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The Reluctant Researcher: How I Ended Up Writing a Historical Novel

The Reluctant Researcher: How I Ended Up Writing a Historical Novel

Ethan Joella: “Writing what you know is only limited by what you take the time to know.”

By Ethan Joella | June 30, 2026

Merci, Marjane: What the <em<Persepolis</em> Author Meant to Me as an Iranian in Exile

Merci, Marjane: What the Author Meant to Me as an Iranian in Exile

Naz Riahi on Marjane Satrapi’s Art as a Mirror

By Naz Riahi | June 29, 2026

Why We Still Love Mr. Darcy, 200 Years Later

Why We Still Love Mr. Darcy, 200 Years Later

Susan Moore in Praise of the Model For Self-Aware Romantic Heroes

By Susan Moore | June 29, 2026

One of the Best American Backpacking Books Was Written by a Japanese Buddhist Beat Poet

One of the Best American Backpacking Books Was Written by a Japanese Buddhist Beat Poet

Brad Rassler on the Dharma of Albert Saijo, Who Distilled the Trauma of Internment Into a Minimalist Philosophy of the Outdoors

By Brad Rassler | June 29, 2026

Natalie Adler Talks to Sarah Schulman About AIDS History and Dykes Around Town

Natalie Adler Talks to Sarah Schulman About AIDS History and Dykes Around Town

“AIDS was the first thing I knew about sex. It was the first thing I knew about being gay.”

By Sarah Schulman | June 29, 2026

This Week in Literary History: America Turns 250

This Week in Literary History: America Turns 250

Reflections on American Literature from the Lit Hub Archives

By Literary Hub | June 29, 2026

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What Queer Archives Know (Before They Can Prove It)

By Demetris Papadimitropoulos | June 26, 2026

June’s Best Reviewed Fiction

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June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

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Ye Hui on the Innovations of Translation, His Writing Process, and the Relief of Finishing a Poem

Ye Hui on the Innovations of Translation, His Writing Process, and the Relief of Finishing a Poem

In Conversation with Peter Mishler

By Peter Mishler | June 26, 2026

Erased No More: A Reading List of BIPOC-Centered Historical Fiction

Erased No More: A Reading List of BIPOC-Centered Historical Fiction

Vanessa Miller Recommends Sadeqa Johnson, ReShonda Tate, Vanessa Riley and More

By Vanessa Miller | June 26, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Serena Chopra is Reading Right Now

The Annotated Nightstand: What Serena Chopra is Reading Right Now

Featuring Susan Briante, Sappho, Christopher Marmolejo and More

By Diana Arterian | June 26, 2026

40 Great New Books You May Have Missed

40 Great New Books You May Have Missed

Maris Kreizman Collects Worthy Alternatives to JD Vance’s Oxygen-Sucking Memoir

By Maris Kreizman | June 25, 2026

Save It for Your Novel: The Difference in Writing for the Screen Versus the Page

Save It for Your Novel: The Difference in Writing for the Screen Versus the Page

Spiro Skentzos in Conversation with Rasheed Newson

By Spiro Skentzos | June 25, 2026

Namwali Serpell and Cathy Park Hong on Toni Morrison’s <em>Jazz</em>

Namwali Serpell and Cathy Park Hong on Toni Morrison’s Jazz

From the Podcast, PASSAGES: On Morrison

By Passages: On Morrison | June 25, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Vance’s hypocrisy alone makes Communion nearly unreadable. You don’t need me to tell you this, but he is not a good Catholic.”

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