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The Republicans’ Project 2025 is Disastrous For Books

“Project 2025 is pitching a horrifying vision of America and American government.”

November 6, 2024

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In Search of a Time Lost: A Selection of Proust’s Letters Translated by Lydia Davis

Three Missives from Marcel and Reflections on the World in Which He Composed Them

November 6, 2024

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Among the Sleuths: Looking for Answers at the Nancy Drew Convention

Jadie Stillwell and Nicole Blackwood on the Mystery of the Missing Discernible Character Traits

November 5, 2024

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The Issues 2024: The Fight for Climate Justice

We Can’t Go On Like This

November 1, 2024

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This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Celebrating 20 Years of n+1

Mark Krotov and Dayna Tortorici in Conversation with Jonny Diamond

November 1, 2024

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Good Ghosts and Bad Fathers:
The Story of a Haunting, a Kidnapping, and an International Incident

Helen Vogelsong-Donahue Finally Escapes Her Bogeyman

October 31, 2024

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Exhuming Dracula’s Ancestors: What Vampires Reveal About Our Latent Fears

Ed Simon Explores the History and Tradition of Unearthing the Long-Buried Past in Eastern Europe

October 31, 2024

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A Glass of Water, a Burning Boy: Fady Joudah on Images From Gaza

“Is the language of his killers not part of our life? Is there a death we have not cheapened?”

October 30, 2024

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The Issues 2024: Reproductive Rights Are Truly on the Ballot

Because Every American Deserves the Right to Choose

October 30, 2024

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Nick Hornby: The Older You Get, the Less Time You Have for Bad Books

“Reading a bad novel when you are approaching pensionable age is like taking the time left available to you and setting it on fire.”

October 29, 2024

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Indie Booksellers and Lying Liars: This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring Lefty Booksellers, Dodgy Paperbacks, and Some Thoughts on Fact-Checking

October 25, 2024

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The Issues 2024: On America’s Uniquely Deadly Gun Problem

How Do We Redress the Violent Legacy of the Second Amendment?

October 25, 2024

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From Torpedo Bras to Whale Tails: A Brief History of Women’s Underwear

Nina Edwards Explores the Popular Reception of Thongs, Bras, Boy Shorts and Other Intimate Items

October 24, 2024

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“America’s Literary Giant.” On the Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe in Vietnam

Nguyễn Bình Explores the Author’s Influence on Vietnamese Literature

October 23, 2024

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André Aciman on Displacement, Family and the Struggle to Find Home In the Eternal City

“What I felt was the persistent, undefinable numbness that eventually overtakes you and won’t let go.”

October 22, 2024

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James Ivory Tells His 1940s Queer Coming-of-Age Story

Looking Back on an Adolescence Spent in Sunny Southern California

October 21, 2024

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The Issues 2024: The High Costs of the For-Profit American Healthcare System

From the Opioid Crisis to the Cost of Insulin, What the Bottom Line Has Done to Our Lives

October 18, 2024

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Five Essential Books For Understanding Native American History

Cundill Prize Finalist Kathleen DuVal Recommends David Treuer, Ned Blackhawk, Brenda J. Child and More

October 17, 2024

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The Issues 2024: Why the Labor Movement is So Important to Americans

The Second in Our Series of In-Depth Looks at the Everyday Issues Facing Americans

October 15, 2024

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“Ariadne Sends a Message,” a Poem by Margaret Atwood

From Her New Book “Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems 1961-2023”

October 15, 2024

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A Beastly Love: Chronicling the Transformative Experience of Motherhood on the Page and on the Screen

Director Marielle Heller and Author Rachel Yoder Discuss Their Creative Collaboration on "Nightbitch"

October 11, 2024

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From Beowulf to Foucault: On the Literary Influences of Cormac McCarthy

Michael Lynn Crews Investigates the Inspiration Behind “Blood Meridian,” “Suttree” and Other Novels

October 10, 2024

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The Issues 2024: Going Deep on the Problem of Income Inequality

Introducing the First in a Series of In-Depth Looks at the Everyday Issues Facing Americans

October 8, 2024

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“Those Folks Never Had Their Lights Turned Off.” On the Literary Importance of Highlighting the Haves and the Have-Nots

From Barroom Chats with Raymond Carver to the Aperçus of Thomas Piketty, Douglas Unger Explores Class Consciousness in American Letters

October 7, 2024

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On the Remarkable Legacy of Lewis Lapham

Elias Altman Remembers His Boss' Advice on Writing, Editing, and When a Deal's a Deal

October 7, 2024

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The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in October

Spooky Action (and Comedy, and Drama) at a Distance

September 27, 2024

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Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

(A back-to-school themed flowchart)

September 23, 2024

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The Ultimate Fall 2024 Reading List

78 Books the Critics Think You Should Read This Season

September 17, 2024

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17 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

Reading Recommendations from the Lit Hub Staff

September 10, 2024

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Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024, Part Two

193 Books to Read in the Second Half of the Year

July 10, 2024

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Here’s Your 2024 Literary Film & TV Preview

53 Shows and Movies to Stream and See This Year

January 10, 2024

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Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024

230 Books We’re Looking Forward to Reading This Year

January 3, 2024

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A Room of One’s Own: On Finding Beauty and Inspiration in Meditation

Leanne Ogasawara Considers the Importance of Stillness and Contemplation For Writers and Translators

By Leanne Ogasawara November 6, 2024

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The Journey of a Sea Bean: In Praise of the Ocean’s Smallest Gifts

Sally Huband: “I am left contemplating this luck.”

By Sally Huband November 6, 2024

How a Novel by Mildred D. Taylor Helped Glory Edim Understand Being Black in the South

The Author of “Gather Me” Reflects on Navigating Her Nigerian and American Identities

By Glory Edim November 6, 2024

The Great Dying: How Mass Extinction Made the Dinosaurs

Armin Schmitt on Earth’s Millennia-Long History of Reoccurring Cataclysms

By Armin Schmitt November 6, 2024

An Eye On the Court: Chronicling 40 Years of NBA Photography

Dave McMenamin on Nathaniel S. Butler’s Pioneering Work Capturing Some of Professional Basketball’s Greatest Moments

By Dave McMenamin November 5, 2024

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Visions of Apocalypse: How Gravity’s Rainbow Embodied America’s Post-War Fears

Jonathan Rosenbaum Revisits His Review of Thomas Pynchon’s Classic

By Jonathan Rosenbaum November 5, 2024

Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying

A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World

By Jesse Sheidlower November 5, 2024

How a Young Michael Stipe Found Creative Camaraderie in Art School

By Peter Ames Carlin November 5, 2024

The Issues: 2024

The Issues 2024: LGBTQ Rights Are in Grave Danger

Protect Queer People

The Issues 2024: LGBTQ Rights Are in Grave Danger

By Literary Hub November 4, 2024

Presidential Election 2024

Rebecca Solnit: We, the People, Can Make a Better Future

By Rebecca Solnit November 4, 2024

The 10 Best Formally Inventive Queer Memoirs

By Catherine Habgood November 4, 2024

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