Jenny Zhang on Reading <em>Little Women</em> and Wanting to Be Like Jo March

Jenny Zhang on Reading Little Women and Wanting to Be Like Jo March

Looking to Louisa May Alcott's Heroine for Inspiration

By Jenny Zhang | August 23, 2019

Why Do I Recite the Same Paul Celan Poem to All My Dates?

Why Do I Recite the Same Paul Celan Poem to All My Dates?

Or: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game

By Sara Martin | August 22, 2019

At the Crossroads Where Jamaica's History and Fictions Meet

At the Crossroads Where Jamaica's History and Fictions Meet

Marcia Douglas on the Clocktower of Half Way Tree Park

By Marcia Douglas | August 21, 2019

Lit Hub’s Fall 2019 Nonfiction Preview: Memoir

Lit Hub’s Fall 2019 Nonfiction Preview: Memoir

Personal Stories from Carmen Maria Machado, Samantha Power,
Saeed Jones, and More

By Literary Hub | August 20, 2019

Lessons From Nabokov: Finding Freedom in a Foreign Language

Lessons From Nabokov: Finding Freedom in a Foreign Language

Rajia Hassib on Mastering a Third Language

By Rajia Hassib | August 19, 2019

On the Love Hotels and Pleasure Quarters of Tokyo

On the Love Hotels and Pleasure Quarters of Tokyo

Anna Sherman Maps Sites of Hidden Desires

By Anna Sherman | August 16, 2019

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For Sarah Broom, Coming-of-Age Means Learning to See

By Sarah M. Broom | August 15, 2019

Lyz Lenz: Finding a Creation Myth of One’s Own

By Lyz Lenz | August 14, 2019

Sister Helen Prejean:
My Faith Began With a Fear of Leaving Home

By Helen Prejean | August 14, 2019

Ibram X. Kendi: How Racism Relies on Arbitrary Hierarchies

Ibram X. Kendi: How Racism Relies on Arbitrary Hierarchies

From 15th-Century West Africa to Suburban Long Island

By Ibram X. Kendi | August 13, 2019

The Road to Oliver Sacks'

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Lawrence Weschler on Meeting a Then-Unknown 48-Year-Old Neurologist

By Lawrence Weschler | August 13, 2019

Gregory Orr on Rebuilding a Life When Nothing Makes Sense

Gregory Orr on Rebuilding a Life When Nothing Makes Sense

"I’d need to find new meanings if I were to survive."

By Gregory Orr | August 12, 2019

The Bittersweet Feeling of Reconnecting with a Forgotten Language

The Bittersweet Feeling of Reconnecting with a Forgotten Language

Susan Harlan on Rekindling an Old Friendship in the City of Lights

By Susan Harlan | August 12, 2019

Loathing, Leaving and Coming to Love Albuquerque

Loathing, Leaving and Coming to Love Albuquerque

Sean Gandert on the Meaning of Querencia

By Sean Gandert | August 12, 2019

Rick Moody on the Case of the Cursed Charles Manson Autograph

Rick Moody on the Case of the Cursed Charles Manson Autograph

A Very Unlucky Postcard

By Rick Moody | August 8, 2019

Loud, Lewd, Cheating, Smoking, Bisexual Degenerate: Marlene Dietrich, My Teenage Role Model

Loud, Lewd, Cheating, Smoking, Bisexual Degenerate: Marlene Dietrich, My Teenage Role Model

Amanda Lee Koe on the Icon Who Found Her When She Needed It Most

By Amanda Lee Koe | August 7, 2019

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