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    Reading Women

    Namwali Serpell on Her New Novel, The Old Drift

    By Reading Women  June 12, 2019
    Literary Math

    The Ultimate Summer Books Preview of 2019

    By Emily Temple  June 11, 2019
    Music history

    David Epstein on the Genius of the Self-Taught Musician

    By David Epstein  June 11, 2019
    The Audio File

    5 Audiobooks with Complicated Parent-Child Relationships

    By James Tate Hill  June 11, 2019
    Pop Culture

    How Beyoncé Revolutionized the American Political Landscape

    By Kevin Allred  June 11, 2019
    The Internet

    On the Rise of the Feminist Internet

    By Linda Hirshman  June 11, 2019
    New in Nonfiction

    A Very Honest Account of Life with Pablo Picasso

    By Jaime Fuller  June 11, 2019
    sweet dreams are made of myth

    What, to the Writer,
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    By Lauren Acampora  June 11, 2019
    Rock N Roll

    What David Bowie Borrowed From William Burroughs

    By Casey Rae  June 11, 2019
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Nicole Dennis-Benn, Domenica Ruta, and More Take the LitHub Questionnaire

    By Teddy Wayne  June 11, 2019
    Black Bodies

    On Alabama’s Dark History of Brutalizing Black Women’s Bodies

    By Camille T. Dungy  June 11, 2019
    New in Nonfiction

    On Life and Death and the Oldest Living Thing in Pennsylvania

    By Barbara Hurd  June 10, 2019
    News and Culture

    Cover Reveal: Freeman’s California Issue

    By Literary Hub  June 10, 2019
    Celebrity

    On the 18th-Century Origins of Celebrity Worship

    By Sharon Marcus  June 10, 2019
    New in Nonfiction

    The American Myths of Westward Expansion That Just Won’t Die

    By Lauren Markham  June 10, 2019
    Bookselling

    Books to Immerse Yourself in the Bookselling Life

    By Andrea Lawlor  June 10, 2019
    Disappearing Archives

    Disappearing Archives: Sun Ra and Henry Dumas, Recorded in Conversation

    By Harmony Holiday  June 10, 2019
    Trauma

    In the Aftermath of a Plane Crash

    By Eduardo Strauch and Mireya Soriano  June 10, 2019
    Art History

    Michel Leiris on the Details That Make Great Art

    By Michel Leiris  June 10, 2019
    Science fiction

    Why We Write About This Thing Called the Future

    By Naomi Alderman  June 7, 2019
    Soccer

    Despite Its Popularity, Women’s Soccer Still Struggles for Institutional Support

    By Joshua Nadel  June 7, 2019
    Dystopias

    With Apologies to Orwell, We’ve Gone Way Past 1984

    By Dorian Lynskey  June 7, 2019
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    5 Books You May Have Missed in May

    By Bethanne Patrick  June 7, 2019
    American History

    5 Undersung Moments in History You Probably Didn’t Learn About in Class

    By Christopher Klein  June 7, 2019
    Literary Brooklyn

    Trying to Get Beyond the Cliches of Literary Brooklyn

    By Richard Kreitner  June 7, 2019
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