How the Rise of Fascism Impacted the 1938 FIFA World Cup

How the Rise of Fascism Impacted the 1938 FIFA World Cup

Jonathan Wilson Explores the Political—and Personal—Upheaval at the Intersection of Politics and Sport

By Jonathan Wilson | November 7, 2025

Emma Donoghue on Populating Historical Fiction

Emma Donoghue on Populating Historical Fiction

“Instead of a permanent policy on how true my fictions need to be, I negotiate a set of rules with myself for each particular project.”

By Emma Donoghue | November 7, 2025

Why the American Revolution Was a World War in All But Name

Why the American Revolution Was a World War in All But Name

Richard Bell Explores the Transnational Nature of America's Fight For Independence

By Richard Bell | November 7, 2025

A Dedication to Vision: On Successfully Breaking the Law to Create Art

A Dedication to Vision: On Successfully Breaking the Law to Create Art

Lynn Hershman Leeson Recalls Her Participation in Christo’s Running Fence Project

By Lynn Hershman Leeson | November 7, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Margaret Atwood, Sarah Hall, Anthony Hopkins, and More

By Book Marks | November 7, 2025

Two Poems by MaKshya Tolbert

Two Poems by MaKshya Tolbert

From the Collection Shade is a place

By MaKshya Tolbert | November 7, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Contract Questions and Adapting Thornton Wilder on The Lit Hub Podcast

By The Lit Hub Podcast | November 7, 2025

Ottilie Mulzet on Translating Hungarian Nobel Prize Winner László Krasznahorkai

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 6, 2025

How Fleetwood Mac Helped Inspire Daisy Jones & the Six

By Alan Light | November 6, 2025

When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future

When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future

Maris Kreizman on the Dangers of the AI Content Churn

By Maris Kreizman | November 6, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Dorothea Lasky Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Dorothea Lasky Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Emma Cline, Bernadette Mayer, Han Kang, and More

By Diana Arterian | November 6, 2025

How I Came to Know My Cuban Grandfather Through Archival Research

How I Came to Know My Cuban Grandfather Through Archival Research

Elena Sheppard: "I saw quickly and clearly that in many ways our minds were stuck in the same loops."

By Elena Sheppard | November 6, 2025

Abel Ferrara Starred in His First Feature, a Mob-Backed Porno

Abel Ferrara Starred in His First Feature, a Mob-Backed Porno

The Acclaimed Director Looks Back on the Start of His Legendary Career

By Abel Ferrara | November 6, 2025

A Different Side of the Self: On Finding Freedom By Telling My Story in English

A Different Side of the Self: On Finding Freedom By Telling My Story in English

Atash Yaghmaian: “In English, I’m just someone—free, unclaimed, and therefore, for the first time, self-defined.”

By Atash Yaghmaian | November 6, 2025

A Brief History of American Socialism

A Brief History of American Socialism

Michael Kazin on the Socialism’s Far-Reaching Influence on American Thought

By Michael Kazin | November 5, 2025

What Happened to My Political Novel When I Resisted Satire and Leaned Into Idealism

What Happened to My Political Novel When I Resisted Satire and Leaned Into Idealism

How Brian Schaefer‘s Town & Country Went From Snarky to Sincere

By Brian Schaefer | November 5, 2025

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