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From Rock Star to Writer: On the Second Careers of Some of Your Favorite Musicians

From Rock Star to Writer: On the Second Careers of Some of Your Favorite Musicians

Leila Sales Talks to Stuart Murdoch, Susanna Hoffs, Colin Meloy, and More

By Leila Sales | June 9, 2025

On Marianne Moore, Unexpected Celebrity Poet of Midcentury America

On Marianne Moore, Unexpected Celebrity Poet of Midcentury America

Susan Gubar Explores the Multifaceted Life and Work of America’s Foremost Female Poet of the 20th Century

By Susan Gubar | June 9, 2025

First Impressions: 15 Years of <em>The Common</em> Through Its Covers

First Impressions: 15 Years of The Common Through Its Covers

Kei Lim Talks to Gabriele Wilson About the Process Behind Crafting the Magazine's Visual Identity

By Kei Lim | June 9, 2025

Fever Dreams: Hala Alyan on Displacement, Trauma, and Memory

Fever Dreams: Hala Alyan on Displacement, Trauma, and Memory

"I spend the hours-long dream chanting the line, determined to remember it, because the part of me that is awake, that is aware, knows I will want it later."

By Hala Alyan | June 9, 2025

“Here is What I Know: A Baby is Born.” On the Wild West of Childbirth.

“Here is What I Know: A Baby is Born.” On the Wild West of Childbirth.

Erica Stern Considers a Traumatic Birth and the Many That Came Before

By Erica Stern | June 9, 2025

Your week in book news, in Venn diagrams.

Your week in book news, in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | June 6, 2025

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Here's what's making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | June 6, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Joan Didion’s Privacy, Writers Beware, and Wes Anderson

By The Lit Hub Podcast | June 6, 2025

Beyond the Historical Trauma Plot: On Fictionalizing the Armenian Genocide

By Aram Mrjoian | June 6, 2025

Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons

Compulsory Silence: On the State-Led Suppression of Language in American Prisons

Amir Hussain Considers Prison Literature, Past and Present

By Amir Hussain | June 6, 2025

Writing Nature: The Healing Connection of Space and Spirit

Writing Nature: The Healing Connection of Space and Spirit

Bridget Crocker on the Importance of Listening to the Voice of the Natural World

By Bridget Crocker | June 6, 2025

New Yorkers can meet the Moomins at a new exhibit. (And for everyone else, here's a sneak preview.)

New Yorkers can meet the Moomins at a new exhibit. (And for everyone else, here's a sneak preview.)

By Brittany Allen | June 5, 2025

Karen Leeder and Durs Grünbein have won the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize.

Karen Leeder and Durs Grünbein have won the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize.

By Literary Hub | June 5, 2025

The World is Alive; or, How Robert Macfarlane Came to Trust His Senses

The World is Alive; or, How Robert Macfarlane Came to Trust His Senses

Daegan Miller on the Beloved Nature Writer’s Latest Work

By Daegan Miller | June 5, 2025

There Are Too Many Books: What Happened to Publishing’s Summer Break?

There Are Too Many Books: What Happened to Publishing’s Summer Break?

Maris Kreizman Will Never, Ever Catch Up on Her Reading

By Maris Kreizman | June 5, 2025

Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? On <em>Notes to John</em> and the Selling of Didion’s Privacy

Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? On Notes to John and the Selling of Didion’s Privacy

Evelyn McDonnell Considers the Questions Answered—and Raised—by the Book

By Evelyn McDonnell | June 5, 2025

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