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When a 15-Year-Old Martin Luther King Jr. Confronted Jim Crow on a Train

When a 15-Year-Old Martin Luther King Jr. Confronted Jim Crow on a Train

Lerone Martin on Segregation Aboard the Southern Railway

By Lerone Martin | May 11, 2026

Argentina Through the Eyes of Polish Writer Witold Gombrowicz

Argentina Through the Eyes of Polish Writer Witold Gombrowicz

Mercedes Halfon on the Experience of Exile, Loss and Finding One’s Literary Voice

By Mercedes Halfon | May 11, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Virginia Woolf’s <em>Mrs Dalloway</em> is Published.

This Week in Literary History: Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway is Published.

The Origin of a Masterpiece

By Literary Hub | May 11, 2026

The Surprising Similarities Between the Kardashians and WWE

The Surprising Similarities Between the Kardashians and WWE

MJ Corey on the Emotional Athleticism and Performance Spectacle of Keeping Up With the Kardashians

By MJ Corey | May 11, 2026

Marianne Boruch has won the $100,000 Jackson Poetry Prize.

Marianne Boruch has won the $100,000 Jackson Poetry Prize.

By Literary Hub | May 8, 2026

What Our Ideas About Ugliness Reveal About Our Anxieties Surrounding Gender

What Our Ideas About Ugliness Reveal About Our Anxieties Surrounding Gender

Stephanie Fairyington Considers How the Stigmatization of Queerness Influences Beauty Standards

By Stephanie Fairyington | May 8, 2026

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How My Mother Made Magic Happen

By Perdita Finn | May 8, 2026

How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

By Louise Brangan | May 8, 2026

Why Writing Stories For Children is So Much Harder Than Writing Stories For Adults

Why Writing Stories For Children is So Much Harder Than Writing Stories For Adults

Claire Swinarski on the Fulfilling Job of Creating Stories for Kids

By Claire Swinarski | May 8, 2026

“Yah, boo, sucks.” On the time Angela Carter absolutely flamed Joan Didion in an interview.

“Yah, boo, sucks.” On the time Angela Carter absolutely flamed Joan Didion in an interview.

The Lit Hub girls are fighting!

By Emily Temple | May 7, 2026

Fellow Travelers: On Reimagining Chaucer in Post-Soviet Ukraine

Fellow Travelers: On Reimagining Chaucer in Post-Soviet Ukraine

Irene Zabytko Recounts the Process of Creating Her Own Version on The Canterbury Tales

By Irene Zabytko | May 7, 2026

In Writing About Cults (and Religion) Telling is Better than Showing

In Writing About Cults (and Religion) Telling is Better than Showing

Harrison Hill in Conversation with Benjamin Hale

By Literary Hub | May 7, 2026

Ocean Vuong: Photographer First, Writer Second?

Ocean Vuong: Photographer First, Writer Second?

Sarah Moroz on a Recent Exhibition of the Poet-Turned-Novelist Who’s Always Had a in Camera Hand

By Sarah Moroz | May 7, 2026

On the Aftermath of Conversion Therapy

On the Aftermath of Conversion Therapy

Davin Malasarn in Conversation With Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez

By Davin Malasarn | May 7, 2026

Where I End, the Writing Begins: What Undergoing Surgery Taught Me About Transcendence

Where I End, the Writing Begins: What Undergoing Surgery Taught Me About Transcendence

Diane Les Becquets: “And I watched those moments unfold before me, as if in real time, and I felt everything.”

By Diane Les Becquets | May 7, 2026

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