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Retracing the Steps of Sylvia Plath in Paris (and Rome, and Cape Cod, and Wellesley...)

Retracing the Steps of Sylvia Plath in Paris (and Rome, and Cape Cod, and Wellesley...)

Helen Bain on Taking a Plathian Pilgrimage

By Helen Bain | June 10, 2026

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

With Work by Robert Gluck, Nicholson Baker, Sheila Heti and More

By Brodie Crellin | June 10, 2026

To Know a Person Entirely: Re-Discovering My Grandfather Through Fiction

To Know a Person Entirely: Re-Discovering My Grandfather Through Fiction

Sofia Montrone: “Where else does writing come from, if not the desire to peer through the keyhole of someone else’s mind?”

By Sofia Montrone | June 10, 2026

“Our Damage Doesn’t Define Us.” What We Owe to the Natural World and Each Other

“Our Damage Doesn’t Define Us.” What We Owe to the Natural World and Each Other

Chera Hammons on Writing in the Shadow of Violence, Trauma and Revisionist Natural History

By Chera Hammons | June 10, 2026

Why Do We Keep Murdering Our Darlings?

Why Do We Keep Murdering Our Darlings?

Sarah Braunstein on Killing Off Main Characters

By Sarah Braunstein | June 10, 2026

How We Paint Dogs Says More About Us Than It Does Them

How We Paint Dogs Says More About Us Than It Does Them

Thomas W. Laqueur on the History of Dogs in Art

By Thomas W. Laqueur | June 10, 2026

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Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists

By Jane Ciabattari | June 9, 2026

An “Intellectual Monster...” Why Muriel Spark Never Remarried

By James Bailey | June 9, 2026

What’s in a Book’s Name? One Writer’s Journey to Finding the Perfect Title

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford | June 9, 2026

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Courtney Maum, Ben Fountain, Deb Olin Unferth and More

By Teddy Wayne | June 9, 2026

Lauren Acampora Recommends 7 Books About Deep Human-Animal Connections

Lauren Acampora Recommends 7 Books About Deep Human-Animal Connections

With Work by Geraldine Brooks, Takashi Hiraide, Lydia Millet, and More

By Lauren Acampora | June 9, 2026

“Effaced...” A Poem by Jawdat Fakhreddine

“Effaced...” A Poem by Jawdat Fakhreddine

Huda Fakhreddine: “I have been reading Jawdat, my father, and his poetry all my life.”

By Jawdat Fakhreddine and Huda Fakhreddine | June 9, 2026

Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: On the Environmental Vision of Rachel Carson

Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: On the Environmental Vision of Rachel Carson

“I hope I have made clear tonight that a new spirit is abroad in this land.”

By Carla Baricz and James Kessenides | June 8, 2026

A Child’s World: Sloane Crosley on the Short Fiction of Katherine Mansfield

A Child’s World: Sloane Crosley on the Short Fiction of Katherine Mansfield

“Even in Mansfield stories where children are not centered or present, this is their world. Her adults never quite grow up, only older.”

By Sloane Crosley | June 8, 2026

A Poet on the Factory Floor: On Daily Life in China’s Industrial Centers

A Poet on the Factory Floor: On Daily Life in China’s Industrial Centers

Xiao Hai Recalls His Experience Balancing Brutal Night Shifts With His Creative Pursuits

By Xiao Hai | June 8, 2026

Did You Know FDR Was Present For the Most Famous At-Bat in Baseball History?

Did You Know FDR Was Present For the Most Famous At-Bat in Baseball History?

Randall Sullivan on the Close Encounter of Two Icons of Depression-Era America

By Randall Sullivan | June 8, 2026

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