• Features

    Superstitions

    Signs, Symbols, and Omens: A Reading List of Books Featuring Superstitions

    By Jessie Rosen  May 17, 2024
    Beyond the Page

    Curtis Sittenfeld on Love and Comedy

    By Sun Valley Writers' Conference  May 17, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Want to Put a Dozen Blurbs on My Book: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  May 16, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Brandy Jensen on the Mainstreaming of Polyamory

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 16, 2024
    American History

    What Happens When You Live Strictly According to the Original Constitution in Present Day New York City?

    By A.J. Jacobs  May 16, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 16, 2024
    On Death

    What Comes For Us All: Read Elias Canetti on the Many Guises of Death

    By Elias Canetti  May 16, 2024
    Small Town Stories

    We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

    By Carolyn Kuebler  May 16, 2024
    On Translation

    The Secret Master: On Translating the Forgotten Argentine Writer Ángel Bonomini

    By Jordan Landsman  May 16, 2024
    Psychology

    Paternal Instinct: Why Men Go Gaga Over Babies, Too

    By Sarah Blaffer Hrdy  May 16, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Adelle Waldman on Muckraking Novels

    By History of Literature  May 16, 2024
    Languages

    The Yinzers of Glasgow: On the Scottish Origins of Pittsburgh’s Unique Dialect

    By Ed Simon  May 15, 2024
    Photography

    Tearing Away at the Time Escaping: Lou Stoppard on Pairing Photographs with Annie Ernaux’s Exteriors

    By Rebecca Bengal  May 15, 2024
    Gender

    What Freudian Psychoanalysis Gets Wrong About Trans Identity

    By Jennifer Finney Boylan  May 15, 2024
    Work

    “I Enjoy It Somethin’ Terrible.” Studs Terkel Talks to Babe Secoli About Her Work as a Supermarket Checker

    By Studs Terkel  May 15, 2024
    Sisters

    Sisterhood of the Traveling Stories: On the Literature of Fictional Sisters

    By Kimberly King Parsons  May 15, 2024
    Museums

    Four Must-See Museums For Bibliophiles This Summer

    By Bob Eckstein  May 15, 2024
    Indian Literature

    A Quiet Roar: Wendy Doniger on Amit Chaudhuri’s Freedom Song

    By Wendy Doniger  May 15, 2024
    Internment

    Kiyo Sato on Japanese American Incarceration’s Language of Dehumanization

    By Kiyo Sato  May 15, 2024
    The Cosmic Library

    The Cosmic Library on Short Story Institutions

    By The Cosmic Library   May 15, 2024
    In Memoriam

    Remembering Alice Munro

    By Emily Temple  May 14, 2024
    The Critic and Her Publics

    Lauren Michele Jackson on the Collision of the Internet, Race, and Gender

    By The Critic and Her Publics   May 14, 2024
    Lit Century

    Amitava Kumar on Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams

    By Lit Century   May 14, 2024
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

    By Teddy Wayne  May 14, 2024
    On Grief

    Lilly Dancyger on How to Support a Friend Through Grief

    By Lilly Dancyger  May 14, 2024
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