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Omar Hamad in Gaza: </br>

Omar Hamad in Gaza:
"I once wrote with ink, today I write with ashes."

By Omar Hamad | June 9, 2025

Bad Curls, Bad Character: <br>The Charged Meaning of Hair in 19th-Century America

Bad Curls, Bad Character:
The Charged Meaning of Hair in 19th-Century America

Sarah Gold McBride on Race in the United States, Tresses as Culture, and the Field of “Whiskerology”

By Sarah Gold McBride | June 9, 2025

Meet Addy: The Story of the First Black American Girl Doll

Meet Addy: The Story of the First Black American Girl Doll

Jaha Nailah Avery on the Significance of Addy Walker

By Jaha Nailah Avery | June 9, 2025

From Rock Star to Writer: On the Second Careers of Some of Your Favorite Musicians

From Rock Star to Writer: On the Second Careers of Some of Your Favorite Musicians

Leila Sales Talks to Stuart Murdoch, Susanna Hoffs, Colin Meloy, and More

By Leila Sales | June 9, 2025

On Marianne Moore, Unexpected Celebrity Poet of Midcentury America

On Marianne Moore, Unexpected Celebrity Poet of Midcentury America

Susan Gubar Explores the Multifaceted Life and Work of America’s Foremost Female Poet of the 20th Century

By Susan Gubar | June 9, 2025

First Impressions: 15 Years of <em>The Common</em> Through Its Covers

First Impressions: 15 Years of The Common Through Its Covers

Kei Lim Talks to Gabriele Wilson About the Process Behind Crafting the Magazine's Visual Identity

By Kei Lim | June 9, 2025

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Fever Dreams: Hala Alyan on Displacement, Trauma, and Memory

By Hala Alyan | June 9, 2025

“Here is What I Know: A Baby is Born.” On the Wild West of Childbirth.

By Erica Stern | June 9, 2025

Your week in book news, in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | June 6, 2025

Here's what's making us happy <em>this</em> week.

Here's what's making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | June 6, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Joan Didion’s Privacy, Writers Beware, and Wes Anderson

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Joan Didion’s Privacy, Writers Beware, and Wes Anderson

featuring Evelyn McDonnell, Kate McKean, Brittany K. Allen, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | June 6, 2025

Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

Aram Mrjoian Explores the Tension Between Responsibility to History and a Writer’s Creative Vision

By Aram Mrjoian | June 6, 2025

Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons

Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons

Amir Hussain Considers Prison Literature, Past and Present

By Amir Hussain | June 6, 2025

Writing Nature: The Healing Connection of Space and Spirit

Writing Nature: The Healing Connection of Space and Spirit

Bridget Crocker on the Importance of Listening to the Voice of the Natural World

By Bridget Crocker | June 6, 2025

New Yorkers can meet the Moomins at a new exhibit. (And for everyone else, here's a sneak preview.)

New Yorkers can meet the Moomins at a new exhibit. (And for everyone else, here's a sneak preview.)

By Brittany Allen | June 5, 2025

Karen Leeder and Durs Grünbein have won the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize.

Karen Leeder and Durs Grünbein have won the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize.

By Literary Hub | June 5, 2025

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