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On the Orientalism and Imperial Gaze of Western Horror Films

On the Orientalism and Imperial Gaze of Western Horror Films

Youssef Rakha Watches Lee Cronin’s The Mummy in Cairo

By Youssef Rakha | September 15, 2026

Looking in the Mirror of My Past as a Korean Adoptee in the United States

Looking in the Mirror of My Past as a Korean Adoptee in the United States

Sun Yung Shin on Family, Identity, and the Opacities of Reflection

By Sun Yung Shin | September 15, 2026

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

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

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The Conveniences I Used to Write a Book About Inconvenience (Definitely Not AI)

The Conveniences I Used to Write a Book About Inconvenience (Definitely Not AI)

Gabe Bullard on Avoiding AI, Enshittification, and How Convenience Culture Makes a Lot of Things Worse

By Gabe Bullard | September 15, 2026

Behind One the Greatest Post-Punk Songs Ever Recorded

Behind One the Greatest Post-Punk Songs Ever Recorded

Kevin Dettmar on Joy Division, Ian Curtis, and the Tragic Background of “Love Will Tear Us Apart”

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36 Literary Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Fall

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A Question of Innocence: On Writing About Real and Imagined Lives In and Outside of Prison

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Rabih Alameddine on Writing Humor In Times of Tumult and Tragedy

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How Raising a Multilingual Tot Helped Me Write a Multicultural Novel

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Bo Wang on Finding Ways to Seamlessly Incorporate English and Mandarin Into Her Fiction

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The Legend of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

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The War on Terror Through the Eyes of Queer Afghan Refugees

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Steven W. Thrasher Reflects on 9/11 and Its Aftermath Through Reading No God But Us and The Sense of Brown

By Steven W. Thrasher | September 11, 2026

Harlan Coben Answers the Age-Old Question: “Where Do You Get Your Ideas?”

Harlan Coben Answers the Age-Old Question: “Where Do You Get Your Ideas?”

“Sometimes, it’s a simple ‘what-if.’”

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