This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Tips for Dating Apps and Starting Bookstores

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Tips for Dating Apps and Starting Bookstores

Featuring Chloé Caldwell, Calvin Kasulke, K. Kerimian, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | February 14, 2025

From the Margins to the Mainstream: How the Synthesizer Conquered American Music

From the Margins to the Mainstream: How the Synthesizer Conquered American Music

David Hajdu Explores the Creative and Technical Evolution of a Versatile Electric Instrument

By David Hajdu | February 14, 2025

Enemies to Lovers: On the Romance Genre’s Mainstream Come-Up

Enemies to Lovers: On the Romance Genre’s Mainstream Come-Up

Angelina Mazza Considers the Changing Literary Landscape for Romance Novels

By Angelina Mazza | February 14, 2025

From “Ted” to Tom: The Illustrated Envelopes Edward Gorey Sent to His Pen Pal

From “Ted” to Tom: The Illustrated Envelopes Edward Gorey Sent to His Pen Pal

A Selection of Gorey's Colorful, Curious Letters to Tom Fitzharris

By Literary Hub | February 14, 2025

How Systemic Racism Leads to a Lifetime of Self-Imposed Isolation For Black Americans

How Systemic Racism Leads to a Lifetime of Self-Imposed Isolation For Black Americans

Chad Sanders on Learning to Process the Societal and Psychological Effects of Anti-Blackness

By Chad Sanders | February 14, 2025

Giada Scodellaro’s debut <em>Ruins, Child</em> has won the 2024 Novel Prize.

Giada Scodellaro’s debut Ruins, Child has won the 2024 Novel Prize.

By James Folta | February 13, 2025

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  • Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
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  • In Search of Now: The Science of the Present Moment
  • Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy

Winter is Here: On the Chilling Effect of Elon Musk and Donald Trump

By Rob Spillman | February 13, 2025

Memories of a Military Coup: Making Sense of a Vanishing Haitian Heritage

By Rich Benjamin | February 13, 2025

Arctic Rush: Inside the 19th-Century Craze to Reach the North Pole

By Erling Kagge | February 13, 2025

What Our First and Last Words Reveal About the Way We Express Ourselves

What Our First and Last Words Reveal About the Way We Express Ourselves

Michael Erard Explores the Science Behind What We Say at the Very Beginning and End of Our Lives

By Michael Erard | February 13, 2025

How Authors Against Book Bans helped defeat attempted library censorship in Florida.

How Authors Against Book Bans helped defeat attempted library censorship in Florida.

By James Folta | February 12, 2025

Looking the Palestinian in the Eye

Looking the Palestinian in the Eye

Nicki Kattoura on Mohammed El-Kurd’s “Perfect Victims”

By Nicki Kattoura | February 12, 2025

A Fantasy of Domesticity: Why We’re Drawn to the False Promise of the Tradwife

A Fantasy of Domesticity: Why We’re Drawn to the False Promise of the Tradwife

Larissa Pham on Baking, Community and Navigating Societal Expectations of Heteronormativity

By Larissa Pham | February 12, 2025

An American Faerie Queene: The Uncertain Lives of Nathaniel and Una Hawthorne

An American Faerie Queene: The Uncertain Lives of Nathaniel and Una Hawthorne

Megan Marshall on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Family, Edmund Spenser, and Biographical Lies

By Megan Marshall | February 12, 2025

Secrets of the Deep South: In Search of Hidden Family and Collective History in Georgia

Secrets of the Deep South: In Search of Hidden Family and Collective History in Georgia

David Levering Lewis on the Eternal Questions of Race and Power Surrounding the American National Narrative

By David Levering Lewis | February 12, 2025

The Great (Un)Equalizer: How Black and Native Families Struggle to Achieve Social Mobility Through Education

The Great (Un)Equalizer: How Black and Native Families Struggle to Achieve Social Mobility Through Education

Eve L. Ewing on the Structural Factors Behind Economic and Educational Inequality in America

By Eve L. Ewing | February 12, 2025

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