Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

Crip-Walking at the Commencement: Jerald Walker on the Shifting Significance of Black Gestures

The Author of “Magically Black and Other Essays” Reflects on Serena Williams, Gang Signs, and “Scaring the White Folks”

By Jerald Walker | September 10, 2024

How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia

From Joya Chatterji's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Shadows at Noon”

By Joya Chatterji | September 10, 2024

Timeless and Urgent: On Ha Jin’s <em>Waiting</em> and the Mercy of the Arbitrary

Timeless and Urgent: On Ha Jin’s Waiting and the Mercy of the Arbitrary

Rachel Khong: “We can’t help but wonder about the arbitrary demands and strictures placed on these individuals: What was it all for?”

By Rachel Khong | September 10, 2024

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

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

Featuring Devika Rege, Carolyn Jack, Matthew Davis and More

By Teddy Wayne | September 10, 2024

Richard Mirabella on Blood Ties

Richard Mirabella on Blood Ties

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | September 10, 2024

Anna Marie Tendler on Self-Doubt, Hospitals, and Living on Her Own Terms

Anna Marie Tendler on Self-Doubt, Hospitals, and Living on Her Own Terms

The Author of “Men Have Called Her Crazy” Talks to Cat Marnell

By Cat Marnell | September 9, 2024

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Paper Trail: On the Cross-Cultural Evolution of the Notebook

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Silence is Power: Sara Nović on Joanne Greenberg’s <em>In This Sign</em>

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“The quietness... forces readers to reckon with the intricacies of deaf people as people.”

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Dunya Mikhail Talks Mythology, Translating Her Own Poetry, and Exploring the Past Through Objects

Dunya Mikhail Talks Mythology, Translating Her Own Poetry, and Exploring the Past Through Objects

The Author of “Tablets: Secrets of the Clay” in Conversation with Poets.org

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Brontez Purnell on Staying Unclassifiable

Brontez Purnell on Staying Unclassifiable

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

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Jessica Shattuck on Idealism, Aging, and Outlines

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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

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Six Writers on Getting Words on the Page

Six Writers on Getting Words on the Page

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What T.S. Eliot’s Letters to Emily Hale Reveal About the Poet’s Romantic Past

What T.S. Eliot’s Letters to Emily Hale Reveal About the Poet’s Romantic Past

Sara Fitzgerald on Unrequited Love and a Recently Declassified Epistolary Correspondence

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