Making Meaning: Why Symbolic Interpretation Matters in Art and Literature

Making Meaning: Why Symbolic Interpretation Matters in Art and Literature

Ed Simon on Defending the Symbolic and René Magritte’s Le Coeur du Monde

By Ed Simon | December 23, 2025

Making Sense of Middle Earth: Exploring the World of J.R.R. Tol­kien

Making Sense of Middle Earth: Exploring the World of J.R.R. Tol­kien

Michael D.C. Drout Remembers the Impact of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit on His Childhood

By Michael D.C. Drout | December 23, 2025

Why Has Criticism Always Been Such a Good Side Gig for Artists?

Why Has Criticism Always Been Such a Good Side Gig for Artists?

David Berry on the Long Tradition of Artists as Critics, From Xie He to Charles Baudelaire

By David Berry | December 22, 2025

A Timeless Portrait of Black Life: James Baldwin on Louise Meriwether’s <em>Daddy Was a Number Runner</em>

A Timeless Portrait of Black Life: James Baldwin on Louise Meriwether’s Daddy Was a Number Runner

“She has told everyone who can read or feel what it means to be a black man or woman in this country.”

By James Baldwin | December 22, 2025

Why Clearing Stormfall <br>With a Chainsaw is a Lot Like Writing Prose

Why Clearing Stormfall
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Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh on <em>Parable of the Sower</em>, and Her Love of Sci-Fi

Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh on Parable of the Sower, and Her Love of Sci-Fi

“There’s so much book in that book.”

By James Folta | December 19, 2025

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Beyond Memoir: A Roundtable on Health, Identity, and the Invisible Injury We Aren’t Talking About

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Five Books About the Most Important Photographs of the Vietnam War—and the Photographers Who Took Them

Five Books About the Most Important Photographs of the Vietnam War—and the Photographers Who Took Them

An Essential Reading List from Gary Knight

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Kat Abughazaleh Swears by Octavia Butler on <em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em>

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Plus, Jonny Diamond reading “A Visit from St. Nicholas”!

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The 10 Best Book Reviews of 2025

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“Everyone is enticed into this orgy of analysis, to feast and gorge on information, to go a little mad in the process.”

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Am I the Asshole For Calling Out Romance Novelists Who Don’t Actually Care About Romance?

Am I the Asshole For Calling Out Romance Novelists Who Don’t Actually Care About Romance?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

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Burn Harry Burn: Reckoning With My <em>Harry Potter</em> Fandom as a Trans Person

Burn Harry Burn: Reckoning With My Harry Potter Fandom as a Trans Person

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Hitler and My Mother-In-Law (and the Slippery Terrain of Truth)

Hitler and My Mother-In-Law (and the Slippery Terrain of Truth)

Terese Svoboda on What Happens When We Mix Personal Memories with Public Histories

By Terese Svoboda | December 18, 2025

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