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    Did Shakespeare Write Hamlet While He Was Stoned?

    Sam Kelly Explores the Potential Influence of Cannabis on the Bard’s Prolific Literary Output

     
    By Sam Kelly  July 8, 2025

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

    Featuring Maris Kreizman, Claire Jia, Lawrence Burney, and More

     
    By Teddy Wayne  July 8, 2025

    Birth of the Jailhouse Lawyer: How Inmate Counsel Saves Prisoners’ Lives

    Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull on William “Joe Writs” Johnson, Law Libraries, and a Constitutional Battle

     
    By Literary Hub  July 8, 2025

    Croatia as a Character? Lidija Hilje on Trying—and Failing—to Write a Universal Story

    “Even though I did my best to tune out Croatia, this proved to be an impossible task.”

     
    By Lidija Hilje  July 8, 2025

    No Translation, No Problem:
    The Joys of Reading a Book Containing Multiple Languages

    Rachel Ashcroft on the Benefits of Letting the Words Wash Over You

     
    By Rachel Ashcroft  July 7, 2025

    How Much is Too Much? On Bearing Witness to Violence in the Digital Age

    Will Potter Considers the Psychological and Social Impact of the (Over) Saturation of Cruelty in the Contemporary Era

     
    By Will Potter  July 7, 2025