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    WATCH: Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing Characters of Color

    By Arwen Curry  October 4, 2023
    What to Watch

    50 Years Ago, One of the Gutsiest, Strangest Sci-Fi Movie Franchises Came to a Close with Battle for the Planet of the Apes

    By Matthew Hays  October 4, 2023
    Audiobook Narration

    On the Difficulty of Narrating the Audiobook for Your Own Memoir

    By Freda Love Smith  October 4, 2023
    Cundill History Prize

    On the Multifaceted Women Who Inspired Saint Augustine

    By Kate Cooper  October 4, 2023
    Keen On

    Charles Derber on How Capitalism is Driving Extinction

    By Keen On  October 4, 2023
    The Hub

    Exclusive: See the (sexy) cover for C. Michelle Lindley’s debut novel, The Nude.

    By Literary Hub  October 3, 2023
    Poverty

    Legacies Both Ragged and Rich: Michelle Tea on Poverty and the American Family

    By Michelle Tea  October 3, 2023
    What to Watch

    More, More, More: Why We Love Author Documentaries

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  October 3, 2023
    Ballet

    How Alexei Ratmansky Brought A New Kind of Ballet to America

    By Marina Harss  October 3, 2023
    Labor

    What the WGA’s Historic Contract Means for All Writers in the Fight Against Generative AI

    By Alexis Gunderson  October 3, 2023
    Cundill History Prize

    The Italian Monk Who Foresaw Europe’s Obsession With Eugenics

    By Mackenzie Cooley  October 3, 2023
    Keen On

    Taylor Lorenz on Being Extremely Online

    By Keen On  October 3, 2023
    The Hub

    Check out the first trailer for Leave the World Behind.

    By Dan Sheehan  October 2, 2023
    The Hub

    Announcing the winner of the 2023 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.

    By Literary Hub  October 2, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    If Lydia Davis Wasn’t a Writer, She’d Devote Herself to Climate Activism

    By Lydia Davis  October 2, 2023
    Cundill History Prize

    How US Intelligence Agencies Hid Their Most Shameful Experiments

    By Matthew Connelly  October 2, 2023
    Emergence Magazine

    Natalie Rose Richardson on Birdwatching and Attention

    By Emergence Magazine  October 2, 2023
    Guns

    “Come and Take It”: How the Aftermath of Sandy Hook Led to More AR-15s Being Sold Than Ever Before

    By Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson  October 2, 2023
    Keen On

    Matt Abrahams on Being Put on the Spot

    By Keen On  October 2, 2023
    Climate Crisis

    Wildfires and Vanishing Coastlines: Rosanna Xia and Lizzie Johnson on Turning Their Climate Reporting into Books

    By Rosanna Xia  September 29, 2023
    Film & TV

    How Iowa City, Hub of Literature, Became a Landmark for Cinephiles

    By Hannah Bonner  September 29, 2023
    The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

    Nathan Hill on the Biggest Surprise of His Literary Career

    By The Literary Life  September 29, 2023
    Streaming Guide

    The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in October

    By Emily Temple  September 29, 2023
    The Hub

    Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature.

    By Emily Temple  September 28, 2023
    The Hub

    Exclusive: See the cover for Morgan Talty’s debut novel, Fire Exit.

    By Literary Hub  September 28, 2023
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