• News and Culture

    Culture Wars

    How Nostalgia Can Hide Dark Political Realities

    By Andrew Potter  October 21, 2021
    Afghanistan

    Shadow City, Invisible City: Walking Through an Ever-Changing Kabul

    By Taran Khan  October 21, 2021
    Craft

    TaraShea Nesbit on Reckoning With Ghosts, and Returning to the Same Story, Again and Again

    By TaraShea Nesbit  October 21, 2021
    Keen On

    What the Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us About Innovation

    By Keen On  October 21, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Phoebe Robinson on Her New Imprint and Anti-Racism Reading Lists

    By The Maris Review  October 21, 2021
    Teaching Through a Pandemic

    Rethinking Preschool in a Pandemic Teacher Shortage

    By Dayneé Alejandra Rosales  October 21, 2021
    Otherppl

    How Catherine Raven Got Lucky Enough to Befriend a Wild Fox

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  October 21, 2021
    Just the Right Book

    Robert Draper on the Smoldering Wreck of Foreign Policy Still Alive Today

    By Just the Right Book   October 21, 2021
    Crime

    Politicians Love Punishment—But Does It Actually Reduce Crime?

    By Benjamin van Rooij and Adam Fine  October 21, 2021
    Imprisoned Writers

    Chris Hedges on Teaching Playwriting in Prison

    By Chris Hedges  October 21, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Brittney Cooper, Susana Morris, and Chanel Craft Tanner on a New Intersectional Resource for Young Feminists

    By The Virtual Book Channel  October 21, 2021
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Derecka Purnell on Abolition and the Pursuit of Freedom

    By The Quarantine Tapes  October 21, 2021
    Keen On

    Ethan Lou on Crypto and the Bitcoin Boom

    By Keen On  October 21, 2021
    The Hub

    Here are the finalists for the 2021 Cundill History Prize.

    By Snigdha Koirala  October 20, 2021
    The Hub

    Who will buy the £80,000 watch from James Joyce’s Ulysses?

    By Walker Caplan  October 20, 2021
    The Hub

    Watch the trailer for a new documentary about Kurt Vonnegut, with footage spanning decades.

    By Walker Caplan  October 20, 2021
    The Hub

    This 1998 advice from Ursula K. Le Guin about gender-neutral language is still relevant.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  October 20, 2021
    This is a Quiz

    Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

    By Emily Temple  October 20, 2021
    Water

    The Unsettling Sea: On Rationalizing the Drowning of the World We Inhabit

    By Patrick Nunn  October 20, 2021
    Running

    The Painful Language of an Ultrarunner’s Body on a Sweltering Day

    By J.M. Thompson  October 20, 2021
    Reality TV

    How Survivor Uses the Threat of Hunger to Sow Chaos and Disruption

    By Sallie Tisdale  October 20, 2021
    Teaching Through a Pandemic

    The Last-Resort Move That Made My Students Smile

    By Frances Starn  October 20, 2021
    Rural America

    White Men, Land, and Literature: The Making (and Unmaking) of an American Pastoral

    By Brad Kessler  October 20, 2021
    Thresholds

    Bad Seed Warren Ellis on the Spirituality of Music and Nina Simone’s Chewing Gum

    By Thresholds   October 20, 2021
    Literary History

    How the TV Adaptation of Alex Haley’s Roots Sparked a Cultural Awakening

    By Wil Haygood  October 20, 2021
    Page 315 of 768

    • We Need Your Help:

    Become a Lit Hub Supporting Member

    Lit Hub has always brought you the best of the book world for free—no paywall. But our future relies on you. In return for your contribution, you'll get an ad-free site experience, editors' picks, and our Joan Didion tote bag. Most importantly, you'll keep independent book coverage alive and thriving.