This Week in Literary History: Malcolm X was Assassinated in New York City

This Week in Literary History: Malcolm X was Assassinated in New York City

“Whatever hand pulled the trigger did not buy the bullet.”

By Literary Hub | February 16, 2026

Sarah Aziza on Memoir as a Work of Art

Sarah Aziza on Memoir as a Work of Art

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

By Memoir Nation | February 16, 2026

David Guterson on Changing His Style

David Guterson on Changing His Style

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 16, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: “I Have My Passport With Me.”

Letter From Minnesota: “I Have My Passport With Me.”

Michael Torres on Life in the Lens of Authoritarianism

By Michael Torres | February 13, 2026

An Archive of Associations: When My Father Bought Foucault’s Old Car

An Archive of Associations: When My Father Bought Foucault’s Old Car

Anna Nygren on Writing Between Intertextuality, Obsession and Categorization

By Anna Nygren | February 13, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Frontier, From an Immigrant in Minneapolis

Letter From Minnesota: Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Frontier, From an Immigrant in Minneapolis

Sun Yung Shin on the Ever-Shifting Meanings of US Citizenship

By Sun Yung Shin | February 13, 2026

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What Playing With Sun Ra in College Taught Me About Myself

By Michael Lowenthal | February 13, 2026

Have You Ever Tried Going on a Blind Date With a Book?

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | February 13, 2026

What Science Reveals About the Many Facets of Desire

By Tom Bellamy | February 13, 2026

Seven Fake Dating Romance Novels to Read for Valentine’s Day

Seven Fake Dating Romance Novels to Read for Valentine’s Day

Haruka Iwasaki Recommends Emily Henry, Talia Hibbert, Jasmine Guillory, and More

By Haruka Iwasaki | February 13, 2026

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 Allegra Goodman, Richard Holmes, Helle Helle, and More

By Book Marks | February 13, 2026

Katie da Cunha Lewin on the Joys of Quiet, Communal Writing

Katie da Cunha Lewin on the Joys of Quiet, Communal Writing

Or: A Room of (Every)one’s Own

By Katie da Cunha Lewin | February 13, 2026

When Presidents Slowly Fall: What Fiction Gets Right About the 25th Amendment

When Presidents Slowly Fall: What Fiction Gets Right About the 25th Amendment

How to Depose a Mad King (According to the Constitution)

By Aron Solomon | February 12, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: Count Them Among the Loved 

Letter From Minnesota: Count Them Among the Loved 

Jennifer Bowen on the Distortions of Time Under an Occupation

By Jennifer Eli Bowen | February 12, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: SOS From an Occupied City

Letter From Minnesota: SOS From an Occupied City

Angela Ajayi on the Feeling of Authoritarian Creep

By Angela Ajayi | February 12, 2026

Am I the Literary Asshole For Being Tired of My Self-Congratulatory Liberal Book Group?

Am I the Literary Asshole For Being Tired of My Self-Congratulatory Liberal Book Group?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | February 12, 2026

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