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Akwaeke Emezi on the Beauty<Br> of Nothing

Akwaeke Emezi on the Beauty
of Nothing

“The beauty is that it will all end, and that is the most terrible beauty of all.”

By Akwaeke Emezi | August 18, 2025

A Record of Vanishings: Neda Maghbouleh on the Stress Response of Seeing Iran Bombed

A Record of Vanishings: Neda Maghbouleh on the Stress Response of Seeing Iran Bombed

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By Neda Maghbouleh | August 18, 2025

Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Hiroshima at Eighty: Contemporary Literature as a Product of the Post-Nuclear World

Ed Simon Considers the Enduring Impact of the Atomic Bomb on Artistic and Literary Production

By Ed Simon | August 18, 2025

How We Can Achieve a Good Life Through the Help of Others

How We Can Achieve a Good Life Through the Help of Others

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Where Words Dissolve: Yoko Tawada on Language as a Destabilizing Force

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“I am searching for that state just before individual languages are dismantled—freed from their meanings and finally annihilated.”

By Yoko Tawada | August 18, 2025

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On the Lit Hub Podcast: Publishers Marketplace 101, Maris Kreizman Burns It Down, and More

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How We Can Improve Our Lives by Going Outside

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Secrecy, Leverage, and Power: The Art World’s Economy of Truth

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“Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan

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