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Why the Color Red Carries so Much Weight in Film and Literature

Why the Color Red Carries so Much Weight in Film and Literature

James Fox: “Red is the body made color, and at times color made body.”

By James Fox | April 12, 2022

Nature Writing is Survival Writing: On Rethinking a Genre

Nature Writing is Survival Writing: On Rethinking a Genre

Michelle Nijhuis Thinks It’s Time for Some New Perspectives

By Michelle Nijhuis | April 12, 2022

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

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

Featuring Lisa Bird-Wilson, Negesti Kaudo, and More!

By Teddy Wayne | April 12, 2022

The High Stakes of Textbooks: On the Necessity of Complex, Inclusive History Lessons

The High Stakes of Textbooks: On the Necessity of Complex, Inclusive History Lessons

Elizabeth Alexander on Resisting the Siren Song of Triumphal Black History

By Elizabeth Alexander | April 12, 2022

How the Hebrew Bible Poses Fundamental Questions About Language

How the Hebrew Bible Poses Fundamental Questions About Language

From Season 3 of The Cosmic Library Podcast

By The Cosmic Library | April 12, 2022

Conservative lawmaker writes children’s book in praise of solidarity and collective action.

Conservative lawmaker writes children’s book in praise of solidarity and collective action.

By Jonny Diamond | April 11, 2022

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Shelf Talkers: The Bookshop in East Nashville, Tennessee

By Literary Hub | April 11, 2022

The Heartbreaks and Complications of School-Age Desire: A Reading List

By Jonathan Galassi | April 11, 2022

How Sylvia Plath Calls Out for Connection Across Time

By Sina Queyras | April 11, 2022

Madhushree Ghosh on Food as Survival, Grief, and Liberation

Madhushree Ghosh on Food as Survival, Grief, and Liberation

Anjali Enjeti in Conversation with the Author of Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family

By Anjali Enjeti | April 11, 2022

Jeff VanderMeer on Ursula K. Le Guin, Tove Jansson, and Ottessa Moshfegh

Jeff VanderMeer on Ursula K. Le Guin, Tove Jansson, and Ottessa Moshfegh

Rapid-fire Book Recs from the Author of Hummingbird Salamander

By Book Marks | April 11, 2022

Blacks and Jews: Fifty-Five Years After James Baldwin’s “Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White”

Blacks and Jews: Fifty-Five Years After James Baldwin’s “Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White”

Terrence L. Johnson and Jacques Berlinerblau Dissect a Classic American Polemic, Still Relevant Today

By Jacques Berlinerblau and Terrence L. Johnson | April 9, 2022

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

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.”

By Literary Hub | April 8, 2022

How Perfume Becomes an Evocative Clue for Mystery Writers

How Perfume Becomes an Evocative Clue for Mystery Writers

Megan Volpert on the Role of Fragrance in Stories

By Megan Volpert | April 8, 2022

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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Writer on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Time Philip Roth Lied to Me

Writer on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Time Philip Roth Lied to Me

Barbara Shulgasser-Parker Illuminates the Perverse Side to the Famed Writer

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