What Tradwife “Influencers” of Centuries Past Share With Their Social Media Contemporaries

What Tradwife “Influencers” of Centuries Past Share With Their Social Media Contemporaries

Maia Chance on the Age-Old Phenomenon of Toxic Nostalgia For a Nonexistent Past

By Maia Chance | May 4, 2026

Han Kang’s <em>Light and Thread</em> is a Love Letter to Language

Han Kang’s Light and Thread is a Love Letter to Language

Clara Hillis Considers the Nobel Laureate’s Latest Work

By Clara Hillis | May 4, 2026

Maria Semple Thinks Abandoning a Novel is One of Life’s Great Feelings

Maria Semple Thinks Abandoning a Novel is One of Life’s Great Feelings

The Author of Go Gentle Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

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This Week in Literary History: Lord Byron Swims Across the Hellespont

This Week in Literary History: Lord Byron Swims Across the Hellespont

“I plume myself on this achievement more than I could possibly do on any kind of glory, political, poetical, or rhetorical.”

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Saying Yes to the Book is Just Like Saying Yes to the Dress

Saying Yes to the Book is Just Like Saying Yes to the Dress

Jocelyn Jane Cox on Writing a Story About Figure Skating, Dementia, and Zebras

By Jocelyn Jane Cox | May 4, 2026

Writing My Great-Great-Grandmother’s Escape From Eastern European Antisemitism as Gothic Horror

Writing My Great-Great-Grandmother’s Escape From Eastern European Antisemitism as Gothic Horror

Gabrielle Sher Shares the Inspiration For Her Debut Novel, Odessa

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To Be Honest in Poetry Right Now is to Embrace the Abstract, Negative, and Weak

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Satire Isn’t Dead, We Just Misunderstand It

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Lauren Groff: There is No Such Thing as Boredom, Only Noticing

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Sarah L. Kaufman on Harnessing the Power of Verbs

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On Humanity’s Earliest Attempts <br>to Make a Home

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Stefan Al Considers the Architectural Prowess of Our Prehistoric Ancestors

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7 New Poetry Collections to Read This May

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Rebecca Morgan Frank on New Work From Carolina Ebeid, Laura Kasischke, Luis Muñoz and More

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“Kim Kardashian has become ubiquitous, as if she were a very hot dictator whose portrait hung in every home in America.”

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“The Formal Beginnings of Packing,” a Poem by Amanda Nadelberg

“The Formal Beginnings of Packing,” a Poem by Amanda Nadelberg

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Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in May

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in May

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