Here are the 2023 recipients of the $40,000 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant.

Here are the 2023 recipients of the $40,000 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant.

By Literary Hub | December 6, 2023

Marxism and Mistletoe: A Holiday List of Books for the Lefties in Your Life

Marxism and Mistletoe: A Holiday List of Books for the Lefties in Your Life

Kristen R. Ghodsee Recommends Cory Doctorow, Malaika Jabali, Angela Saini, and More

By Kristen R. Ghodsee | December 6, 2023

<em>Eileen</em> Complicates the Relationship at the Heart of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Novel

Eileen Complicates the Relationship at the Heart of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Novel

Emmeline Clein Digs in to the New Adaptation, from Page to Screen

By Emmeline Clein | December 6, 2023

Precarious Liminality: How Parole Keeps Ex-Prisoners Stranded Between Two Worlds

Precarious Liminality: How Parole Keeps Ex-Prisoners Stranded Between Two Worlds

Ben Austen Follows One Man's Path From Incarceration to Supervised Freedom

By Ben Austen | December 6, 2023

Colonizing Plants: How Bougainvillea Conquered the World

Colonizing Plants: How Bougainvillea Conquered the World

Shahnaz Habib on the Relationship Between Colonialism, Natural Science and Travel

By Shahnaz Habib | December 6, 2023

Patricia Engel has won the 2023 John Dos Passos Prize.

Patricia Engel has won the 2023 John Dos Passos Prize.

By Literary Hub | December 5, 2023

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More Than Meets the Eye: On the Ancient Origins and Diverse Uses of Eyeliner

By Zahra Hankir | December 5, 2023

Space Pastoral: Finding a New Literary Genre in the Slow Death of the International Space Station

By Samantha Harvey | December 5, 2023

Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction

By Christian Wiman | December 5, 2023

<em>Poor Things</em> is a Curious Phantasmagoria

Poor Things is a Curious Phantasmagoria

Olivia Rutigliano on Yorgos Lanthimos’s (Best) New Film

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 5, 2023

“The Frisson of Pure Evil.” An Oral History of the Release of the Velvet Underground’s First Album

“The Frisson of Pure Evil.” An Oral History of the Release of the Velvet Underground’s First Album

“There were just so many layers and so many colors. Even if all the colors were dark.”

By Dylan Jones | December 5, 2023

Bulent Atalay on the Transgressive Minds of Geniuses

Bulent Atalay on the Transgressive Minds of Geniuses

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 5, 2023

Walden, Freestyled: Reimagining and Reclaiming What It Means to Be Black in Nature

Walden, Freestyled: Reimagining and Reclaiming What It Means to Be Black in Nature

Edward Moreta Jr. on White Western Nature Writing, JID's 29 (Freestyle), and Longing for Black Representation in Wild Settings

By Edward Moreta Jr. | December 4, 2023

How the Neolithic Age Marked the Beginning of the Modern World

How the Neolithic Age Marked the Beginning of the Modern World

John Charles Chasteen on When Homo Sapiens Became Human, For Better and For Worse

By John Charles Chasteen | December 4, 2023

Rereading My Words in the Midst of Profound Grief

Rereading My Words in the Midst of Profound Grief

Gabriel Bump on His Characters' Personal Tragedy, and His Own

By Gabriel Bump | December 4, 2023

Books That Travel: A Report From the 2023 Nairobi International Book Fair

Books That Travel: A Report From the 2023 Nairobi International Book Fair

Jessica Powers on the Struggles and Rewards of Bringing African Literature to the Global Market

By Jessica Powers | December 4, 2023

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