The Art of Hanging Out: On the Golden Age of the Celebrity Profile

The Art of Hanging Out: On the Golden Age of the Celebrity Profile

Alex Belth Looks Back at Some Iconic Magazine Writing

By Alex Belth | June 14, 2024

In Praise of the Domestic Sensualist: Laurie Colwin at 80

In Praise of the Domestic Sensualist: Laurie Colwin at 80

Mia Manzulli on the Perennial Allure of Colwin's Worlds

By Mia Manzulli | June 14, 2024

What a Young John Muir Learned In the Wisconsin Wilderness

What a Young John Muir Learned In the Wisconsin Wilderness

Amanda Bellows on the Scottish-Born Naturalist’s Early Years in the United States

By Amanda Bellows | June 14, 2024

How Beyoncé’s “Formation” Embodies the Ethos of Black Womanhood

How Beyoncé’s “Formation” Embodies the Ethos of Black Womanhood

Catherine Joy White on Black Women's Long History of Resistance and Collective Struggle

By Catherine Joy White | June 14, 2024

Byron and Borgia: A Meditation on an Impossible Encounter

Byron and Borgia: A Meditation on an Impossible Encounter

Poet-in-Residence for “Byron 200” Scarlett Sabet Considers Two Passionate Souls Separated by Centuries

By Scarlett Sabet | June 14, 2024

Here are the winners of the 2024 Women's Prizes.

Here are the winners of the 2024 Women's Prizes.

By Literary Hub | June 13, 2024

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Have you ever wondered what W. B. Yeats looked like as a baby?

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How to Win The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest

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“Historical Fanfiction.” The Deceptive, Dangerous Simplicity of Originalism in American Politics

“Historical Fanfiction.” The Deceptive, Dangerous Simplicity of Originalism in American Politics

Madiba K. Dennie on the Antiquated Conservatism Underpinning the United States’ Highest Courts of Law

By Madiba K. Dennie | June 13, 2024

Escaping the Censors’ Gaze: Lai Wen on Sci-Fi and the Need for Chinese Protest Literature Today

Escaping the Censors’ Gaze: Lai Wen on Sci-Fi and the Need for Chinese Protest Literature Today

Xinran in Conversation with the Author of "Tiananmen Square"

By Literary Hub | June 13, 2024

Moments of Recognition: On Locating Queerness in Bureaucratic Records

Moments of Recognition: On Locating Queerness in Bureaucratic Records

Michael Waters Explores the Subjectivity of State Categorization of Queer Identities and Relationships

By Michael Waters | June 13, 2024

How White Women’s Patronage of Black Artists Exposed Racial Fault Lines

How White Women’s Patronage of Black Artists Exposed Racial Fault Lines

L.S. Stratton on “Godmother” Charlotte Osgood Mason and Artistic Control During the Harlem Renaissance

By L.S. Stratton | June 13, 2024

Ted Chiang has won the PEN/Faulkner Foundation’s short story prize.

Ted Chiang has won the PEN/Faulkner Foundation’s short story prize.

By James Folta | June 12, 2024

The Ultimate Summer 2024 Reading List

The Ultimate Summer 2024 Reading List

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What I Learned From Living With Joan Didion

What I Learned From Living With Joan Didion

Cory Leadbeater on His Life-Changing Friendship With a Literary Icon

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