Beyond the Colonial Gaze: Readings From Contemporary Nigeria

Beyond the Colonial Gaze: Readings From Contemporary Nigeria

Lola Jaye Recommends Wole Soyinka, Biyi Bandele, Akwaeke Emezi, and More

By Lola Jaye | September 8, 2022

WATCH: Akil Kumarasamy on Memory, Technology, and the Cost of Caring for Others

WATCH: Akil Kumarasamy on Memory, Technology, and the Cost of Caring for Others

The Author of Meet Us by the Roaring Sea in Conversation with Ly Tran at Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | September 8, 2022

Honestly, I’d Rather Be Living in an Elin Hilderbrand Novel

Honestly, I’d Rather Be Living in an Elin Hilderbrand Novel

Mary Bergman on the Reality Behind the Beachy Book Covers

By Mary Bergman | September 7, 2022

22 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

22 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

Recommendations from the Lit Hub Staff

By Emily Temple | September 7, 2022

Sunyi Dean and Olivie Blake on Letting Go of Perfection and Writing Through Ethical Dilemmas

Sunyi Dean and Olivie Blake on Letting Go of Perfection and Writing Through Ethical Dilemmas

This Week from Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

By Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre | September 7, 2022

Luke Dani Blue on Early Life Trauma and How Writing Helps Ground Them

Luke Dani Blue on Early Life Trauma and How Writing Helps Ground Them

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | September 7, 2022

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The New, New Black Gay Renaissance

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8 Great SF and Fantasy Books </br>for September

8 Great SF and Fantasy Books
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Bone witches, mechas, and folklore retellings from Ling Ma, Tamsyn Muir, Neon Yang, and more

By Book Marks | September 6, 2022

Jonathan Escoffery on Navigating Identity, Blackness, and Literary Fame

Jonathan Escoffery on Navigating Identity, Blackness, and Literary Fame

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of If I Survive You

By Jane Ciabattari | September 6, 2022

The Evolution of the Political Lie: David Bromwich on Hannah Arendt and Complicity

The Evolution of the Political Lie: David Bromwich on Hannah Arendt and Complicity

“Are lies then a latent hazard, or are they a usual condition of democracy itself?”

By David Bromwich | September 6, 2022

Back to School for Everyone: Place, Space, and Landscape with Alexandra Kleeman

Back to School for Everyone: Place, Space, and Landscape with Alexandra Kleeman

Going to Ground in Fiction

By Alexandra Kleeman | September 6, 2022

When Art Inspires Agency: On Fictional Characters Who Find Motivation in Beauty

When Art Inspires Agency: On Fictional Characters Who Find Motivation in Beauty

Jill Bialosky Recommends E.M. Forster, E.L. Konigsburg, Lisa Hsiao Chen, and More

By Jill Bialosky | September 6, 2022

Back to School for Everyone: The Literature of Obsession with Julia May Jonas

Back to School for Everyone: The Literature of Obsession with Julia May Jonas

On Transformation, Destruction, and Catharsis

By Julia May Jonas | September 6, 2022

Back to School for Everyone: Ekphrastic Poetry with Victoria Chang

Back to School for Everyone: Ekphrastic Poetry with Victoria Chang

“The act of seeing the visual art of another has allowed my mind and imagination to be free.”

By Victoria Chang | September 6, 2022

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