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Why Philip Pullman’s Books Are More Important Than Ever in Speaking Truth to Power

Why Philip Pullman’s Books Are More Important Than Ever in Speaking Truth to Power

Aisling Walsh on the 30-Year Legacy of “His Dark Materials”

By Aisling Walsh | October 17, 2025

“How Living Are His Portraits of the Dead.” Toni Morrison on the Photography of James Van Der Zee

“How Living Are His Portraits of the Dead.” Toni Morrison on the Photography of James Van Der Zee

“The narrative quality, the intimacy, the humanity of his photographs are stunning.”

By Toni Morrison | October 17, 2025

On the Art (and Artifice) of the Miniature 

On the Art (and Artifice) of the Miniature 

For Amber Sparks the Dollhouse is a Whole World

By Amber Sparks | October 17, 2025

A Palestinian Daughter’s Search for Connection with Her Father, Her Past, and Her Homeland

A Palestinian Daughter’s Search for Connection with Her Father, Her Past, and Her Homeland

“I am homesick, whatever home means.”

By Mai Serhan | October 17, 2025

Singing For Freedom: How Those Fleeing Slavery Found New Lives in the North

Singing For Freedom: How Those Fleeing Slavery Found New Lives in the North

Tom Zoellner on the Role of Music and Faith in the Experiences of the Formerly Enslaved

By Tom Zoellner | October 17, 2025

A Peek into Stephen King’s Archive and Behind the <em>Best American</em> Curtain on <em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em>

A Peek into Stephen King’s Archive and Behind the Best American Curtain on The Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring Caroline Bicks, Jaime Green, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | October 17, 2025

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Biography of a Biographer: Searching For My Father on Mark Twain’s Farm

Biography of a Biographer: Searching For My Father on Mark Twain’s Farm

“He could not imagine then that I would write in order to find him.”

By Hester Kaplan | October 16, 2025

Anatomy of a Lynching: Racist Retribution in Owensboro, Kentucky

Anatomy of a Lynching: Racist Retribution in Owensboro, Kentucky

Sonya Lea Chronicles a Notorious Case of White Supremacist Violence in the American South

By Sonya Lea | October 16, 2025

What the Picture Knows: Books That Seamlessly Blend Text and Image

What the Picture Knows: Books That Seamlessly Blend Text and Image

Caleb Klaces on the Often-Overlooked Role of Photography in Works of Fiction

By Caleb Klaces | October 16, 2025

How Silicon Valley Became a Center of Reactionary, Anti-Democratic Politics

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Jacob Silverman on the Rise of Tech Authoritarianism in San Francisco

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Anna North Thinks About the Roman Empire All the Time

Anna North Thinks About the Roman Empire All the Time

The Author Explores How Learning Latin Helps Her Untangle History With the Present

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Eli Rallo Is Totally Fine—Until She’s Not

Eli Rallo Is Totally Fine—Until She’s Not

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Why is America’s First Great War of Empire Barely Remembered at Home?

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