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TODAY: In 1938, T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone is published.

Why Robert W. Service’s “The Cremation of Sam McGee” is a good poem for bad dads. | Lit Hub Craft

Aaron Boehmer considers the future of ethnic studies and academia in crisis: “While no protest, demonstration, or amount of organizing can resurrect the dead, perhaps such actions can chart a new course.” | Lit Hub Criticism

“The n-word felt like it could last a lifetime.” Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor remembers navigating American racism as a child with a famous father. | Lit Hub Memoir