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Outrunning Eshu: On Finally Seeking Treatment for Depression

Outrunning Eshu: On Finally Seeking Treatment for Depression

"All those years of muscling. Did it make me a better person?"

By Kim McLarin | April 7, 2017

Walt Whitman's Manly Advice on Travel, Boxing, and Food

Walt Whitman's Manly Advice on Travel, Boxing, and Food

"Manly health! Is there not a kind of fascinating magic in the words?"

By Walt Whitman | April 6, 2017

Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

Paul Bloom

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 27, 2016

Brain Orgasm? The Literary World of ASMR

Brain Orgasm? The Literary World of ASMR

Election Stressing You Out? Calm Down With Some Bookish Whispering

By Emily Temple | November 8, 2016

Who Can Speak for the Deaf Community?

Who Can Speak for the Deaf Community?

Sara Nović on the Ongoing Fight for Digital Accessibility

By Sara Nović | October 26, 2016

Lean in, Swipe Right: On Tinder and the Politics of Singledom

Lean in, Swipe Right: On Tinder and the Politics of Singledom

Bridget Read Considers the Future of Sex, and Emily Witt's Future Sex

By Bridget Read | October 13, 2016

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But Are You Sure You Want a Baby?

By Lisa Levy | September 23, 2016

Maybe You're Allergic to GMO Corn?

By Caitlin Shetterly | September 21, 2016

Toward New Versions of a Traditional Family

By Belle Boggs | September 15, 2016

When News of a Suicide Comes During Memoir Class

When News of a Suicide Comes During Memoir Class

Practicing Compassion in a Room Where Difficult Things are Shared

By Jamie-Lee Josselyn | September 8, 2016

Where Is Max Ritvo's Heaven?

Where Is Max Ritvo's Heaven?

On the Death of a Young Poet and the Limits of Imagination

By M. Sophia Newman | September 7, 2016

What Do Your Reading Habits Reveal About Your Personality?

What Do Your Reading Habits Reveal About Your Personality?

A Literary Questionnaire by Robert McCrum

By Literary Hub | September 6, 2016

5 Fictional Vegetarians Who Defy Stereotypes

5 Fictional Vegetarians Who Defy Stereotypes

On Memes and More Nuanced Representations of Non-Meat Eaters

By Kristen Martin | August 17, 2016

When Was My Mother No Longer My Mother?

When Was My Mother No Longer My Mother?

Confronting the Loss of Selfhood in the Face of MS

By Emma Geen | August 16, 2016

One Wish: A Novel? A Baby? A Father's Life?

One Wish: A Novel? A Baby? A Father's Life?

Vanessa Hua on Magical Thinking and the Power of a Wishbone

By Vanessa Hua | August 8, 2016

Hair

Hair

Scott Lowe

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 28, 2016

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