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  1. Issue · Aug 30, 2026

    A Year of Toni Morrison: Volume III (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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  2. Issue · Aug 30, 2026

    Dear Black Feminist Scholar from the Future (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone

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    The requirement to upload our syllabi into a “doxxing database,” as UNC system faculty have been calling it, a publicly searchable record of the courses we teach, is now being enforced. “Thank you in… Read more

  3. Issue · Jul 8, 2026

    Next Book Circle: Black Feminist Literary Oceanographies (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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  4. Issue · Jul 8, 2026

    Dear Black Feminist Scholar from the Future (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Jul 4, 2026

    The Novels of Toni Morrison: Resources for your 2026 Personal Curriculum (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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