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    In Conversation

    Forrest Gander on Waiting to Publish, Gateway Poems, and C.D. Wright’s Brilliant Work

    The Co-Editor of “The Essential C.D. Wright” in Conversation with Poets.org

     
    By Literary Hub  April 28, 2025
    Ancient History

    A Deeply Globalized Ancient World: On William Dalrymple’s The Golden Road

    By Alok A. Khorana  April 28, 2025
    Trans History

    Uncovering the Forgotten: The Struggle For Trans History, From Nazi Germany to Today

    By Milo Todd  April 28, 2025
    Inspiration

    What Can a 17th-Century English Doctor Teach Us About Embracing Uncertainty?

    By Cutter Wood  April 28, 2025
    Poetry

    “Shots Fired on New Year’s Eve,” a Poem by Ali Black

    By Ali Black  April 28, 2025
    First Draft

    Vauhini Vara on the Wild Card of AI

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   April 28, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Memoir Nation

    Write-Minded Is Now Memoir Nation

    By Memoir Nation   April 28, 2025
    Biology

    Science in America is Going Dark:
    On Zoë Schlanger’s The Light Eaters

    By Gabrielle Bellot  April 25, 2025
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    New on the Lit Hub Podcast: Celebrating Indie Bookstore Day!

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   April 25, 2025
    Friendship

    A New York Moment: Harry Bliss on His Close Encounters With Sy Hersh

    “Every now and again when I receive one of his emails, I’m always amazed at how brilliant and hilarious he is.”

    By Harry Bliss  April 28, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  April 25, 2025
    Childcare

    Nanny As Nuisance: How Caregivers Disrupt the Fiction of the Nuclear Family

    By Hannah Zeavin  April 25, 2025
    The Craft of Writing

    Casey Johnston on Writing the Body

    By Casey Johnston  April 25, 2025
    Queer Identity

    What Community Means as a Queer Black Writer

    Doug Jones Explores Acting Up in an Age of Tribalism

    By Doug Jones  April 25, 2025
    Behind the Mic

    Behind the Mic on Recent Award-Winning Audiobooks

    By Behind the Mic   April 25, 2025
    AIDS Activism

    Urgent Lessons From a Heroic Early AIDS Doctor: On the Legacy of Joseph Sonnabend

    By Steven W. Thrasher  April 24, 2025
    Cultural History

    “The Question Project.” On John Dunton and the World’s First Advice Column

    By Mary Beth Norton  April 24, 2025
    Mothers and Sons

    Matthew Specktor Remembers His Mother as a Young Woman Struggling to Find Her Place in Los Angeles

    “All of this suggests not a person who’s simply afraid to be late, but rather one who is running: who remains, always, in flight.”

    By Matthew Specktor  April 24, 2025
    American History

    How the Rattlesnake Almost Became an Emblem of a Nascent America

    By Stephen S. Hall  April 24, 2025
    Cartoons

    Art and Craft: An Illustrated Conversation Between Lena Moses-Schmitt and Martha Park

    By Literary Hub  April 24, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  April 24, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Jodie Hare on the Politics of Neurodiversity

    In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

    By Fiction Non Fiction  April 24, 2025
    Language

    On the Vital Importance of Preserving the Most Obscure—and Endangered—of the World’s Many Languages

    By Lorna Gibb  April 23, 2025
    Native American History

    How Christian Missionaries Sought to Erase Native American Culture and Identity

    By Mary Annette Pember  April 23, 2025
    Corruption

    From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and Autocracy

    By Don Gillmor  April 25, 2025
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