The Journey of a Sea Bean: In Praise of the Ocean’s Smallest Gifts

The Journey of a Sea Bean: In Praise of the Ocean’s Smallest Gifts

Sally Huband: “I am left contemplating this luck.”

By Sally Huband | November 6, 2024

How a Novel by Mildred D. Taylor Helped Glory Edim Understand Being Black in the South

How a Novel by Mildred D. Taylor Helped Glory Edim Understand Being Black in the South

The Author of “Gather Me” Reflects on Navigating Her Nigerian and American Identities

By Glory Edim | November 6, 2024

The Great Dying: How Mass Extinction Made the Dinosaurs

The Great Dying: How Mass Extinction Made the Dinosaurs

Armin Schmitt on Earth’s Millennia-Long History of Reoccurring Cataclysms

By Armin Schmitt | November 6, 2024

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Ryan Chapman Predicts the Booker Prize

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Ryan Chapman Predicts the Booker Prize

Plus Jonny Diamond and Drew Broussard on the Election and More

By The Lit Hub Podcast | November 6, 2024

An Eye On the Court: Chronicling 40 Years of NBA Photography

An Eye On the Court: Chronicling 40 Years of NBA Photography

Dave McMenamin on Nathaniel S. Butler’s Pioneering Work Capturing Some of Professional Basketball’s Greatest Moments

By Dave McMenamin | November 5, 2024

Visions of Apocalypse: How <em>Gravity’s Rainbow</em> Embodied America’s Post-War Fears

Visions of Apocalypse: How Gravity’s Rainbow Embodied America’s Post-War Fears

Jonathan Rosenbaum Revisits His Review of Thomas Pynchon’s Classic

By Jonathan Rosenbaum | November 5, 2024

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How a Young Michael Stipe Found Creative Camaraderie in Art School

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The Issues 2024: LGBTQ Rights Are in Grave Danger

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Rebecca Solnit: We, the People, Can Make a Better Future

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“We love so much more than the narrow version of who we are acknowledges...”

By Rebecca Solnit | November 4, 2024

The 10 Best Formally Inventive Queer Memoirs 

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Alison Bechdel, Alexander Chee, David Wojnarowicz, and More

By Catherine Habgood | November 4, 2024

AM Homes on the Complexity of Contemporary Political Life

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Yvonne Conza Talks to the Author of “The Unfolding”

By Yvonne Conza | November 4, 2024

Between Renewal and Gentrification: What the High Line Reveals About Manhattan

Between Renewal and Gentrification: What the High Line Reveals About Manhattan

Aaron Betsky Explores Contemporary Urban Transformation in New York City

By Aaron Betsky | November 4, 2024

The 11 Best Book Covers of October

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Hidden Faces, Earth Tones, and Other Seasonal Delights

By Emily Temple | November 4, 2024

“Mojave Ghost,” an Excerpt From the Poem by Forrest Gander

“Mojave Ghost,” an Excerpt From the Poem by Forrest Gander

From the Collection “Mojave Ghost”

By Forrest Gander | November 4, 2024

You Can Quote Me on That: On Finding Inspiration in the Language of Children’s Books

You Can Quote Me on That: On Finding Inspiration in the Language of Children’s Books

Amy Gash Considers the Timeless Wisdom of Great Kid Lit

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