• Politics

    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Brittney Cooper, Susana Morris, and Chanel Craft Tanner on a New Intersectional Resource for Young Feminists

    By The Virtual Book Channel  October 21, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Derecka Purnell on Abolition and the Pursuit of Freedom

    By The Quarantine Tapes  October 21, 2021
    Literary History

    How the TV Adaptation of Alex Haley’s Roots Sparked a Cultural Awakening

    By Wil Haygood  October 20, 2021
    Teaching Through a Pandemic

    On Mismatched Emotions in a South Dakota Pandemic Classroom

    By Christy Tidwell  October 20, 2021
    Protest

    Call and Response: On the Inextricable History of Music and Black Struggle

    By Veronica Chambers and Jennifer Harlan  October 20, 2021
    Keen On

    Myisha Cherry on Anger as a Tool for Defeating Racism

    By Keen On  October 20, 2021
    The Hub

    This literary lawsuit could pose lasting problems for company whistleblowers.

    By Walker Caplan  October 19, 2021
    Teaching Through a Pandemic

    When Texas Abandoned Its Teachers

    By Joshua Soule  October 19, 2021
    Teaching Through a Pandemic

    Making Students Feel Seen in the Era of Masking

    By Kozbi Simmons  October 19, 2021
    Keen On

    Vanessa Veselka on What the Next American Revolution Might Look Like

    By Keen On  October 19, 2021
    History

    How Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Gloria Steinem Fought For Your Right to Get a Beer

    By Mallory O'Meara  October 19, 2021
    Teaching Through a Pandemic

    How “Truth” Became a Controversial Subject in Classrooms

    By Molly Castner  October 18, 2021
    Inequality

    Who Are the 9.9 Percent? A Closer Look at the Math of American Inequality

    By Matthew Stewart  October 18, 2021
    Colonialism

    Amitav Ghosh on the Lies of History and How the Natural World Fights Back

    By Ben Ehrenreich  October 18, 2021
    Theater

    Oedipus at the Bellevue Men’s Shelter: How Sophocles Speaks to Contemporary Trauma

    By Bryan Doerries  October 18, 2021
    Beauty

    On the Unattainable Myth of Feminine Beauty Ideals and Our Culture of Fat Phobia

    By Sesali Bowen  October 18, 2021
    News and Culture

    Why America Needs a New Vocabulary to Describe Its Shortcomings

    By Barrett Holmes Pitner  October 15, 2021
    New Books Network

    “The Border Crossed Us.” Beth Alvarado on Writing About the Borderlands

    By New Books Network  October 15, 2021
    Keen On

    Dorottya Rédai on the Importance of LGBTQ Fairy Tales

    By Keen On  October 15, 2021
    The Hub

    This lady is trying to ban Toni Morrison’s books from schools for being “pornographic.”

    By Walker Caplan  October 14, 2021
    The Writer's Life

    “You Only Write if You Have To.“ On W.G. Sebald’s Life and Work

    By Carole Angier  October 14, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Chris Hedges on the Pandemic’s Ultimatum

    By The Quarantine Tapes  October 14, 2021
    The 2021 Cundill History Prize

    “More Than a Fearful Refusal To Participate.“ On the Complexities of the 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion

    By Marjoleine Kars  October 14, 2021
    Keen On

    Fiona Hill on the Increasingly Russian Way of Life in America

    By Keen On  October 14, 2021
    The Hub

    Remembering Harold Pinter’s anti-Iraq War Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

    By Walker Caplan  October 13, 2021
    Page 64 of 166

    • We Need Your Help:

    Become a Lit Hub Supporting Member

    Lit Hub has always brought you the best of the book world for free—no paywall. But our future relies on you. In return for your contribution, you'll get an ad-free site experience, editors' picks, and our Joan Didion tote bag. Most importantly, you'll keep independent book coverage alive and thriving.