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Correcting for the Male Gaze: On the Unique Challenges of Writing Biographies of Women

Correcting for the Male Gaze: On the Unique Challenges of Writing Biographies of Women

How Iris Jamahl Dunkle Found the Fuller Story of the Life of Sanora Babb

By Iris Jamahl Dunkle | October 17, 2024

What the Story of Richard II and Henry IV Reveals About the Nature of Power

What the Story of Richard II and Henry IV Reveals About the Nature of Power

Helen Castor on the Timeless Resonance of a Medieval Political Crisis

By Helen Castor | October 17, 2024

“You Can’t Leave Your Folk at the Door.” On Queer Life in Appalachia

“You Can’t Leave Your Folk at the Door.” On Queer Life in Appalachia

Rae Garringer Talks to Elandria Williams in Knoxville, Tennessee

By Rae Garringer | October 17, 2024

To Fund, or Not to Fund: On Redefining What Type of Work Is Grant-Worthy

To Fund, or Not to Fund: On Redefining What Type of Work Is Grant-Worthy

Marian Crotty Shares How Her Queer Fiction Was Shaped by a Research Trip to South Dakota

By Marian Crotty | October 17, 2024

Here are the winners of the 2024 Kirkus Prize.

Here are the winners of the 2024 Kirkus Prize.

By Literary Hub | October 16, 2024

The Power and Possibility of Play: Why Science Is More Than Just Facts and Equations

The Power and Possibility of Play: Why Science Is More Than Just Facts and Equations

Kelsey Johnson Considers the Often-Overlooked Creative Side of Scientific Inquiry

By Kelsey Johnson | October 16, 2024

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Brittany Rogers on How Libraries Helped Her Feel Safe and Embrace Her Queerness

By Brittany Rogers | October 16, 2024

Noam Chomsky on How America Sanitizes the Horror of Its Wars

By Noam Chomsky | October 16, 2024

Language, Loss and Nostalgia: On Growing Old As a Learning Experience

By Julie Sedivy | October 16, 2024

Here's why Han Kang is refusing to celebrate her Nobel Prize.

Here's why Han Kang is refusing to celebrate her Nobel Prize.

By Brittany Allen | October 15, 2024

Arundhati Roy is

Arundhati Roy is "unflinching" about genocide in her powerful PEN award acceptance speech.

By Brittany Allen | October 15, 2024

Literary takeaways from the 2024 film festival circuit.

Literary takeaways from the 2024 film festival circuit.

By Brittany Allen | October 15, 2024

The Issues 2024: Why the Labor Movement is So Important to Americans

The Issues 2024: Why the Labor Movement is So Important to Americans

The Second in Our Series of In-Depth Looks at the Everyday Issues Facing Americans

By Literary Hub | October 15, 2024

10 of the Best Books on the History of American Labor

10 of the Best Books on the History of American Labor

Kim Kelly, Philip Dray, David Graeber, and More

By Literary Hub | October 15, 2024

Anthony Bourdain on the Life and Legacy of a Truly Infamous Cook: Typhoid Mary

Anthony Bourdain on the Life and Legacy of a Truly Infamous Cook: Typhoid Mary

“Mary Mallon was a cook. And her story, first and foremost, is the story of a cook.”

By Anthony Bourdain | October 15, 2024

A Fleeting Utopia: The Rise and Fall of the “Women’s Hotel” in American Cities

A Fleeting Utopia: The Rise and Fall of the “Women’s Hotel” in American Cities

Daniel M. Lavery Looks Back on the Lost Phenomenon of a Unique Communal Living Arrangement

By Daniel M. Lavery | October 15, 2024

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