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Bad Curls, Bad Character: <br>The Charged Meaning of Hair in 19th-Century America

Bad Curls, Bad Character:
The Charged Meaning of Hair in 19th-Century America

Sarah Gold McBride on Race in the United States, Tresses as Culture, and the Field of “Whiskerology”

By Sarah Gold McBride | June 9, 2025

Meet Addy: The Story of the First Black American Girl Doll

Meet Addy: The Story of the First Black American Girl Doll

Jaha Nailah Avery on the Significance of Addy Walker

By Jaha Nailah Avery | June 9, 2025

From Rock Star to Writer: On the Second Careers of Some of Your Favorite Musicians

From Rock Star to Writer: On the Second Careers of Some of Your Favorite Musicians

Leila Sales Talks to Stuart Murdoch, Susanna Hoffs, Colin Meloy, and More

By Leila Sales | June 9, 2025

First Impressions: 15 Years of <em>The Common</em> Through Its Covers

First Impressions: 15 Years of The Common Through Its Covers

Kei Lim Talks to Gabriele Wilson About the Process Behind Crafting the Magazine's Visual Identity

By Kei Lim | June 9, 2025

The Blessing of a Hybrid Brain: On the Joy of Writing in Two Languages

The Blessing of a Hybrid Brain: On the Joy of Writing in Two Languages

Tatiana de Rosnay Unpacks the Lines Between Translating and Crafting Bilingually

By Tatiana de Rosnay | June 9, 2025

Fever Dreams: Hala Alyan on Displacement, Trauma, and Memory

Fever Dreams: Hala Alyan on Displacement, Trauma, and Memory

"I spend the hours-long dream chanting the line, determined to remember it, because the part of me that is awake, that is aware, knows I will want it later."

By Hala Alyan | June 9, 2025

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“Here is What I Know: A Baby is Born.” On the Wild West of Childbirth.

By Erica Stern | June 9, 2025

Beyond Teen Fiction: Six High School Novels for Adult Readers

By Miriam Gershow | June 9, 2025

Shelley Read on Quieting the Mind

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | June 9, 2025

Victoria Chang on Exploring Silence

Victoria Chang on Exploring Silence

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

By Memoir Nation | June 9, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Joan Didion’s Privacy, Writers Beware, and Wes Anderson

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Joan Didion’s Privacy, Writers Beware, and Wes Anderson

featuring Evelyn McDonnell, Kate McKean, Brittany K. Allen, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | June 6, 2025

A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing a Nonfiction Book

A Step-By-Step Guide to Writing a Nonfiction Book

Thomas E. Ricks Offers Some Writing and Publishing Tips For Aspiring Authors of Nonfiction

By Thomas E. Ricks | June 6, 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 Susan Choi, Desi Arnaz, Melissa Febos, and More

By Book Marks | June 6, 2025

Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

Aram Mrjoian Explores the Tension Between Responsibility to History and a Writer’s Creative Vision

By Aram Mrjoian | June 6, 2025

Skeletons in the Literary Closet: Five Novels That Dangle Family Secrets Before the Reader

Skeletons in the Literary Closet: Five Novels That Dangle Family Secrets Before the Reader

Susan Walter Recommends Celest Ng, Lisa Jewell, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and More

By Susan Walter | June 6, 2025

Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons

Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons

Amir Hussain Considers Prison Literature, Past and Present

By Amir Hussain | June 6, 2025

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