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What Objects Can—and Should—Reveal About Their Owners

What Objects Can—and Should—Reveal About Their Owners

Rachel F. Seidman on the Importance of Material Culture in Constructing Oral Histories

By Rachel F. Seidman | May 6, 2026

Violaine Huisman on Confronting a Father and Grandfather’s Legacy of Infidelity

Violaine Huisman on Confronting a Father and Grandfather’s Legacy of Infidelity

“These were not secrets in our family. They were simply the weather. They were the condition of life.”

By Violaine Huisman | May 6, 2026

On Making Time to Read <em>War and Peace</em> and Other Great Literary Works

On Making Time to Read War and Peace and Other Great Literary Works

Laura Vanderkam Offers Some Suggestions to Help Meet Your Reading Goals

By Laura Vanderkam | May 5, 2026

Charles Dickens... and Other Bad Men Who are Good Writers

Charles Dickens... and Other Bad Men Who are Good Writers

Francine Prose Explores the Disconnect of Loving Works Written By Monstrous Authors

By Francine Prose | May 5, 2026

Deafness Should Be Allowed to Be Unremarkable

Deafness Should Be Allowed to Be Unremarkable

Sara Novic on Hiding Her Deafness in Plain Sight

By Sara Nović | May 5, 2026

Elizabeth Strout on Creating a Quietly Strong Protagonist

Elizabeth Strout on Creating a Quietly Strong Protagonist

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The Things We Never Say

By Jane Ciabattari | May 5, 2026

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How Being a Mediocre Scientist Helped Me Become a Better Novelist

By Vincent Yu | May 5, 2026

What Animal Parents Teach Humans About Care

By Elizabeth Preston | May 5, 2026

Grave Years and the Undead Woman: On the Chilling Erasure of Mothers’ Needs

By Tiffany Tsao | May 5, 2026

Kaveh Akbar on Fiction’s Role Towards Revolutionary Action

Kaveh Akbar on Fiction’s Role Towards Revolutionary Action

“People who look and pray like me love our children exactly the same way you love yours."

By Kaveh Akbar | May 4, 2026

What Tradwife “Influencers” of Centuries Past Share With Their Social Media Contemporaries

What Tradwife “Influencers” of Centuries Past Share With Their Social Media Contemporaries

Maia Chance on the Age-Old Phenomenon of Toxic Nostalgia For a Nonexistent Past

By Maia Chance | May 4, 2026

Han Kang’s <em>Light and Thread</em> is a Love Letter to Language

Han Kang’s Light and Thread is a Love Letter to Language

Clara Hillis Considers the Nobel Laureate’s Latest Work

By Clara Hillis | May 4, 2026

Maria Semple Thinks Abandoning a Novel is One of Life’s Great Feelings

Maria Semple Thinks Abandoning a Novel is One of Life’s Great Feelings

The Author of Go Gentle Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | May 4, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Lord Byron Swims Across the Hellespont

This Week in Literary History: Lord Byron Swims Across the Hellespont

“I plume myself on this achievement more than I could possibly do on any kind of glory, political, poetical, or rhetorical.”

By Literary Hub | May 4, 2026

Saying Yes to the Book is Just Like Saying Yes to the Dress

Saying Yes to the Book is Just Like Saying Yes to the Dress

Jocelyn Jane Cox on Writing a Story About Figure Skating, Dementia, and Zebras

By Jocelyn Jane Cox | May 4, 2026

Writing My Great-Great-Grandmother’s Escape From Eastern European Antisemitism as Gothic Horror

Writing My Great-Great-Grandmother’s Escape From Eastern European Antisemitism as Gothic Horror

Gabrielle Sher Shares the Inspiration For Her Debut Novel, Odessa

By Gabrielle Sher | May 4, 2026

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