The author considers the emotional cost for those who study painful history, including the oppression and violence that has impacted their own communities.

"When we got home, our Dad would slice us in two with a bread knife."

The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

This week's Toast Points!

Let us add the modifier "cozy" to every extant literary tradition POST-HASTE.

The Toast's weekly Friday open thread!

A librarian's work is never done.

What an almost amusing misunderstanding.

The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

Michelle Delgado on artist Malena Magnolia, whose mud stencils on buildings represent an effort to reclaim public spaces for women and advocate for healing.

Ah, how normal and pleasant it all is.

Karissa Chen interviews Matthew Salesses about writing, identity, and his new novel, THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD.

Secret church names: know them and be forewarned.

Might you be living in a Milan Kundera novel?

Ahahahaha, it's so great, though, what you're doing!