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SI SI SI SI SI: On Fascist Passions in Mussolini’s Italy

Tia Glista Considers Mussolini: Son of the Century and The Silver Book

Alexander the Great, Ancient Gay Icon

By Harry Tanner

“I Swear to Chairman Mao!” On Becoming a Red Guard

By Jung Chang

Letters on Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian

By Miroslav Volf and Christian Wiman

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

By Teddy Wayne

Megan Milks on Visiting an Animal Sanctuary, Writing About Dairy, and Their Fascination With Cows

By Megan Milks

Madeline Cash on Writing an Absurdist Systems Novel

By Jane Ciabattari

How Back to the Future Made Me a Misfit Skateboarder

By Sean Mortimer

Truman Capote, Bennett Cerf, and the Making of In Cold Blood

By Gayle Feldman

How the First Ever Christian Rock Album Led to the “Jesus Movement”

By Josiah Hesse

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Benjamin Wood on the Creative Life Force

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Jose Antonio Vargas on Life in a Country That Says You Don’t Belong

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Five Steps to a Better Writing Process

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What Happens if Russia Wins the War it Started in Ukraine?

By Carlo Masala

Teenagers at War: On Fighting the British in New York, 1776

By Jack Kelly

For an Echodeviant Poet, Mishearing is a Method

By Noa Micaela Fields

Crime Reads

Crime Reads

January 12, 2026

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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The Most Anticipated Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of 2026

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The Best Psychological Thrillers of January 2026

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Book Marks

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The Ups and Downs of “Having it All”—and Why It’s Okay to Give it Up

By Amil Niazi

Matthew Pearl on What We’ll Do For the Prize

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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted to close itself down.

By James Folta

How Humor Can Be an Effective Tool For Social Change

By Chris Duffy

The boycott of PEN America led by Writers Against the War on Gaza was a success.

By James Folta

Alcohol: The Oldest (and Most Popular) Drug in the World

By Charles Knowles

The boycott of PEN America led by Writers Against the War on Gaza was a success.

By James Folta

How the Enslaved of Saint-Domingue Struck Fear Into the Hearts of the Ruling Class

By Carrie Gibson