TODAY: In 1824, the publisher John Murray, alongside five of Lord Byron's friends and executors, decides to destroy the manuscript of Byron's memoirs, fearing the scandalous details will damage Byron's reputation.
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The complete Autobiography of Mark Twain was hailed as an essential addition to the shelf of his works and a crucial document for our understanding of the humorist’s life. These volumes present Twain’s authentic and unsuppressed voice.
“The killing of the NEA feels like the last little bit of the end of American culture, and it’s the last little bit of voices of true resistance. All that’s left is content created for an algorithm that a corporation wrote.” Kaitlyn Greenidge on the tragedy of Trump’s gutting of the NEA. | Harper’s Bazaar
“How does Trump perpetuate the faulty logic of IQ tests and tracking? By suggesting that people with disabilities do not belong in the workforce.” Pepper Stetler traces the eugenicist roots of IQ testing. | Los Angeles Review of Books
Mira Ptacin on teaching writing in prison and the devastating consequences of Trump’s anti-trans policies: “They declared Maine out of compliance with ‘agency priorities’. The punishment: cut funding, and not just any funding, but programs that worked.” | The Guardian
