Caption: Death Threat, the new graphic novel from Calgary writer, musician and visual artist Vivek Shraya, was inspired by hate mail she received in 2017. (Stephen Hunt/CBC) Shraya said there was ...

Middlebury College professor Rebecca Ayako Bennette thinks history has a public relations problem. Since 2008, the number of undergraduates receiving degrees in history has fallen more steeply than ...

Writer, critic, cultural commentator, polyglot, and multilingual translator Ilan Stavans is very clear about his Jewish heritage: His grandparents had been Shtetl-dwellers in Eastern Europe, in Poland ...

Here’s how we learned history when I was in school: a dead guy (Mr. X) did something important (action Y) a long time ago (year Z). Memorize X, Y and Z — it will be on the test. Did I like history?

This year, for the first time since 2015, I’m not doing a “best graphic novels of the year” list. There are too many great works out there to read, too many ways to evaluate how they are “best,” and ...

Guest: Dr. Rebecca Hall is a scholar, activist, and author of the acclaimed graphic novel, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts. Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative ...

Lee Lai's debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit, was longlisted for the Stella Prize in 2022. Four years on, she's won the ...