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On the Haunted History of Apartheid in South Africa

On the Haunted History of Apartheid in South Africa

Nadia Davids Spends Time in the Company of Ghosts

By Nadia Davids | December 10, 2025

The 29 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2025

The 29 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2025

Other Stuff We Read This Year

By Literary Hub | December 9, 2025

Why Joan Didion Hated the Police

Why Joan Didion Hated the Police

Scott Saul on a Little-Known Essay by California’s Famed Chronicler of the Counterculture

By Scott Saul | December 9, 2025

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Elizabeth McCracken, Nadia Davids, Tarpley Hitt and More

By Teddy Wayne | December 9, 2025

The Far Side of Disaster: <br>On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel <em>To the Lighthouse</em>

The Far Side of Disaster:
On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel To the Lighthouse

Colin Dickey: “It reminds me that others have struggled with how to write through the end of the world.”

By Colin Dickey | December 9, 2025

Adam Morgan, John Berryman, Tilar J. Mazzeo, and more: 11 new books out today!

Adam Morgan, John Berryman, Tilar J. Mazzeo, and more: 11 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | December 9, 2025

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Beyond Winnie-the-Pooh: On A.A. Milne’s Romance Novels

By Gyles Brandreth | December 8, 2025

Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?

By Brendan Mac Evilly | December 8, 2025

#ReadingAfrica: Three Literary Artists Celebrate African Visual Storytelling

By Literary Hub | December 8, 2025

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

Featuring Olga Tokarczuk, Sudhir Hazareesingh, Matthew Pearl, and More

By Book Marks | December 5, 2025

What Writers in the Diaspora Miss About the Plurality of African Literature

What Writers in the Diaspora Miss About the Plurality of African Literature

Itoro Bassey on How We Write About Africa

By Itoro Bassey | December 5, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There is a sense, in this biography, of him tending his own flame while attempting to urinate upon it at the same time.”

By Book Marks | December 4, 2025

My Friends Won’t Let Me Into Their Writers’ Group: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My Friends Won’t Let Me Into Their Writers’ Group: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | December 4, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Marci Vogel is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Marci Vogel is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Joy Harjo, Myriam Gurba, Hua Hsu, and More

By Diana Arterian | December 4, 2025

A Practice of Speculative Imaginings: On Sam Cooke and the Art of Utopia

A Practice of Speculative Imaginings: On Sam Cooke and the Art of Utopia

Rinaldo Walcott Explores the Concepts of Power, Connection and Promise in Black Music

By Rinaldo Walcott | December 4, 2025

Sven Beckert on the Global History of Capitalism

Sven Beckert on the Global History of Capitalism

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 4, 2025

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