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    Black Activism

    Must the Professor Crusade? W. Ralph Eubanks on the Connection Between Black Writing and Black Resistance

    “Books and stories can be a light that leads toward the pursuit of truth in what might be dark times.”

     
    By W. Ralph Eubanks  November 12, 2024
    Trump Administration

    JD Vance Quoted One of Cormac McCarthy’s Most Evil Characters to Make Some Asinine Point

    By James Folta  November 11, 2024
    American Politics

    Do Not Obey in Advance: On the Importance of Mutual Aid in These Cruel American Times

    By Jonny Diamond  November 8, 2024
    Safety Nets

    What If the Covid Safety Net Had Been a Starting Point For Change?

    By Steven W. Thrasher  November 8, 2024
    Class

    How a Legacy of Poverty and Systematic Exclusion Created “White Trash” in America

    By Jaydra Johnson  November 8, 2024
    Activism

    But Can It Change Anything? What Artists and Social Movements Can Learn From Each Other

    By Amber Massie-Blomfield  November 7, 2024
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Animals

    What Chickens Know: On Bonding with Birds and the Language of Hens

    By Sy Montgomery  November 7, 2024
    The Hub

    It’s time to radicalize your book club.

    By James Folta  November 6, 2024
    Book Bans

    The Republicans’ Project 2025 is Disastrous For Books

    By James Folta  November 6, 2024
    The Hub

    Six newsletters to get you through this week.

    By Brittany Allen  November 11, 2024
    The Issues: 2024

    The Issues 2024: LGBTQ Rights Are in Grave Danger

    By Literary Hub  November 4, 2024
    Presidential Election 2024

    Rebecca Solnit: We, the People, Can Make a Better Future

    By Rebecca Solnit  November 4, 2024
    Memoir

    The 10 Best Formally Inventive Queer Memoirs 

    By Catherine Habgood  November 4, 2024
    American Politics

    AM Homes on the Complexity of Contemporary Political Life

    Yvonne Conza Talks to the Author of “The Unfolding”

    By Yvonne Conza  November 4, 2024
    The Hub

    Suzanne Nossel is stepping down as PEN America CEO.

    By Brittany Allen  November 1, 2024
    The Issues: 2024

    The Issues 2024: The Fight for Climate Justice

    By Literary Hub  November 1, 2024
    The Issues: 2024

    The 10 Best Books on
    Climate Justice

    By Catherine Habgood  November 1, 2024
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Celebrating 20 Years of n+1

    Mark Krotov and Dayna Tortorici in Conversation with Jonny Diamond

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   November 1, 2024
    The Hub

    A brief literary history of the newspaper endorsement.

    By Brittany Allen  October 30, 2024
    Gaza

    A Glass of Water, a Burning Boy: Fady Joudah on Images From Gaza

    By Fady Joudah  October 30, 2024
    The Issues: 2024

    Imagining a World Where Reproductive Justice is For Everyone

    By Renee Bracey Sherman  October 30, 2024
    The Issues: 2024

    The Issues 2024: Reproductive Rights Are Truly on the Ballot

    Because Every American Deserves the Right to Choose

    By Jonny Diamond  October 30, 2024
    Apocalypses

    “Mike Knew Apocalypses Had Been Coming at Us All Along.” Rebecca Solnit on the Great Mike Davis

    By Rebecca Solnit  October 30, 2024
    The Issues: 2024

    The 10 Best Books on Reproductive Rights

    By Catherine Habgood  October 30, 2024
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Ryan Chapman Predicts the Booker Prize

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   November 6, 2024
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