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11 Memoirs by 20th-Century American Radicals

11 Memoirs by 20th-Century American Radicals

Muckracking Journalists, Antiwar Activists, and More

By Dwyer Murphy | January 30, 2017

Returning Home to the Ghosts of Budapest

Returning Home to the Ghosts of Budapest

Joseph Kertes Revisits the Scenes of a Childhood Escape

By Joseph Kertes | January 27, 2017

The Weight of My Father's Poems

The Weight of My Father's Poems

Emily Ruskovich on the Creative Dedication of her Prolific Father

By Emily Ruskovich | January 20, 2017

Mary Karr: Stop Asking Me About David Foster Wallace, Thanks

Mary Karr: Stop Asking Me About David Foster Wallace, Thanks

"As though my contribution to literature is that I fucked him a couple times in the early nineties."

By Emily Temple | January 18, 2017

Letters to a Young Muslim

Letters to a Young Muslim

Omar Saif Ghobash

By Lit Hub Excerpts | January 5, 2017

Making Christmas Custard with Kathy Acker

Making Christmas Custard with Kathy Acker

Jeanette Winterson on Sharing Traditions with a Very Nontraditional Friend

By Jeanette Winterson | December 23, 2016

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The Two Books That Saved My Young Life

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Keah Brown on Sarah Dessen, Toni Morrison, and Coming Back from the Brink

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Trevor Noah on Growing Up in South Africa Under Apartheid

Trevor Noah on Growing Up in South Africa Under Apartheid

"Where most children are proof of their parents’ love, I was the proof of their criminality."

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When Your Characters Live Inside Your Childhood Home

When Your Characters Live Inside Your Childhood Home

Sara Schaff on Revisiting the House She Grew Up in Through Fiction

By Sara Schaff | November 9, 2016

The Many Ways in Which the Heart Can Break

The Many Ways in Which the Heart Can Break

Aminatta Forna Visits the Museum of Broken Relationships

By Aminatta Forna | November 8, 2016

Fascism and Its Echoes, and the Othering of the Mentally Ill

Fascism and Its Echoes, and the Othering of the Mentally Ill

Holly Müller Examines Her Family's Past, to Understand the Present

By Holly Muller | November 7, 2016

The Novel My Wife Will Never Read

The Novel My Wife Will Never Read

Eugene Mirabelli on the Loss of his Wife and Renato After Alba

By Eugene Mirabelli | November 4, 2016

How I Helped Tell a Soldier's Story

How I Helped Tell a Soldier's Story

Jane Bernstein on Finding the Human Detail in a Memoir of War

By Jane Bernstein | October 28, 2016

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