Arctic Rush: Inside the 19th-Century Craze to Reach the North Pole

Arctic Rush: Inside the 19th-Century Craze to Reach the North Pole

Erling Kagge on the Early Years of Polar Exploration and the Timeless Phenomenon of Human Hubris

By Erling Kagge | February 13, 2025

What Our First and Last Words Reveal About the Way We Express Ourselves

What Our First and Last Words Reveal About the Way We Express Ourselves

Michael Erard Explores the Science Behind What We Say at the Very Beginning and End of Our Lives

By Michael Erard | February 13, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Her books for adults are rich and complex, revealing the stickiness of human coexistence.”

By Book Marks | February 13, 2025

Antifascist, Feminist, Timeless: On Alba de Céspedes’s <em>There’s No Turning Back</em>

Antifascist, Feminist, Timeless: On Alba de Céspedes’s There’s No Turning Back

Ann Goldstein: “Even if the world has changed, her characters’ struggles with becoming themselves continue to be familiar.”

By Ann Goldstein | February 13, 2025

Getting Rid of Book Blurbs? Easier Said Than Done

Getting Rid of Book Blurbs? Easier Said Than Done

Maris Kreizman on One of Publishing’s Eternal Inevitabilities

By Maris Kreizman | February 13, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Sonya Walger Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Sonya Walger Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Niall Williams, Mary Oliver, Muriel Spark, and Others

By Diana Arterian | February 13, 2025

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Journalists Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker on Trump and the Tech Oligarchs

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 13, 2025

Looking the Palestinian in the Eye

By Nicki Kattoura | February 12, 2025

A Fantasy of Domesticity: Why We’re Drawn to the False Promise of the Tradwife

By Larissa Pham | February 12, 2025

If Brigitte Giraud Wasn’t a Writer, She Would’ve Been a Pop Star

If Brigitte Giraud Wasn’t a Writer, She Would’ve Been a Pop Star

The Author of “Live Fast” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | February 12, 2025

An American Faerie Queene: The Uncertain Lives of Nathaniel and Una Hawthorne

An American Faerie Queene: The Uncertain Lives of Nathaniel and Una Hawthorne

Megan Marshall on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Family, Edmund Spenser, and Biographical Lies

By Megan Marshall | February 12, 2025

Secrets of the Deep South: In Search of Hidden Family and Collective History in Georgia

Secrets of the Deep South: In Search of Hidden Family and Collective History in Georgia

David Levering Lewis on the Eternal Questions of Race and Power Surrounding the American National Narrative

By David Levering Lewis | February 12, 2025

The Great (Un)Equalizer: How Black and Native Families Struggle to Achieve Social Mobility Through Education

The Great (Un)Equalizer: How Black and Native Families Struggle to Achieve Social Mobility Through Education

Eve L. Ewing on the Structural Factors Behind Economic and Educational Inequality in America

By Eve L. Ewing | February 12, 2025

From Community Organizer to Novelist: Alejandro Heredia Finds a Balance Between Art and Activism

From Community Organizer to Novelist: Alejandro Heredia Finds a Balance Between Art and Activism

“Fiction offers us a way of looking at people’s interior and interconnected lives that... holds space for contradiction.”

By Alejandro Heredia | February 12, 2025

“Winter Garden” and “Moleskine Knockoffs,” Two Poems by Emma Ruth Rundle

“Winter Garden” and “Moleskine Knockoffs,” Two Poems by Emma Ruth Rundle

From the Collection “The Bella Vista”

By Emma Ruth Rundle | February 12, 2025

Olivia Laing on Charlotte Brontë's <em>Villette</em>

Olivia Laing on Charlotte Brontë's Villette

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 12, 2025

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