11 Books About Women Who Rewrote Life and Art

11 Books About Women Who Rewrote Life and Art

Anne E. Fernald Recommends Tove Jansson, Katie Kitamura, Ntozake Shange, and More

By Anne E. Fernald | August 19, 2026

On That Disgraceful, Disreputable, (Wonderful) Form of Punctuation: The Parenthesis

On That Disgraceful, Disreputable, (Wonderful) Form of Punctuation: The Parenthesis

Florence Hazrat on the Contentious History of a (Perfect) Literary Tool

By Florence Hazrat | August 18, 2026

Why I Hiked the Appalachian Trail Twice—30 Years Apart

Why I Hiked the Appalachian Trail Twice—30 Years Apart

Earl Swift Remembers His Experiences Traversing America’s Mountainous East

By Earl Swift | August 18, 2026

Edwidge Danticat Wishes Her Former English Teachers Would Read Her Work

Edwidge Danticat Wishes Her Former English Teachers Would Read Her Work

The Author of Dèy Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | August 18, 2026

Chang-rae Lee on Channeling His Immigrant Childhood Into Fiction

Chang-rae Lee on Channeling His Immigrant Childhood Into Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of A Tender Age

By Jane Ciabattari | August 18, 2026

Why Thoreau and <em>Walden</em> Resonate With Chinese Youth

Why Thoreau and Walden Resonate With Chinese Youth

Julia Du Explores the Impact of an Iconic Work of American Literature on Contemporary China

By Julia Du | August 17, 2026

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Reinventing the Slave Narrative: Ishmael Reed on Flight to Canada at 50

By Ishmael Reed | August 17, 2026

On Good Fat, Bad Fat, and the Problems With BMI

By Daniel Lieberman | August 17, 2026

Rebecca Solnit: Penelope Weaves Her Destiny

By Rebecca Solnit | August 17, 2026

Everything But the Burden: </br>Greg Tate, John Henryism, and the Cost of Solidarity

Everything But the Burden:
Greg Tate, John Henryism, and the Cost of Solidarity

Steven W. Thrasher on the Reissue of Flyboy in the Buttermilk—and what it can teach us about solidarity

By Steven W. Thrasher | August 17, 2026

Read an Original Review of <em>All the King’s Men</em> on Its 80th Anniversary

Read an Original Review of All the King’s Men on Its 80th Anniversary

“Magnificently vital reading, a book so charged with dramatic tension it almost crackles with blue sparks.”

By Book Marks | August 17, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Joseph Conrad Becomes a British Subject

This Week in Literary History: Joseph Conrad Becomes a British Subject

Or, Proof it’s Never Too Late to Learn

By Literary Hub | August 17, 2026

Before We Are Erased: Why I Founded Gaza Publications During the Genocide

Before We Are Erased: Why I Founded Gaza Publications During the Genocide

“We were trapped within a single moment: always in danger, always waiting, and always struggling to survive.”

By Husam Maarouf | August 14, 2026

Miranda July, Jamel Brinkley, and More on Their Favorite (Re)reads

Miranda July, Jamel Brinkley, and More on Their Favorite (Re)reads

The Case for Dipping Back In

By Literary Hub | August 14, 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 Chang-Rae Lee, Virginia Eubanks, Téa Obreht, and More

By Book Marks | August 14, 2026

Inside the Rise of America’s Oligarch Class—And What It Means For All of Us

Inside the Rise of America’s Oligarch Class—And What It Means For All of Us

Casey Michel Explores the Impact of Decades of Widening Wealth Inequality on American Politics

By Casey Michel | August 14, 2026

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