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    Open Source

    “I’m Black and I’m Proud.” On a Half a Century of Black Anthems (and More!)

    By Open Source  December 23, 2021
    We Have Ways of Making You Talk

    We Have Ways of Making You Talk on Japan’s Role in the Second World War

    By We Have Ways of Making You Talk   December 23, 2021
    Keen On

    Michael Kimmage on the Western Ideals That Once Shaped America

    By Keen On  December 23, 2021
    The Hub

    Read J.D. Salinger’s first short story to feature Holden Caufield.

    By Walker Caplan  December 22, 2021
    The Hub

    Elena Ferrante has called for a jailed fan to receive Italian citizenship.

    By Walker Caplan  December 22, 2021
    The Hub

    Irish poet Thomas Kinsella has died at 93.

    By Dan Sheehan  December 22, 2021
    Graphic Novels

    “It Can Be a Wild Story, but Everything Has to Feel Real.” A Conversation With Graphic Novelist Rutu Modan

    By Literary Hub  December 22, 2021
    Journalism

    When New Journalism Was New: Gay Talese on His Legendary Esquire Profile of Frank Sinatra

    By Gay Talese  December 22, 2021
    Freeman's

    “The Right Ratio”

    By David Lehman  December 22, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Hausdoerffer, and Gavin Van Horn on Our Kinship With the Living World

    By The Virtual Book Channel  December 22, 2021
    Justice

    On the Innocence of Anthony Broadwater (and Guilt of Alice Sebold)

    By Steven Wright  December 22, 2021
    Fishing

    Deep Waters: The Ultimate Fishing Books Reading List

    By Conor Sullivan  December 22, 2021
    Keen On

    Devi Lockwood on the Personal Impact of Climate Change Around the World

    By Keen On  December 22, 2021
    Keen On

    Claudia Goldin on Women’s Journey to Close the Gender Wage Gap

    By Keen On  December 22, 2021
    Fan Culture

    Seressia Glass on Her Favorite Fictional Nerds

    By Seressia Glass  December 22, 2021
    The Hub

    Can you solve the very first published crossword puzzle?

    By Walker Caplan  December 21, 2021
    Justice

    Hope on Far Horizons: Rebecca Solnit on the Exoneration of Kevin Strickland

    By Rebecca Solnit  December 21, 2021
    Criticism

    The Weaponization of Quiet: On the Subtle Horror of Ayşegül Savaş’s White on White

    By Francesca Giacco  December 21, 2021
    Film Actors

    Sharon Gless on Her First Stage Appearance and Earning a Seven-Year Contract for Universal Studios

    By Sharon Gless  December 21, 2021
    Country Music

    The Politics of Empathy: On the Life and Music of Johnny Cash

    By Michael Stewart Foley  December 21, 2021
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

    By Teddy Wayne  December 21, 2021
    Keen On

    Hala Alyan on the Sense of Displacement in the Middle East

    By Keen On  December 21, 2021
    Freeman's

    Linda Coverdale on Reading Stories of Survival in 2021

    By Linda Coverdale  December 21, 2021
    Keen On

    Kate Daniels Talks Poetry and Psychoanalysis

    By Keen On  December 21, 2021
    Keen On

    Dorit Geva on Viktor Orbán’s “Ordonationalist” Hungary

    By Keen On  December 21, 2021
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