The 18th-Century Quaker Farmboy Who Laid the Groundwork for Atomic Theory

The 18th-Century Quaker Farmboy Who Laid the Groundwork for Atomic Theory

Harry Cliff on How John Dalton Contributed to the Most Powerful Idea in Science

By Harry Cliff | August 10, 2021

William Deresiewicz on the Disappearing Middle Class of Artists

William Deresiewicz on the Disappearing Middle Class of Artists

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | August 10, 2021

Sabina Murray on the Limits of Journalism and the Wondrous Possibilities of Fiction

Sabina Murray on the Limits of Journalism and the Wondrous Possibilities of Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Human Zoo

By Jane Ciabattari | August 10, 2021

Encountering One of the Most Toxic Trees in the World

Encountering One of the Most Toxic Trees in the World

Meg Lowman on Australia’s Giant Stinging Tree

By Meg Lowman | August 10, 2021

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

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

Featuring Rafia Zakaria, Alexandra Kleeman, JoAnna Novak, and More

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Finding Horror (and Art) in the Gray Areas of Identity

Finding Horror (and Art) in the Gray Areas of Identity

Virginia Feito on the Terrifying Power of Identity Crises in Fiction, from Shirley Jackson to Alfred Hitchcock

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Rebel Without a Real Cause: On Surviving the Social Hierarchies of High School

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WATCH: Dennis K. Crosby on the Moral Beauty of Urban Fantasy

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Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi on Articulating Grief to Find the Way Back to Reality

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In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

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The Painful Cost of the Writing Life

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James Tate Hill on the Hard Realities of Balancing the Personal and the Creative

By James Tate Hill | August 9, 2021

On Reframing and Overcoming the Bodily Colonization of Stage 4 Cancer

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Fred D'Aguiar Considers the Meaning of Liberation in the Face of a Life-Threatening Disease

By Fred D’Aguiar | August 9, 2021

What It Means to Be Haitian Now

What It Means to Be Haitian Now

“Do not ask me how I am.”

By Jean D’Amérique | August 9, 2021

Did Henry James Sink Constance Fenimore Woolson's Career?

Did Henry James Sink Constance Fenimore Woolson's Career?

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