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How Do We Keep Writing When They are Killing Poets?

How Do We Keep Writing When They are Killing Poets?

Sayantani DasGupta Writers on Creating in a Time of Dread

By Sayantani DasGupta | February 24, 2026

Writing While the Alphabet Burns: Ukrainian Literature to Help Understand the Ongoing War

Writing While the Alphabet Burns: Ukrainian Literature to Help Understand the Ongoing War

Introducing a New Critical Series For the Curious Reader

By Alex Averbuch | February 24, 2026

Tayari Jones Still Needs To Read <em>Anna Karenina</em>

Tayari Jones Still Needs To Read Anna Karenina

The Author of Kin Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | February 24, 2026

Lauren Groff, Michael Pollan, Tayari Jones, and more: 22 new books out today!

Lauren Groff, Michael Pollan, Tayari Jones, and more: 22 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | February 24, 2026

On the So-Called Reading Crisis as Class Warfare

On the So-Called Reading Crisis as Class Warfare

Eunsong Kim Considers the Relationship Between Art and Capitalism

By Eunsong Kim | February 23, 2026

“You Just Do Language.” Lauren Groff on Craft, Reading, and Her New Collection

“You Just Do Language.” Lauren Groff on Craft, Reading, and Her New Collection

Eric Olson Profiles the Author of Brawler

By Eric Olson | February 23, 2026

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In Praise of Problematic Women: A Reading List of “Bad” Mothers

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Nine Memorable Depictions of AI in Fiction

By Justin C Key | February 23, 2026

Namwali Serpell on Toni Morrison and the Power of Ambiguity

By Namwali Serpell | February 20, 2026

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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How Finding My Narrator Brought My Entire Book Together

How Finding My Narrator Brought My Entire Book Together

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By Burnside Soleil | February 20, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Anne Fadiman is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anne Fadiman is Reading Now, and Next

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Yi-Ling Liu on Internet Censorship in China and the U.S.

Yi-Ling Liu on Internet Censorship in China and the U.S.

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and Jennifer Maritza McCauley on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 19, 2026

Imagination is Not Enough: Why Fiction Needs Fieldwork

Imagination is Not Enough: Why Fiction Needs Fieldwork

Amara Lakhous on the Necessity of Combining Personal Experience With Research to Create Compelling Stories

By Amara Lakhous | February 18, 2026

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