How a Legacy of Poverty and Systematic Exclusion Created “White Trash” in America

How a Legacy of Poverty and Systematic Exclusion Created “White Trash” in America

Jaydra Johnson on the Intersections of Literature, Classism and Family History

By Jaydra Johnson | November 8, 2024

How Woodrow Wilson’s Privileged Southern Upbringing Influenced His Love Life

How Woodrow Wilson’s Privileged Southern Upbringing Influenced His Love Life

Christopher Cox on the 28th President’s Relationship With His First Wife, Ellen Axson Wilson

By Christopher Cox | November 8, 2024

The Book News is Generally... Good?

The Book News is Generally... Good?

Maris Kreizman Finds Some Silver Linings

By Maris Kreizman | November 7, 2024

“A Chubby-Cheeked, Shabby-Blazered Colossus.” How Dylan Thomas Influenced Generations of Poets

“A Chubby-Cheeked, Shabby-Blazered Colossus.” How Dylan Thomas Influenced Generations of Poets

Dai George Remembers the Inventive Wordplay and Freewheeling Life of a Welsh Literary Giant

By Dai George | November 7, 2024

But Can It Change Anything? What Artists and Social Movements Can Learn From Each Other

But Can It Change Anything? What Artists and Social Movements Can Learn From Each Other

Amber Massie-Blomfield Explores the Intersection of Art and Activism in the Contemporary Era

By Amber Massie-Blomfield | November 7, 2024

On Illness and Death as Text and Autocorrect

On Illness and Death as Text and Autocorrect

Malwina Gudowska Considers the Stories of Our Bodies

By Malwina Gudowska | November 7, 2024

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What Chickens Know: On Bonding with Birds and the Language of Hens

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Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee on Time and Timelessness

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It’s time to radicalize your book club.

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The Republicans’ Project 2025 is Disastrous For Books

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The Journey of a Sea Bean: In Praise of the Ocean’s Smallest Gifts

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Sally Huband: “I am left contemplating this luck.”

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How a Novel by Mildred D. Taylor Helped Glory Edim Understand Being Black in the South

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The Author of “Gather Me” Reflects on Navigating Her Nigerian and American Identities

By Glory Edim | November 6, 2024

The Great Dying: How Mass Extinction Made the Dinosaurs

The Great Dying: How Mass Extinction Made the Dinosaurs

Armin Schmitt on Earth’s Millennia-Long History of Reoccurring Cataclysms

By Armin Schmitt | November 6, 2024

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Ryan Chapman Predicts the Booker Prize

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Ryan Chapman Predicts the Booker Prize

Plus Jonny Diamond and Drew Broussard on the Election and More

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Among the Sleuths: Looking for Answers at the Nancy Drew Convention

Among the Sleuths: Looking for Answers at the Nancy Drew Convention

Jadie Stillwell and Nicole Blackwood on the Mystery of the Missing Discernible Character Traits

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