The first issue of Reader’s Digest from 1922 is both shocking and relevant.

The first issue of Reader’s Digest from 1922 is both shocking and relevant.

By James Folta | February 7, 2025

Angie Cruz has won the 2024 John Dos Passos Prize.

Angie Cruz has won the 2024 John Dos Passos Prize.

By Literary Hub | February 7, 2025

The Time a Couple Crazy Kids—Ford Madox Ford, Hemingway—Started a Journal in Paris

The Time a Couple Crazy Kids—Ford Madox Ford, Hemingway—Started a Journal in Paris

And It Was Almost Called “The Paris Review”

By Nick Ripatrazone | February 7, 2025

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Reading All of Patrick O’Brian

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Reading All of Patrick O’Brian

Featuring Olivia Wolfgang-Smith and Dan Sheehan

By The Lit Hub Podcast | February 7, 2025

Lauren Markham on the Use and Limitations of Language to Describe Disaster

Lauren Markham on the Use and Limitations of Language to Describe Disaster

Sarah Viren Talks to the Author of “Immemorial”

By Sarah Viren | February 7, 2025

“We’ve Been Hiding Our Buttocks For Too Long.” Josephine Baker Arrives in Paris, 1925

“We’ve Been Hiding Our Buttocks For Too Long.” Josephine Baker Arrives in Paris, 1925

The Iconic French-American Performer Recounts Her First Days in the City of Lights

By Josephine Baker | February 7, 2025

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“This Will Be Fun.” On the Life and Times of a Comics Master, Jules Feiffer

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What Interacting With Chatbots Can Reveal About Ourselves

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How librarians saved the day in World War II.

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For Andreas Malm, the Destruction of Gaza Runs Parallel to the Destruction of the Planet

For Andreas Malm, the Destruction of Gaza Runs Parallel to the Destruction of the Planet

“This is the end of the world that never ends.”

By Andreas Malm | February 6, 2025

We’re Already at Risk of Ceding Our Humanity to AI

We’re Already at Risk of Ceding Our Humanity to AI

Surekha Davies on Machines, Monsters and Why Humanity is Still Worth Fighting For

By Surekha Davies | February 6, 2025

Carving Our Canoes: On the Value of Building a Communal Life in an Atomized World

Carving Our Canoes: On the Value of Building a Communal Life in an Atomized World

Tyson Yunkaporta Considers the Possibilities and Limits of Indigenous Knowledge For Relieving Contemporary Malaise

By Tyson Yunkaporta | February 6, 2025

How a Norwegian Scientist Used Unconventional Means to Reach the North Pole

How a Norwegian Scientist Used Unconventional Means to Reach the North Pole

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By Neil Shubin | February 6, 2025

Libraries are already contending with crappy, AI-generated books.

Libraries are already contending with crappy, AI-generated books.

By James Folta | February 5, 2025

The world of groundhog prognosticators is much weirder—and darker—than you thought.

The world of groundhog prognosticators is much weirder—and darker—than you thought.

By James Folta | February 5, 2025

The Making of an Anti-Woke Zealot: How Elon Musk Was Infected with the MAGA Mind-Virus

The Making of an Anti-Woke Zealot: How Elon Musk Was Infected with the MAGA Mind-Virus

Eoin Higgins on the Paranoid Billionaire’s Rightward Swing

By Eoin Higgins | February 5, 2025

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