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Why Women Need Fairy Tales to Stay Rooted in Their Own Lives

Why Women Need Fairy Tales to Stay Rooted in Their Own Lives

“Sometimes the stories you need arrive right on time and change everything...”

By Sharon Blackie | June 3, 2026

Reflections on an Angelheaded Hipster: Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday

Reflections on an Angelheaded Hipster: Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday

Ed Simon Rereads Howl, a ”Genuine Masterpiece”

By Ed Simon | June 3, 2026

A Love Letter to My Hometown: On Revisiting Rural New Hampshire in Fiction

A Love Letter to My Hometown: On Revisiting Rural New Hampshire in Fiction

Shasta Grant: “A love letter is almost always directed toward somebody or something you can’t have, and this one is no different.”

By Shasta Grant | June 3, 2026

What Do Arthurian Legend and <em>All My Children</em> Have in Common?

What Do Arthurian Legend and All My Children Have in Common?

John Glynn Explores the Similarities Between Soap Operas and Medieval Epics

By John Glynn | June 3, 2026

On a Childhood Longing to Be Delicate

On a Childhood Longing to Be Delicate

Justin Wymer Remembers an Unsettling Encounter at a Family Reunion

By Justin Wymer | June 3, 2026

An Angel Watching Over Me: On Exile, Estrangement and Placelessness in Paris

An Angel Watching Over Me: On Exile, Estrangement and Placelessness in Paris

Timothy Taylor Remembers His Mother's Journey From Europe to the Americas, and Those Who Helped Her Along the Way

By Timothy Taylor | June 3, 2026

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Julia Elliott has won the $150,000 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for her collection Hellions.

By Literary Hub | June 3, 2026

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By Brittany Allen | June 2, 2026

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Shakespeare and Reality Televison Really Aren’t That Different

Shakespeare and Reality Televison Really Aren’t That Different

Samantha Allen’s Reality TV Twist on A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By Samantha Allen | June 2, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Carson McCullers’s <em>The Heart is a Lonely Hunter</em> is Published

This Week in Literary History: Carson McCullers’s The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is Published

A Classic is Born

By Literary Hub | June 1, 2026

Alone on a Mountain in Wyoming Far From Home and Looking for Answers

Alone on a Mountain in Wyoming Far From Home and Looking for Answers

Alexandra Oliva Goes the Extra Mile to Research the Science in Her Novel, The Radiant Dark

By Alexandra Oliva | June 1, 2026

On Group Portraiture and the Secret Histories of Art: Paul Elie and Julia Cooke in Conversation

On Group Portraiture and the Secret Histories of Art: Paul Elie and Julia Cooke in Conversation

“Insights and kinships emerge almost unbidden—called forth through juxtaposition.”

By Julia Cooke | June 1, 2026

Francesca Wade has won the Plutarch Award for <em>Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife</em>.

Francesca Wade has won the Plutarch Award for Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife.

By Literary Hub | May 29, 2026

Hudson Williams has pretty good taste in books.

Hudson Williams has pretty good taste in books.

(And the internet is losing its mind about it.)

By Brittany Allen | May 29, 2026

Tending the Fire: Exploring AIDS Writing of the Last Ten Years

Tending the Fire: Exploring AIDS Writing of the Last Ten Years

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