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38 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

38 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

The Lit Hub Staff Has Spoken

By Literary Hub | May 25, 2021

Joy Harjo on Words as Maps, and a Poem by Craig Santos Perez

Joy Harjo on Words as Maps, and a Poem by Craig Santos Perez

From the Upcoming Anthology, Living Nations, Living Words

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How Science Has Revealed the Inner Consciousness of Invertebrates

How Science Has Revealed the Inner Consciousness of Invertebrates

Jonathan Balcombe Considers the Captivating Mental Lives of Insects

By Jonathan Balcombe | May 25, 2021

Early Gems of American Music Writing: <br>A Reading List

Early Gems of American Music Writing:
A Reading List

Eric Weisbard Recommends Music Literature Spanning From
the 18th Century to the 21st

By Eric Weisbard | May 25, 2021

How Robert Aickman’s Stories Illuminate the Difference Between Horror and Terror

How Robert Aickman’s Stories Illuminate the Difference Between Horror and Terror

Kathleen Rooney Guests on the Lit Century Podcast with Catherine Nichols and Elisa Gabbert

By Lit Century | May 25, 2021

<em>Uncle Vanya</em> and George Clooney: Julianna Margulies Recalls the Tipping Point of Her TV Career

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“In that moment I felt like I was playing Russian roulette.”

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The Man Behind the Guns
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The Author of On Property Charts a History of Resistance From the Age of Slavery to Now

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Steven Rowley Digs Into a Contemporary Cultural Phenomenon

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<em>While Justice Sleeps</em> by Stacey Abrams, Read by Adenrele Ojo

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Hear the New Bestselling Legal and Political Thriller

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Chris Drangle Takes an Objective Look at an Excruciatingly Subjective Endeavor

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