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Patricia Smith has won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement.

Patricia Smith has won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement.

By Snigdha Koirala | September 14, 2021

Jhumpa Lahiri's new book on translation will be published next spring.

Jhumpa Lahiri's new book on translation will be published next spring.

By Vanessa Willoughby | September 14, 2021

<em>New Yorker </em>editor calls out her own magazine for woeful record on diversity.

New Yorker editor calls out her own magazine for woeful record on diversity.

By Jonny Diamond | September 14, 2021

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Booker Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Booker Prize.

By Emily Temple | September 14, 2021

Mary Roach on Finding What’s Weird and Wild in Science Stories

Mary Roach on Finding What’s Weird and Wild in Science Stories

Also, How to Know When You’re Writing a Book

By Corinne Segal | September 14, 2021

Is the Original <em>Pinocchio</em> Actually About Lying and Very Long Noses?

Is the Original Pinocchio Actually About Lying and Very Long Noses?

John Hooper and Anna Kraczyna on the Italian Author Behind the Beloved (Pre-Disney) Children’s Tale

By John Hooper and Anna Kraczyna | September 14, 2021

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How Richard Wright Grappled with Behaviorism, Racism, and Trauma in Native Son

By George Makari | September 14, 2021

Dana Gioia on Why Ray Bradbury is So Essential

By Big Table | September 14, 2021

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

By Teddy Wayne | September 14, 2021

Why an Early Feminist Advocated for the Right to Divorce

Why an Early Feminist Advocated for the Right to Divorce

Puerto Rican Activist Luisa Capetillo on the Trap of Being a Mother “Who Knows How to Do It All”

By Luisa Capetillo | September 14, 2021

Water, Water Everywhere: Readings on Life’s Essential Ingredient

Water, Water Everywhere: Readings on Life’s Essential Ingredient

From Gilgamesh to Climate Science, Giulio Boccaletti Recommends Stories of Water

By Giulio Boccaletti | September 14, 2021

Edward Glaeser on the Evolution of City Life

Edward Glaeser on the Evolution of City Life

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 14, 2021

Azeem Azhar on Technology and the Exponential Gap

Azeem Azhar on Technology and the Exponential Gap

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 14, 2021

Read the 1985 comic strip that inspired the Bechdel Test.

Read the 1985 comic strip that inspired the Bechdel Test.

By Walker Caplan | September 13, 2021

One more reason Amazon’s almighty algorithm is bad for us.

One more reason Amazon’s almighty algorithm is bad for us.

By Jonny Diamond | September 13, 2021

This year, for the very first time, a poet is hosting the Met Gala.

This year, for the very first time, a poet is hosting the Met Gala.

By Emily Temple | September 13, 2021

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