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Joseph Luzzi on Finding Inspiration Through His Mother’s Storytelling

Joseph Luzzi on Finding Inspiration Through His Mother’s Storytelling

“And so she held forth, the words pouring out of her in what would be her lone work and her masterpiece, the Book of Life.”

By Joseph Luzzi | October 19, 2026

Five Essential Books For Understanding Chinese American History

Five Essential Books For Understanding Chinese American History

Cundill Prize Finalist Beth Lew-Williams Recommends Erika Lee, Gordon Chang, Brianna Nofil and More

By Beth Lew-Williams | October 19, 2026

How the Growing Role of Memoir in the Academy Offers a New Way to Teach Race and Gender

How the Growing Role of Memoir in the Academy Offers a New Way to Teach Race and Gender

A Conversation with Tiffany Gayle Chenault and Georgiann Davis

By Tiffany Gayle Chenault and Georgiann Davis | October 19, 2026

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

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What Three Recent Films Reveal About How We View Poets and Poetry

What Three Recent Films Reveal About How We View Poets and Poetry

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Photographing the Radical Change of 1960s and 70s America

Photographing the Radical Change of 1960s and 70s America

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By Literary Hub | October 16, 2026

Trying to Move Past the Endless Stereotyping of the “Rural American”

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On the Unlikely Beauty (and Hidden Danger) of a Bogland

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Will Maclean on F*cking Up a Notebook to Write a Novel

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Anand Giridharadas on How the Reverend Al Sharpton Works to Shape Narratives of Justice

Anand Giridharadas on How the Reverend Al Sharpton Works to Shape Narratives of Justice

Looking Into “Sharpton’s horizontally integrated machinery of justice seeking could be powerful.”

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Five Essential Books to Understand the Venetian Ghetto and Jewish History

Five Essential Books to Understand the Venetian Ghetto and Jewish History

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On Growing Up Cantonese American in Southern California

On Growing Up Cantonese American in Southern California

Melissa King Explores the Intersection of Cooking and Care From Her Immigrant Childhood

By Melissa King | October 16, 2026

How E.L. Shen Came to Understand Her Assassinated Ancestor Through Writing About Him

How E.L. Shen Came to Understand Her Assassinated Ancestor Through Writing About Him

“My ancestor is no longer just a myth... he is simply a man.”

By E. L. Shen | October 16, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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“If these characters were dogs, they would be constantly lifting their legs at one another.”

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Why Are Publishers Suing Big Tech With One Hand and Embracing AI With the Other?

Why Are Publishers Suing Big Tech With One Hand and Embracing AI With the Other?

Maris Kreizman on the Ever-Shifting Definition of Fair Use

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