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When George Sand Hit the Town in Men’s Clothes

When George Sand Hit the Town in Men’s Clothes

Fiona Sampson on the Pseudonymous Writer’s Breaking of Binaries and Boundaries

By Fiona Sampson | June 22, 2026

On Waking Up As an American During the Fall of the Soviet Union

On Waking Up As an American During the Fall of the Soviet Union

Jamison Firestone Remembers the Moments Leading Up to the Collapse of the World’s Largest Communist State

By Jamison Firestone | June 22, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” is Published

This Week in Literary History: Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” is Published

By one "Geoffrey Crayon"

By Literary Hub | June 22, 2026

What to read next if the Knicks win made you “basketball-curious.”

What to read next if the Knicks win made you “basketball-curious.”

A mini reading list.

By Brittany Allen | June 18, 2026

The Losses that Carry Us: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

The Losses that Carry Us: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

Fatemeh Shams on Loss, Veil, Exile, and the Passing of a Literary Giant

By Fatemeh Shams | June 18, 2026

Follow Awe: Deb Olin Unferth on Writing Speculative Fiction

Follow Awe: Deb Olin Unferth on Writing Speculative Fiction

“Eco-fiction feels to me like the most important thing I could be writing right now.”

By Deb Olin Unferth | June 18, 2026

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How to Write a Novel in 33 Days

By Catriona Silvey | June 18, 2026

How to Put an End to Problem of American Gerontocracy (in the Nicest Possible Way)

By Samuel Moyn | June 18, 2026

Beyond Cli-Fi: Why Every Story is a Climate Change Story

By Heather Abel | June 18, 2026

Chantel Acevedo on Reimagining Her Father Through Fiction

Chantel Acevedo on Reimagining Her Father Through Fiction

“I think there’s some value in the kind of understanding fiction offers, whereby anything is possible.”

By Chantel Acevedo | June 18, 2026

Life and Death in the American Suburbs

Life and Death in the American Suburbs

Brad Gooch on the Ways His Parents and His Hometown Have Changed Throughout the Years

By Brad Gooch | June 18, 2026

Here are the finalists for the 2026 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

Here are the finalists for the 2026 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

By Literary Hub | June 17, 2026

How We All Became Little Blue Dots on a Digital Map

How We All Became Little Blue Dots on a Digital Map

Katherine Dunn on the Intersection of Corporate and Military Power and That Created Modern GPS Systems

By Katherine Dunn | June 17, 2026

A Poem For Bad Dads: Annakeara Stinson on <em>The Cremation of Sam McGee</em>

A Poem For Bad Dads: Annakeara Stinson on The Cremation of Sam McGee

“He haunts us, but sometimes, playfully, surprisingly—and in this way, even in death, like McGee, he returns.”

By Annakeara Stinson | June 17, 2026

“Don’t Let Nobody Ever Call You That.” Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor on Finding Confidence in Her Blackness

“Don’t Let Nobody Ever Call You That.” Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor on Finding Confidence in Her Blackness

Navigating the Reality of American Racism with a World-Famous Father

By Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor | June 17, 2026

Mail Between Heaven and Earth: On Japan’s Post Office For Letters to the Dead

Mail Between Heaven and Earth: On Japan’s Post Office For Letters to the Dead

Sally Hayden Explores the Ways We Cope With Loss in Times of Crisis

By Sally Hayden | June 17, 2026

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