Hell Week: On Inner City Football in the Wake of Ferguson

Hell Week: On Inner City Football in the Wake of Ferguson

“Today is when we find out who’s a football player.”

By Albert Samaha | September 17, 2018

Danez Smith:

Danez Smith: "Oh I want to eat this poem."

From the Introduction to Britteney Black Rose Kapri's Black Queer Hoe

By Danez Smith | September 17, 2018

Acting While Black in the Civil Rights Era

Acting While Black in the Civil Rights Era

On the Challenges Facing Black TV Actors in the 1960s

By Ann duCille | September 17, 2018

Here's the All-Female Shortlist for the 2018 BBC National Short Story Award

Here's the All-Female Shortlist for the 2018 BBC National Short Story Award

Honoring the best unpublished short stories in the UK

By Emily Temple | September 14, 2018

Here is the Longlist for the 2018 National Book Award in Fiction

Here is the Longlist for the 2018 National Book Award in Fiction

On this, the Nicest Year of the Awards

By Emily Temple | September 14, 2018

Lit Hub's Brooklyn Book Festival Preview: 8 Events Not to Miss

Lit Hub's Brooklyn Book Festival Preview: 8 Events Not to Miss

How to Make the Most of the Largest Free Literary Event in New York City

By Emily Temple | September 14, 2018

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Here is the Nonfiction Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

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The Political Drama That Almost Grounded Project Apollo

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"We don’t know a damn thing about the surface of the Moon."

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After the Storm: On the Artist's Life in Puerto Rico, Post-Maria

After the Storm: On the Artist's Life in Puerto Rico, Post-Maria

"Hurricane Maria was not merely a setback or temporary disaster. The threat was existential."

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The Translated Literature Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

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The Young People's Literature Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

The Young People's Literature Longlist for the 2018 National Book Awards

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Do You Really Need a Degree to Be a Librarian?

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<em>Better Call Saul</em> Knows Morality is About More Than Individual Choice

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How the Breaking Bad Prequel Complicates and Improves on the Original

By Eric Thurm | September 12, 2018

How the First Punk in East Berlin Became an Enemy of the State

How the First Punk in East Berlin Became an Enemy of the State

Tim Mohr on the Teenage Girl Who Loved the Sex Pistols and Hated the Government

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