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The Forty Year Kiss: Nickolas Butler on Why People-Watching Is Writing

The Forty Year Kiss: Nickolas Butler on Why People-Watching Is Writing

“All novelists are spies or should be.”

By Nickolas Butler | December 23, 2022

Jonathan Lear on Learning from Linguistic Example on the Playground

Jonathan Lear on Learning from Linguistic Example on the Playground

“It is not that there are no answers; it is rather that the answers never close the book on the questions.”

By Jonathan Lear | December 23, 2022

“I Didn’t Ask to Be Here.” Or: How Do We Find Value in This Life?

“I Didn’t Ask to Be Here.” Or: How Do We Find Value in This Life?

Nick Riggle on Ocean Vuong and the Mysterious Beauty of Being Alive

By Nick Riggle | December 16, 2022

The 10 Most Popular Lit Hub Stories of 2022

The 10 Most Popular Lit Hub Stories of 2022

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By Emily Temple | December 15, 2022

How Community Organizers and Business Leaders Came Together to Improve Bedford-Stuyvesant

How Community Organizers and Business Leaders Came Together to Improve Bedford-Stuyvesant

Franklin A. Thomas on the Complex Alliance Between Activists and the Political Establishment in 1960s New York City

By Franklin A. Thomas | December 15, 2022

Moriel Rothman-Zecher on the Magic of Writing at Sunrise

Moriel Rothman-Zecher on the Magic of Writing at Sunrise

“It is my job, simply, to open my eyes, and place my fingers on the keyboard and then, let go.”

By Moriel Rothman-Zecher | December 14, 2022

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Secrets and Sickness: When a Medical Emergency Reveals a Wife’s Long-Hidden History of Cancer

Secrets and Sickness: When a Medical Emergency Reveals a Wife’s Long-Hidden History of Cancer

Barrett Rollins on a Terrifying Emergency and a Shocking Revelation

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Shame, Silence, and Family Secrets: How Enduring Antisemitism Created False Identities

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Margaret K. Nelson on Concealing and Unearthing Hidden Jewish Heritage

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Turns out the Russian soldier who fled to France and sold his war memoir might be full of shit.

Turns out the Russian soldier who fled to France and sold his war memoir might be full of shit.

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Seasons of Change: The Children’s Books That Helped Us Get Through the Year

Seasons of Change: The Children’s Books That Helped Us Get Through the Year

Sara B. Franklin on the Reading That Mattered Most to Her Family

By Sara B. Franklin | December 7, 2022

Napoleonic Conspiracy Theories, Unsociable Shabbiness, and More Occupational Hazards of the Second-Hand Book Trade

Napoleonic Conspiracy Theories, Unsociable Shabbiness, and More Occupational Hazards of the Second-Hand Book Trade

Shaun Bythell Chronicles His Days as a Bookseller

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Cherríe Moraga on Writing About Queer Motherhood

Cherríe Moraga on Writing About Queer Motherhood

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