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Hope for Planet Earth: The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Change

Because the Case for Hope—and the Need for Change—Has Never Been More Urgent

What Passes for Hope: 19 Writers on Finding Meaning in the Face of the Climate Crisis

“Is there still work to be done? Is there still a world to love? The answer to both of these questions is yes.”

Shelf Talkers: The Bookshop in East Nashville, Tennessee

Booksellers from The Bookshop Share Their Favorites

Putin’s Attack on Ukraine is an Attack on Its Language: Poetry by Kateryna Kalytko

“Defend yourself to your last breath—and whatever you do / don’t let them near you.”

On Preserving and Protecting Protest Art In Oakland

“These artworks are artifacts of a social justice movement.”

Announcing the Winners of the 2022 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction

Read Winning Stories by Olga Tokarczuk, Daniel Mason, and Alejandro Zambra

Exclusive cover reveal: Talia Lakshmi Kolluri’s What We Fed to the Manticore.

Your Literary Guide to the 94th Academy Awards

What to Read and Who to Root for, According to Us

Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked Licorice Pizza

Lit Hub’s Literary Countdown to the 94th Academy Awards

Oscars Best Picture Spotlight: What to Read (and Watch) If You Liked CODA

Lit Hub’s Literary Countdown to the 94th Academy Awards