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The Power of Illusion: Olivia Laing on Creating a Thriller Inspired by 1970s Italian Cinema

The Power of Illusion: Olivia Laing on Creating a Thriller Inspired by 1970s Italian Cinema

Or, How to Channel the Spirits of Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Danilo Donati in Fiction

By Olivia Laing | November 12, 2025

On David Graeber’s Ideas About the Structural Stupidity of Bureaucracy

On David Graeber’s Ideas About the Structural Stupidity of Bureaucracy

Stuart Jeffries Considers the Everyday Indignity of Modern Life

By Stuart Jeffries | November 12, 2025

On the Early Days of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Rise to Power

On the Early Days of Mikhail Gorbachev’s Rise to Power

The Soviet Union General Secretary’s Anti-Alcohol Campaign, Initial Allies, and Rock-Star Beginnings

By Mikhail Zygar | November 12, 2025

More Than James Brown’s Drummer: Clyde Stubblefield, An Unsung Pioneer of R&B

More Than James Brown’s Drummer: Clyde Stubblefield, An Unsung Pioneer of R&B

John Lingan on the Enduring Influence of One of the Genre's Most Iconic Drum Riffs

By John Lingan | November 12, 2025

Emma Darwin on Writing About Her Family and Finding Inspiration in Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Emma Darwin on Writing About Her Family and Finding Inspiration in Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder

“What glowed at me with such potency that I would willingly immerse myself for all the months of writing slog?”

By Emma Darwin | November 12, 2025

The Striking Similarities Between Aphorisms and Poetry

The Striking Similarities Between Aphorisms and Poetry

“Aphorisms and poems are always idiosyncratic, their output an image supercharged with storytelling specificity.”

By James Geary | November 12, 2025

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By Boris Groys | November 11, 2025

The Publishing Industry Gambled on Me... and Lost

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Maria Kuznetsova on Making Peace with Her Debut’s Failure to Launch

By Maria Kuznetsova | November 11, 2025

What Aging Can Teach Us About Creativity and Fulfillment

What Aging Can Teach Us About Creativity and Fulfillment

Philip Weinstein Explores Philosophical and Literary Approaches to the End of Life

By Philip Weinstein | November 11, 2025

Lewis Black on the Life-Changing Power of Kurt Vonnegut

Lewis Black on the Life-Changing Power of Kurt Vonnegut

“He was telling what I believe was truth while delivering ideas and arguments in the most gentle way imaginable.”

By Lewis Black | November 11, 2025

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

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

Featuring Char Adams, Michelle Carr, Viola van de Sandt and More

By Teddy Wayne | November 11, 2025

Noam Chomsky and José Mujica on the Double Edged Sword of Automation

Noam Chomsky and José Mujica on the Double Edged Sword of Automation

“Automation is wonderful as a technique; the problem is who controls the technology.”

By Noam Chomsky, José Mujica, and Saúl Alvídrez | November 10, 2025

Reading Around the World: 17 Great Books in Translation From University Presses

Reading Around the World: 17 Great Books in Translation From University Presses

Featuring Titles Translated from Uzbek, French, Arabic and More

By Literary Hub | November 10, 2025

The History of the Relentless, Decades-Long Siege on the People of Gaza

The History of the Relentless, Decades-Long Siege on the People of Gaza

“The average young Gazan measures his age by how many of those wars we survived.”

By Muhammad Shehada | November 10, 2025

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