Dolen Perkins-Valdez Reads from <em>Take My Hand</em>

Dolen Perkins-Valdez Reads from Take My Hand

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | May 18, 2022

Virginia Hamilton and the History of Ghosts in Black Literature

Virginia Hamilton and the History of Ghosts in Black Literature

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | May 18, 2022

<em>Dirty Bird Blues</em> by Clarence Major, Read by Dion Graham

Dirty Bird Blues by Clarence Major, Read by Dion Graham

A Virtuoso Performance of Fictional Bluesman Man Banks

By Behind the Mic | May 18, 2022

Reclaiming Power Over One’s Own Story: Aminatta Forna on Abdulrazak Gurnah

Reclaiming Power Over One’s Own Story: Aminatta Forna on Abdulrazak Gurnah

Remarks From the PEN World Voices Festival opening night

By Aminatta Forna | May 17, 2022

Spending Time in Joy Williams’s Celestial Waiting Rooms

Spending Time in Joy Williams’s Celestial Waiting Rooms

Nicole Miller on the Writer's Attention to the Boundary Between Being and Non-Being

By Nicole Miller | May 17, 2022

Emma Straub’s Advice for What to Wear to a Book Launch

Emma Straub’s Advice for What to Wear to a Book Launch

“Back to basics. Just hot dogs, babka, and gratitude for vaccines.”

By Emma Straub | May 17, 2022

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Victoria Shorr on the Art of the Novella

By Victoria Shorr | May 17, 2022

On Reconnecting With My Korean Heritage Through Food

By Peter Serpico | May 17, 2022

Vanessa Hua on Writing About the Forgotten Women in Mao’s Inner Circle

By Jane Ciabattari | May 17, 2022

On the Politics of Caste and Feminine Joy in Satyajit Ray’s Classic <em>Charulata</em>

On the Politics of Caste and Feminine Joy in Satyajit Ray’s Classic Charulata

TANAÏS on How the Narratives of Muslim Women and Femmes Are Not Merely About Representation

By TANAÏS | May 17, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Elamin Abdelmahmoud is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Elamin Abdelmahmoud is Reading Now and Next

A New (at Lit Hub) Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | May 17, 2022

Seema Reza on the Joy of Being (Completely) Alone

Seema Reza on the Joy of Being (Completely) Alone

“Uncontrollable. They meant the word as a criticism; I wore it as a badge.”

By Seema Reza | May 17, 2022

How to Make Sense of Profound Arbitrariness in a World That Is Suppose to Make Sense

How to Make Sense of Profound Arbitrariness in a World That Is Suppose to Make Sense

Jon Mooallem in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 17, 2022

Finally a History of Art That Includes Female and Non-White Artists

Finally a History of Art That Includes Female and Non-White Artists

Charlotte Mullins in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 17, 2022

Lise Vesterlund on The No Club and How to Put a Stop to Women's Dead End Work

Lise Vesterlund on The No Club and How to Put a Stop to Women's Dead End Work

In Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | May 17, 2022

An Ode to Memory and Place: Readings by Brian Alan Ellis, Grant Faulkner, and Erin Calabria

An Ode to Memory and Place: Readings by Brian Alan Ellis, Grant Faulkner, and Erin Calabria

From Micro, a Podcast for Short But Powerful Writing

By Micro Podcast | May 17, 2022

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