political Upheaval?">Could One Writer Help Me Reckon with Personal and Political Upheaval?

By Rachel Vorona Cote | April 13, 2018

Art, Meat, and the Lives and Deaths of Animals

Art, Meat, and the Lives and Deaths of Animals

"Determining Whose Life is Grievable is an Act of Framing"

By Hayley Singer | October 2, 2017