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When it comes to machine-produced ‘literature,’ does it really matter whether the outputs can pass for original art? J Studios/Digital Vision via Getty Images

Thousands of AI‑written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold –...

Laura Beers, American University At some point in the next several months, I am hoping to receive a modest...

Artemis II moonshot reflects a spacefaring vision present in Jules Verne’s...

Anastasia Klimchynskaya, Illinois Wesleyan University With the launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission on April 1, 2026, human beings...
Some school librarians in Florida have found themselves in the midst of controversy over complaints of “obscene” titles in their libraries. Trish233/iStock via Getty Images

Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on...

James B. Blasingame, Arizona State University When a junior at an Orange County public high school in Florida visited...
‘Boys’ love’ literature depicts an idealized version of gay male sex. Ed Gottschalk/Wikimedia Commons

China’s arrests of boys’ love authors does not equate to a...

Michel Hockx, University of Notre Dame Western media was quick to report on the subject of the latest “crackdown”...
Joanna Vanderham as Desdemona and Hugh Quarshie as the title character in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of ‘Othello.’ Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images

‘I were but little happy, if I could say how much’:...

Cora Fox, Arizona State University What is “happiness” – and who gets to be happy? Since...

AI isn’t what we should be worried about – it’s the...

Billy J. Stratton, University of Denver In 2014, Stephen Hawking voiced grave warnings about the threats of artificial intelligence.

What’s behind the astonishing rise in LGBTQ+ romance literature?

Christine Larson, University of Colorado Boulder and Ashley Carter, University of Colorado Boulder CC BY-SA

Some of the Renaissance’s most romantic love poems weren’t for lovers

Shannon McHugh, UMass Boston As poets have demonstrated for centuries, a sonnet for your beloved never goes out of...

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