'Every child should work, but the work must develop not deaden' — American poster (ca. 1914) calling for child labour reform, showing various photos of children at work.

Been reading up on 18th / 19th century debates over education and this is a parody of everyone’s worst fears

One of America's most marvelous writers, and possibly its greatest sex writer; he kept up a steady stream of exuberant prose until the end.

At The New Yorker I wrote about Alison Bechdel's latest book: a farcical sex romp in a rustic setting filled w/ goats. It's her most sheerly comedic production yet; but there's a sadness beneath the surface: newyorker.com/books/under-re…

With her new graphic novel, “Spent,” the cartoonist Alison Bechdel appears once again to be trying for the light, fun book she’s longed to write. This time, she’s come closer than ever to pulling it off. nyer.cm/HXNCrRO

Alison Bechdel's new novel points to craftsmanship as a value that might bridge queer Vermont & MAGA America: newyorker.com/books/under-re…

The cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s new graphic novel, “Spent,” is a “gleefully entertaining” mix of witty self-deprecation and queer countercultural sex romp, Charlie Tyson writes. nyer.cm/W1Gnn2h

Unlike her intimate, cerebral memoirs, Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel “Spent”—which follows a group of lesbian housemates—evokes the nimble, screwball silliness of the cartoonist’s earliest work. nyer.cm/JKrmbBA

Unlike her intimate, cerebral memoirs, Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel “Spent”—which follows a group of lesbian housemates—evokes the nimble, screwball silliness of the cartoonist’s earliest work. nyer.cm/bRsKcSK

I wrote about Harry Crews for my favorite magazine in the world harpers.org/archive/2025/0…

Is international law dead? Are human rights over? My latest for The Guardian Long Read : theguardian.com/law/2025/jun/2…

From the Archives: Charlie Tyson argues that humanists "must free ourselves from a negative cycle of self-boosterism" chroni.cl/3J7hycA

For the Chronicle Review / The Chronicle of Higher Education, Charlie Tyson watched AAUP v. Rubio unfold. Here's what he saw: chronicle.com/article/can-ac…

Simply a must-read piece of reporting: