Portals, Vehicles, and Vessels: How Folklore Holds the Weight of Cultures in Flux

Portals, Vehicles, and Vessels: How Folklore Holds the Weight of Cultures in Flux

Thao Thai Discusses the Power and Creative Use of Mythology with Anna Kovatcheva, Alice Evelyn Yang, Ryan Collett and Sarah Hall

By Thao Thai | January 28, 2026

In Praise of the Liminal Spaces and Uncertain Endings of Folklore

In Praise of the Liminal Spaces and Uncertain Endings of Folklore

Thao Thai on the Forward Momentum and Emotional Resonance of Handed Down Stories

By Thao Thai | June 27, 2023

A Stitch Between Reality and Imagination: Thao Thai on Sewing and Summoning Possibility

A Stitch Between Reality and Imagination: Thao Thai on Sewing and Summoning Possibility

When I’m Not Writing, a Series About Writers and Their Hobbies

By Thao Thai | February 27, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • The Great Wherever
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero

  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member

    • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.