How Agricultural Runoff Contaminated One of Iowa's Main Water Sources

How Agricultural Runoff Contaminated One of Iowa's Main Water Sources

Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty on the Legal Battle to Hold Powerful Polluters Accountable

By Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty | May 27, 2025

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

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

By Brittany Allen | May 23, 2025

Your week in book news, in Venn diagrams.

Your week in book news, in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | May 23, 2025

One great short story to read today: </br>Jessi Jesewska Stevens's

One great short story to read today:
Jessi Jesewska Stevens's "Honeymoon"

By Brittany Allen | May 23, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Summer Reading and Writing Buddies

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Summer Reading and Writing Buddies

Featuring Molly Odintz, Calvin Kasulke, Isaac Fellman, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | May 23, 2025

The Secret Link Between Raymond Chandler and P.G. Wodehouse

The Secret Link Between Raymond Chandler and P.G. Wodehouse

Arvind Ethan David on the Surprising Connection Between Two Legendary Authors

By Arvind Ethan David | May 23, 2025

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Nonfiction Against the End of the World: An Apocalypse Reading List

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Walking Through Jose Esteban Muñoz’s New York City

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Michael Crummey’s The Adversary has won the 2025 Dublin Literary Award.

By James Folta | May 22, 2025

One great short story to read today: Osamu Dazai's

One great short story to read today: Osamu Dazai's "Shame"

By James Folta | May 22, 2025

The winners of the 2025 International Booker Prize are breaking boundaries.

The winners of the 2025 International Booker Prize are breaking boundaries.

By Brittany Allen | May 22, 2025

There's No Place Like Home—Except the Beach: Visual Stories of Montauk, New York

There's No Place Like Home—Except the Beach: Visual Stories of Montauk, New York

Rufus Wainwright and Jörn Weisbrodt: "The beach is the divide between one world, the dry, and another, the wet. It is a mythical place of transformation."

By Rufus Wainwright and Jörn Weisbrodt | May 22, 2025

Hari Kunzru Reflects on Edward Said's <em>Culture and Imperialism</em> Thirty Years After Publication

Hari Kunzru Reflects on Edward Said's Culture and Imperialism Thirty Years After Publication

“For every narrative there are counternarratives, and meaningful interpretations of culture arise out of an analysis of tensions and contradictions”

By Hari Kunzru | May 22, 2025

You See? Generative AI is Bad At Doing My Job

You See? Generative AI is Bad At Doing My Job

Maris Kreizman on the AI Hallucinations That Made it to the Book Review Section

By Maris Kreizman | May 22, 2025

Shitholes, USA: Noel and Liam Gallagher On When Oasis Toured America

Shitholes, USA: Noel and Liam Gallagher On When Oasis Toured America

"In the end we fucking smashed the arse out of it."

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Nam Le has won Australia's oldest literary award for the second time.

Nam Le has won Australia's oldest literary award for the second time.

By Dan Sheehan | May 21, 2025

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