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Against Romance and Passion as Social and Literary Constructs

Against Romance and Passion as Social and Literary Constructs

Ron Rosenbaum on the Integral Role of Love in Literature and in Life

By Ron Rosenbaum | September 19, 2024

“The Girl Who Became a Rabbit,” a Poem by Emilie Menzel

“The Girl Who Became a Rabbit,” a Poem by Emilie Menzel

From the Book-length Poem "The Girl Who Became a Rabbit"

By Emilie Menzel | September 19, 2024

Allen MacDuffie on Darwin and Cataclysmic Change

Allen MacDuffie on Darwin and Cataclysmic Change

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | September 19, 2024

Ellen Emerson White on the First Woman President, Real and Imagined

Ellen Emerson White on the First Woman President, Real and Imagined

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 19, 2024

How Brooklyn’s Earliest Black Residents Found Empowerment and Solidarity in Their Diverse Community

How Brooklyn’s Earliest Black Residents Found Empowerment and Solidarity in Their Diverse Community

Prithi Kanakamedala Explores the Little Known History of 19th-Century New York City

By Prithi Kanakamedala | September 18, 2024

The Woman Who Invented “Dark Fantasy.” How Gertrude Barrows Bennett Popularized the Fantastic

The Woman Who Invented “Dark Fantasy.” How Gertrude Barrows Bennett Popularized the Fantastic

Lisa Yaszek on the Woman Known as Francis Stevens, an Early Female Pioneer of American Genre Fiction

By Lisa Yaszek | September 18, 2024

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How Greenwich Village’s Iconic, Iconoclastic Music Scene Came to Be

By David Browne | September 18, 2024

Close Encounters of Animal Kind: On the Porous Urban Boundaries Between Predator and Prey

By Christopher Brown | September 18, 2024

Against Perfectionism and Productivity: On Embracing Flaws as a Writer

By Rachel Schwartzmann | September 18, 2024

Rumaan Alam on Creating a Fictional World of the One Percent

Rumaan Alam on Creating a Fictional World of the One Percent

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Entitlement”

By Jane Ciabattari | September 17, 2024

For Tony Tulathimutte Book Piles Are “Metaphysical Constructs”

For Tony Tulathimutte Book Piles Are “Metaphysical Constructs”

The Author of “Rejection” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | September 17, 2024

Timothy Snyder on How the Collapse of the Soviet Union Took America By Surprise

Timothy Snyder on How the Collapse of the Soviet Union Took America By Surprise

What Freedom Means in Moments of Economic and Political Transformation

By Timothy Snyder | September 17, 2024

A Quiet Giant: How Indonesia Paved the Way for Liberation Struggles Worldwide

A Quiet Giant: How Indonesia Paved the Way for Liberation Struggles Worldwide

From David Van Reybrouck’s Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Revolusi”

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Books Have No Gender: On Being a Small Town Librarian While Raising a Trans Child

Books Have No Gender: On Being a Small Town Librarian While Raising a Trans Child

Abi Maxwell: “This town felt so conservative, its social norms so crushing. I needed someone who would help me swim against them.”

By Abi Maxwell | September 17, 2024

Between the Lines: What Is Missing in the Diversity in Publishing Discourse

Between the Lines: What Is Missing in the Diversity in Publishing Discourse

Thomas Gebremedhin Considers Text and Subtext in the Publishing Industry

By Thomas Gebremedhin | September 17, 2024

Community and Connection: On the Unexpected Benefits of Publishing Through a Small Press

Community and Connection: On the Unexpected Benefits of Publishing Through a Small Press

Rilla Askew Finds Her Audience with the Help of Indies After the Shuttering of Small Press Distribution

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