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    Astronomy

    The Humble Origins of the Man Who Discovered Dark Matter

    By John Johnson, Jr.  September 11, 2019
    Reading Women

    On Writing the Apocalypse Through a Crow’s Perspective

    By Reading Women  September 11, 2019
    Feminism

    Rebecca Fisseha on #MeToo in Ethiopia and Eritrea

    By Rebecca Fisseha  September 11, 2019
    The Spanish Civil War

    The Communist Plot to Assassinate George Orwell

    By Duncan White  September 10, 2019
    Math

    From the Ruins of Rome to the Invention of Perspective

    By Amir Alexander  September 10, 2019
    Wine

    A Working Night in the Life of a Poet-Turned-Sommelier

    By Rosie Schaap  September 10, 2019
    Identity

    Tash Aw: Living and Writing as a Divided Southeast-Asian

    By Tash Aw  September 10, 2019
    Legends

    On the Occasion of Margaret Atwood Day, Here Are Some Photos of Her Over the Years

    By Literary Hub  September 10, 2019
    Kashmir

    Under Siege: Mirza Waheed
    on Kashmir

    By Mirza Waheed  September 10, 2019
    The Hub

    Here’s the opening of Elena Ferrante’s next novel.

    By Emily Temple  September 9, 2019
    The Hub

    The first reviews of The Goldfinch are…not good.

    By Dan Sheehan  September 9, 2019
    The Hub

    Random House publisher Susan Kamil has died at the age of 69.

    By Emily Temple  September 9, 2019
    The Hub

    EXCLUSIVE COVER REVEAL: Becoming Duchess Goldblatt.

    By Literary Hub  September 9, 2019
    Writers in Conversation

    Lucy Ellmann, a Great American Novelist Hiding in Plain Sight

    By Lori Feathers  September 9, 2019
    Psychology

    Brief Interviews with Imaginary Friends (and the Kids Who
    Love Them)

    By J. Bradley Wigger  September 9, 2019
    War

    What Happened to the American Citizen-Soldier?

    By Steele Brand  September 9, 2019
    Feminism

    What Would All Right Feel Like? Honor Moore Tells
    Her Story

    By Honor Moore  September 9, 2019
    In Memoriam

    Mourning Paule Marshall, the Foremother Who Didn’t Always Love Me Back

    By Rosamond S. King  September 9, 2019
    Graphic Novels

    Graphic Novel: The True Story of Granny Lee Ok-sun

    By Keum Suk Gendry-Kim  September 9, 2019
    Criticism

    On Agatha Christie and the Dawn of a Post-Capitalist Era

    By Slavoj Žižek  September 9, 2019
    The Hub

    Emma Cline’s next book is a short story collection called Daddy, and it’s coming out soon.

    By Emily Temple  September 6, 2019
    The Hub

    Are you brave/desperate enough to try the Most Dangerous Writing App?

    By Jessie Gaynor  September 6, 2019
    The Hub

    Horse Girls, Degas, and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos: the most noteworthy book deals of the week.

    By Emily Temple  September 6, 2019
    Love

    The Editor of Modern Love on the Books That Taught Him About Love

    By Daniel Jones  September 6, 2019
    Literary Criticism

    The Writer Who Rejected the Black Literary Bourgeoisie

    By Ishmael Reed  September 6, 2019
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