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“The Past is Another Country.” On Fate, Grief and the Slow Disintegration of a Family in Zimbabwe

“The Past is Another Country.” On Fate, Grief and the Slow Disintegration of a Family in Zimbabwe

Peter Godwin Explores the Known and Unknown Sides of Those Closest To Him

By Peter Godwin | April 7, 2025

Inventing Truths: What Toni Morrison’s Fiction Taught Me About Writing Memoir

Inventing Truths: What Toni Morrison’s Fiction Taught Me About Writing Memoir

Bridgett M. Davis on the Creative Lessons Learned From an Icon of American Literature

By Bridgett M. Davis | April 7, 2025

Lynn Steger Strong on the Importance of Imaginative Truth in Fiction and Nonfiction

Lynn Steger Strong on the Importance of Imaginative Truth in Fiction and Nonfiction

“The goal is not to tell the reader the facts as they happened, but to, hopefully, bring a bunch of sentences and paragraphs to imagistic life.”

By Lynn Steger Strong | April 7, 2025

Colum McCann on the Arts in Question

Colum McCann on the Arts in Question

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | April 7, 2025

Write-Minded on Miranda July's <em>All Fours</em>

Write-Minded on Miranda July's All Fours

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | April 7, 2025

The University <em>is the Crisis</em>: On the Price of Columbia’s Soul

The University is the Crisis: On the Price of Columbia’s Soul

“In real-life Trump America, critical thought and political speech are shuttered in service of a belligerent agenda.”

By Shana L. Redmond | April 4, 2025

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Memory, Care, Protection: Crystal Hana Kim on the Many Uses of Food

By Crystal Hana Kim | April 4, 2025

“The Bible as Literature,” a Poem by Amy Gerstler

“The Bible as Literature,” a Poem by Amy Gerstler

From the Collection “Is This My Final Form?”

By Amy Gerstler | April 4, 2025

Exploring the Traumas of the Armenian Genocide

Exploring the Traumas of the Armenian Genocide

Nancy Kricorian on Memorializing Her Armenian Grandmother in a Novel

By Nancy Kricorian | April 4, 2025

New on the Lit Hub Podcast: April Showers Bring New Releases, Poetry, and The Brothers Karamazov

New on the Lit Hub Podcast: April Showers Bring New Releases, Poetry, and The Brothers Karamazov

Featuring Adam Colman, Molly Odintz, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | April 4, 2025

In Which a Couple of Actual Literary Assholes Make an Appearance

In Which a Couple of Actual Literary Assholes Make an Appearance

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Literary Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | April 3, 2025

The Forest For the Trees: How “Backyard Biology” Can Lead to Scientific Breakthroughs

The Forest For the Trees: How “Backyard Biology” Can Lead to Scientific Breakthroughs

Thor Hanson on the Joys of Slowing Down and Discovering the Unknown In the Familiar

By Thor Hanson | April 3, 2025

What We Can Learn About Death and the Afterlife From the Earliest Humans

What We Can Learn About Death and the Afterlife From the Earliest Humans

Robert Garland Explores the Mourning Rituals and Burial Practices of the Prehistoric and Ancient Past

By Robert Garland | April 3, 2025

Suddenly Old, Suddenly the Other: On the Unfamiliar World of Aging

Suddenly Old, Suddenly the Other: On the Unfamiliar World of Aging

Douglas J. Penick Considers Time, Transitions, and Classical Music

By Douglas J. Penick | April 3, 2025

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