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Why Do We Need to Dream?

Why Do We Need to Dream?

Michelle Carr on the Emotions, Memories, and Feelings We Have While Dreaming

By Michelle Carr | November 25, 2025

On the Sweeping Supreme Court Decision That Led to Widespread High School Censorship

On the Sweeping Supreme Court Decision That Led to Widespread High School Censorship

Kate Eichhorn Explores the Systematic Erasure of Political Speech in Yearbooks

By Kate Eichhorn | November 25, 2025

When England Tried to Tame Ireland’s Unruliest Province

When England Tried to Tame Ireland’s Unruliest Province

Anna Whitelock on the Creation of the Ulster Plantation and Great Britain’s Early History of Colonialism

By Anna Whitelock | November 25, 2025

The Magic of Marvel: How We Met the Avengers, Doctor Strange, Daredevil and Others

The Magic of Marvel: How We Met the Avengers, Doctor Strange, Daredevil and Others

Paul Cornell, Stuart Moore and Chris Ryall Discuss How They Discovered Their Love For Marvel Comics

By Paul Cornell, Stuart Moore and Chris Ryall | November 25, 2025

What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Championship Round*

What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Championship Round*

the end of the thread (6/6)

By Literary Hub | November 24, 2025

What Our Continual Desire For Transformation Reveals About Ourselves

What Our Continual Desire For Transformation Reveals About Ourselves

Oren Harman Explores the Philosophical and Literary Side of Metamorphosis

By Oren Harman | November 24, 2025

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The Innocenti: The Renaissance-Era Orphanage in Florence

By Joseph Luzzi | November 24, 2025

Creating New Tongues: On Language as Adaptation and Resistance

By Maria B. Olujic | November 24, 2025

John Irving on Wrestling, Coming-of-Age, and Writing Autiobiographically

By Wayne Catan | November 24, 2025

A Close Reading of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Counting-Out Rhyme”

A Close Reading of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Counting-Out Rhyme”

Cecily Parks on the Ceremony and Intimacy of a Classic American Poem

By Cecily Parks | November 24, 2025

Tracy K. Smith on the Spiritual and the Poetic

Tracy K. Smith on the Spiritual and the Poetic

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 24, 2025

Susan Orlean on Writing the Story of a Life Well Lived

Susan Orlean on Writing the Story of a Life Well Lived

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | November 24, 2025

What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Day 5*

What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Day 5*

vote and follow back

By Literary Hub | November 21, 2025

Giving Up on <em>The New York Times</em> and Remembering Literary Twitter on The Lit Hub Podcast

Giving Up on The New York Times and Remembering Literary Twitter on The Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring Peter Coviello, James Folta, Oliver Scialdone, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | November 21, 2025

On the Death of Tech Idealism (and Rise of the Homeless) in Northern California

On the Death of Tech Idealism (and Rise of the Homeless) in Northern California

“It’s as though the city feels it’s been invaded by the unhoused. But turn San José inside out and it’s a giant homeless camp being invaded by a city.”

By Brian Barth | November 21, 2025

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

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

Featuring Joy Williams, John Edgar Wideman, Solvej Balle, and More

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