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Lit Hub’s 50 Noteworthy Nonfiction Books of 2024

Lit Hub’s 50 Noteworthy Nonfiction Books of 2024

Because Facts Still Matter

By Literary Hub | December 24, 2024

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)

By Katherine J. Chen | December 19, 2024

In Search of the Perfect Piece of Wood

In Search of the Perfect Piece of Wood

Callum Robinson Explores a Generational Legacy of Craftsmanship in Scotland

By Callum Robinson | December 12, 2024

Writers I Have Met; Or, On Learning That Cormac McCarthy Was a Creep

Writers I Have Met; Or, On Learning That Cormac McCarthy Was a Creep

Nathan Deuel Wonders What We Really Need From Our Literary Heroes

By Nathan Deuel | December 11, 2024

Princeton Goes to Prison: Teaching <em>Paradise Lost</em> to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey

Princeton Goes to Prison: Teaching Paradise Lost to Incarcerated Students in New Jersey

Orlando Reade on Privilege, Freedom and the Importance of Reading Disobediently

By Orlando Reade | December 10, 2024

Susan Abulhawa Remembers Refaat Alareer: Poet, Teacher, Husband, Father

Susan Abulhawa Remembers Refaat Alareer: Poet, Teacher, Husband, Father

It Has Been a Year Since Refaat Alareer Was Killed By Israeli Forces

By Susan Abulhawa | December 6, 2024

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Books of the Week

On World AIDS Day What Does It Mean to Live in a Culture Defined By Virality?

By Heather McCalden | December 2, 2024

“Small But Unforgettable Moments.” What E.B. White Loved About New York City

By Martha White | November 25, 2024

Leaving Cormac: Life Lessons From My Correspondence with Lee McCarthy

By Kim Young | November 21, 2024

Embrace the Journey: An Octogenarian’s Advice For Younger Writers

Embrace the Journey: An Octogenarian’s Advice For Younger Writers

Abigail Thomas: “My problem was I thought you had to know what you were doing. Nonsense. You just have to start.”

By Abigail Thomas | November 21, 2024

Inside James Baldwin’s Fraught Relationship With His Stepfather

Inside James Baldwin’s Fraught Relationship With His Stepfather

Douglas Field Considers the Paternal Bond of an American Literary Icon in Relation to His Own

By Douglas Field | November 20, 2024

Gospel of the Many Selves: Jessie Van Eerden on Searching for Home and Herself

Gospel of the Many Selves: Jessie Van Eerden on Searching for Home and Herself

The Author of “Yoke and Feather” Explores Biblical Stories, Desire, and a Painting by Velázquez

By Jessie Van Eerden | November 20, 2024

Waking Up Trans in Trump’s America

Waking Up Trans in Trump’s America

Gabrielle Bellot on the Dire Consequences of Republican Policies

By Gabrielle Bellot | November 15, 2024

They’re Screening an Adaptation of My Novel in an Israeli Settlement, So I’m Boycotting It

They’re Screening an Adaptation of My Novel in an Israeli Settlement, So I’m Boycotting It

Mirza Waheed: “Boycotts are not acts designed to foster exclusion or hatred; they are, in fact, statements of intent.”

By Mirza Waheed | November 13, 2024

A Gesture Larger Than Death: On Bill T. Jones’s AIDS Elegy “Still/Here” at 30

A Gesture Larger Than Death: On Bill T. Jones’s AIDS Elegy “Still/Here” at 30

Jen Benka Considers Art in the Face of Cataclysm

By Jen Benka | November 13, 2024

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Linda Grant: “We are all made up of private family legends, we are all novels in the making.”

By Linda Grant | November 13, 2024

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