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All in the Family: Considering Television’s Orphan Plot

All in the Family: Considering Television’s Orphan Plot

Kristen Martin on the Superficial Portrayals of Orphanhood on 90s TV

By Kristen Martin | January 22, 2025

Pico Iyer on What We Can Learn From the Monastic Life

Pico Iyer on What We Can Learn From the Monastic Life

In Praise of Solitude, Contemplation and Connection

By Pico Iyer | January 21, 2025

Canine Charms: Markus Zusak on Rescuing a Dog and Naming It After a Character in His Fiction

Canine Charms: Markus Zusak on Rescuing a Dog and Naming It After a Character in His Fiction

How Reuben the Rottweiler Shepherd Mix Jumped from Page to Life

By Markus Zusak | January 21, 2025

Remembering Renay: On Growing Up With an Unforgettable Mother

Remembering Renay: On Growing Up With an Unforgettable Mother

With Humor and Love, Andy Corren Revisits a Childhood of Poverty, Paperbacks, and Poetry

By Andy Corren | January 16, 2025

A Childhood Under Siege: What It Means to Grow Up as a Black Boy in Suburban America

A Childhood Under Siege: What It Means to Grow Up as a Black Boy in Suburban America

Lee Hawkins: “Slowly, it began to register that being Black rarely meant freedom.”

By Lee Hawkins | January 16, 2025

The Seven Books I Took With Me When Evacuating Los Angeles

The Seven Books I Took With Me When Evacuating Los Angeles

Carolyn Kellogg on Realizing the Value of the Irreplaceable

By Carolyn Kellogg | January 15, 2025

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Feeling in Farsi, Writing in English:
On Translating Your Life From One Language to Another

By Sahar Delijani | January 14, 2025

Landscapes of Pain: On Exploring the Intersections of Physical and Historical Trauma in South Africa

By Gabeba Baderoon | January 10, 2025

From Red Dust to Distrust: On the Unhealed Wounds of Nuclear Testing

By Emily Yates-Doerr | January 9, 2025

Arrested for Driving While Black: The Effortless Racism of America's Criminal Justice System

Arrested for Driving While Black: The Effortless Racism of America's Criminal Justice System

Irvin Weathersby Jr. on Racist Cops, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and the Traumatic Memory of Spending a Night in Chains

By Irvin Weathersby Jr. | January 8, 2025

From the Wakefield Twins to Claudia Kishi: How We See and Don’t See Ourselves in What We Read

From the Wakefield Twins to Claudia Kishi: How We See and Don’t See Ourselves in What We Read

Gloria L. Huang on Understanding Herself and Her Family Through Middle Grade Books

By Gloria L. Huang | January 8, 2025

Paradise in Progress: On Creating a Natural Refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Paradise in Progress: On Creating a Natural Refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains

“The more I learned, the more I had to face that, in this job I’d volunteered myself for, total control was impossible.”

By Paula Whyman | January 6, 2025

Crumple Zone: What Car Crashes Reveal About Human Hubris and Fragility

Crumple Zone: What Car Crashes Reveal About Human Hubris and Fragility

Sara Mitchell Explores Risk, Racing and a Shared Father-Daughter Legacy of Survival

By Sara Mitchell | January 3, 2025

Lit Hub’s 50 Noteworthy Nonfiction Books of 2024

Lit Hub’s 50 Noteworthy Nonfiction Books of 2024

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On Henry James and the Enduring Lessons of Love

On Henry James and the Enduring Lessons of Love

Katherine J. Chen Rediscovers James (and Falls in Love)

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In Search of the Perfect Piece of Wood

In Search of the Perfect Piece of Wood

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