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This Week in Literary History: Ira Aldridge Debuts as Othello on the London Stage

This Week in Literary History: Ira Aldridge Debuts as Othello on the London Stage

A Literary Trailblazer

By Literary Hub | May 26, 2026

Everyone is an AI Cop Now: What Happens When an AI-Generated Story Wins a Prestigious Prize

Everyone is an AI Cop Now: What Happens When an AI-Generated Story Wins a Prestigious Prize

Innocent Chizaram Ilo on the Ongoing Dilemma for Readers and Writers

By Innocent Chizaram Ilo | May 22, 2026

Does Xi Jinping Really Think China is Athens and the US is Sparta? And is Trump Getting Any of This?

Does Xi Jinping Really Think China is Athens and the US is Sparta? And is Trump Getting Any of This?

Andrew Bayliss Wonders Why the Chinese Leader Keeps Bringing Up the “Thucydides Trap”?

By Andrew Bayliss | May 22, 2026

Villains Are Just More Interesting Than Heroes (and More F*ckable, If We’re Being Frank)

Villains Are Just More Interesting Than Heroes (and More F*ckable, If We’re Being Frank)

Natalie Zina Walschots on Why We‘re More Drawn to the Bad Guys

By Natalie Zina Walschots | May 22, 2026

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

Featuring Ali Smith, Ayelet Waldman, Emily LaBarge, and more

By Book Marks | May 22, 2026

“I Hope to Die Laughing.” On Tom Drury’s <em>The End of Vandalism</em>

“I Hope to Die Laughing.” On Tom Drury’s The End of Vandalism

Ross McMeekin Explores the Ways Fiction Can Help Us Cope With Emotionally Difficult Periods of Life

By Ross McMeekin | May 22, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Manil Suri on Visualizing Your Book’s Narrative Structure

By Manil Suri | May 22, 2026

On Homecoming (and Leaving), Jakarta to New York

By May Teng | May 22, 2026

Reconsidering Mary McCarthy’s Iconic Friendship Novel The Group

By Rebecca Chace | May 22, 2026

America’s First War on Drugs Was Also a War on Jazz

America’s First War on Drugs Was Also a War on Jazz

Lisa E. Davis on the Historical Anti-Black Crusade of Law Enforcement and the White Cultural Establishment

By Lisa E. Davis | May 22, 2026

Namwali Serpell and Tracy K. Smith Discuss Toni Morrison’s <em>The Bluest Eye</em>

Namwali Serpell and Tracy K. Smith Discuss Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye

From a New Podcast, PASSAGES: On Morrison

By Passages: On Morrison | May 21, 2026

What Happens When Billionaires Control the Media?

What Happens When Billionaires Control the Media?

Nick Romeo Looks to Aldous Huxley and Gore Vidal for Clues About Where We’re Headed

By Nick Romeo | May 21, 2026

It’s All Just Torture Porn: A Record of Failed Attempts to Explain What Trans Lit is “For”

It’s All Just Torture Porn: A Record of Failed Attempts to Explain What Trans Lit is “For”

Katherine Packert Burke Considers the Past, Present and Future of Transgender Literary Representation

By Katherine Packert Burke | May 21, 2026

An Exile’s Guide to Losing a Country

An Exile’s Guide to Losing a Country

Ece Temelkuran on the Slow Creep of Authoritarianism

By Ece Temelkuran | May 21, 2026

How Donald Trump and His Allies Seek to Remake American Schools in Their Own Image

How Donald Trump and His Allies Seek to Remake American Schools in Their Own Image

Alison Kinney on the Effects of the Current Right-Wing Rejection of Educational Equity

By Alison Kinney | May 21, 2026

My Writing Group Forgot My Birthday: Are They the Assholes?

My Writing Group Forgot My Birthday: Are They the Assholes?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 21, 2026

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