The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism

The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism

Julie Phillips Considers a Beloved Author’s Lifetime of Helping With the Housework of Democracy

By Julie Phillips | 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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A Musical Divorce: How Money Problems and a Bad Manager Tore the Beatles Apart

A Musical Divorce: How Money Problems and a Bad Manager Tore the Beatles Apart

Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair on the Protracted End of a Band That Transformed Rock and Roll Forever

By Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair | December 13, 2024

An annotated list of things Raymond Chandler hated recently sold for $2000 at auction.

An annotated list of things Raymond Chandler hated recently sold for $2000 at auction.

By Brittany Allen | December 10, 2024

How Dr. Marie Zakrzewska Created Boston’s First Hospital By Women, For Women

How Dr. Marie Zakrzewska Created Boston’s First Hospital By Women, For Women

Lydia Reeder on the Ways Female Doctors Fought Against 19th-Century Medical Misogyny

By Lydia Reeder | December 9, 2024

Jacqueline Woodson on Navigating Book Bans and Staying Resilient in 2025

Jacqueline Woodson on Navigating Book Bans and Staying Resilient in 2025

Brittany K. Allen Talks to the National Book Award-Winning Author About the Struggle to Come

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How a Young Sylvia Plath Found Her Literary Voice Through Diary Keeping

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Carl Rollyson on the Teenage Years of One of America's Most Famous Female Poets

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Oliver Sacks Letters to Thom Gunn: Inside an Epistolary Friendship

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Victoria’s Secret: How a Teenage Girl Became the Queen of England

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Anne Somerset on Princess Victoria and the Scandalous Chaos of Nineteenth-Century British Politics

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Benjamin Franklin: As Much Scientist As Statesman

Benjamin Franklin: As Much Scientist As Statesman

Richard Munson Considers the Founding Father’s Long-Overlooked Passion for Scientific Inquiry

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The Mystery of Wallis Simpson’s Visit to Shanghai and Her Search for the Elusive “Hurry-Up” Divorce

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Paul French Chronicles the Future Duchess of Windsor’s Sojourn in China

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Eve and Joan: Exploring the Tumultuous Friendship of LA’s Literary Ladies

Eve and Joan: Exploring the Tumultuous Friendship of LA’s Literary Ladies

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By Lili Anolik | November 12, 2024

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