Kat Abughazaleh Swears by Octavia Butler on <em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em>

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Plus, Jonny Diamond reading “A Visit from St. Nicholas”!

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Two stories about three brothers you should check out this holiday season.

Two stories about three brothers you should check out this holiday season.

By James Folta | December 18, 2025

Burn Harry Burn: Reckoning With My <em>Harry Potter</em> Fandom as a Trans Person

Burn Harry Burn: Reckoning With My Harry Potter Fandom as a Trans Person

Sandy Ernest Allen Confronts J.K. Rowling’s Virulent Transphobia

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Hitler and My Mother-In-Law (and the Slippery Terrain of Truth)

Hitler and My Mother-In-Law (and the Slippery Terrain of Truth)

Terese Svoboda on What Happens When We Mix Personal Memories with Public Histories

By Terese Svoboda | December 18, 2025

An ode to the old-fashioned publishing holiday party, in photos.

An ode to the old-fashioned publishing holiday party, in photos.

By Brittany Allen | December 17, 2025

Meet the cool new magazine that’s taking the globe by storm.

Meet the cool new magazine that’s taking the globe by storm.

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Virginia Woolf Thought Katharine Mansfield Stank Like a “Civet Cat Taken to Streetwalking”

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How Ulysses Was Almost Banned By the State of New York

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On Henry David Thoreau’s Ultimate Instrument of Perception, the “Kalendar”

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How Jane Austen’s Family Nurtured Her Early Literary Endeavors

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Feeling Deep Sadness and Anger For Gaza

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These are the books New Yorkers checked out from the library the most this year.

These are the books New Yorkers checked out from the library the most this year.

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Take a Literary Pilgrimage to Jane Austen’s England

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Jen Percy Collects the Stories of Love and Sex Addicts While Reflecting On Her Own Romantic Experience

Jen Percy Collects the Stories of Love and Sex Addicts While Reflecting On Her Own Romantic Experience

On the Trauma That Can Underpin the Human Need For Connection

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