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    Colonialism

    The Travails of Maria the Beauty: On the Plight of Indigenous Women in the Brazilian Amazon

    By Alex Cuadros  January 6, 2025
    Climate Change

    Forest, Forest Burning Bright: On Humans’ Relationship with Trees in an Era of Climate Change

    By Lauren E. Oakes  January 6, 2025
    The Natural World

    Paradise in Progress: On Creating a Natural Refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains

    By Paula Whyman  January 6, 2025
    First Draft

    Amitava Kumar and Claire Messud on Literary Friendship

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 6, 2025
    Write-minded

    Forrest Gander on the Poem as Novel

    By Memoir Nation   January 6, 2025
    Fathers and Daughters

    Crumple Zone: What Car Crashes Reveal About Human Hubris and Fragility

    By Sara Mitchell  January 3, 2025
    Vampires

    What Does It Mean to Remake Nosferatu Instead of Simply Dracula?

    By Olivia Rutigliano  January 3, 2025
    Activism

    The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism

    By Julie Phillips  January 3, 2025
    Gardening

    Trees of Life and Knowledge: Jamaica Kincaid on Colonialism, Gardening, and Worshipping Her Plants

    By Sandra Guzmán  January 3, 2025
    Publishing

    Fighting for Book Workers’ Rights, Battling Book Bans, and Other Literary Resolutions For 2025

    By Maris Kreizman  January 2, 2025
    Poetry

    A Constant Reinvention of Language: Looking Ahead to 2025 in Poetry

    By Literary Hub  January 2, 2025
    2024

    Notable Literary Deaths in 2024

    By Literary Hub  January 2, 2025
    First Draft

    Boyce Upholt on Finding Hope in Dark Times

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   December 30, 2024
    Best of 2024

    50 Contemporary Poets on the Best Poems they Read in 2024

    By Brittany Cavallaro  December 24, 2024
    Best of 2024

    The 167 Best Book Covers of 2024

    By Emily Temple  December 24, 2024
    Best of 2024

    The Best Reviewed Nonfiction of 2024

    By Book Marks  December 24, 2024
    Best of 2024

    The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of 2024

    By Literary Hub  December 24, 2024
    Best of 2024

    Lit Hub’s 50 Noteworthy Nonfiction Books of 2024

    By Literary Hub  December 24, 2024
    First Draft

    Amina Gautier on Building a Story Collection

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   December 23, 2024
    Linguistics

    New Media, Old Anxieties:
    Why is “Brain Rot” the Word of the Year?

    By Josh Abbey  December 20, 2024
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: ‘Twas the Episode Before Christmas

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   December 20, 2024
    On Poetry

    The Thick Muddy Soil of Language: On Mosab Abu Toha’s Forest of Noise

    By Abdelrahman ElGendy  December 20, 2024
    Writers in Conversation

    “We Need to Be Rigorous in Defending Our Experiences of Art.” Chris Knapp Talks to Andrew Martin

    By Andrew Martin  December 20, 2024
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Rosa Alcalá Is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  December 20, 2024
    Henry James

    On Henry James and the Enduring Lessons of Love

    By Katherine J. Chen  December 19, 2024
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