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Mahmoud Khalil, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Vulnerability

Mahmoud Khalil, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Vulnerability

Steven W. Thrasher on Two Men Who Are Showing Us a Better Way

By Steven W. Thrasher | June 23, 2025

It Happened Here: Remembering One of America’s First Modern School Shootings, 50 Years Later

It Happened Here: Remembering One of America’s First Modern School Shootings, 50 Years Later

Sally Ventura Tells the Story of 1974’s Olean, New York High School Murders

By Sally Ventura | June 23, 2025

Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Benjamin Hale Remembers His Literary Mentor

By Benjamin Hale | June 23, 2025

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

Ed Simon Looks at Eduard Limonov, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Yukio Mishima, and Others

By Ed Simon | June 23, 2025

“Fidelity to Both Pleasure and Humiliation.” On M.F.K. Fisher’s Feminist Realism

“Fidelity to Both Pleasure and Humiliation.” On M.F.K. Fisher’s Feminist Realism

Klara Feenstra Considers the Legacy of “The Gastronomical Me”

By Klara Feenstra | June 23, 2025

How <em>Sex and the City</em> Exemplifies Late 20th-Century Feminist Despair

How Sex and the City Exemplifies Late 20th-Century Feminist Despair

Alice Bolin on the Possibilities and Pitfalls of Gender Relations Amidst Women’s Ongoing Struggle For Sexual Autonomy

By Alice Bolin | June 23, 2025

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Warts and All: In Praise of the Unauthorized Biography

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On Egypt’s Unjust Incarceration of the Writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, and the Hunger Strike of Dr. Laila Soueif

By Margaret Busby | June 20, 2025

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By James Folta | June 20, 2025

Here's what's making us happy <em> this </em> week.

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

By Brittany Allen | June 20, 2025

“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter

“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter

From Kamila Shamsie’s English PEN Lecture

By Kamila Shamsie | June 20, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Book Bans in Llano County and Community Supported Lit Mags

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Book Bans in Llano County and Community Supported Lit Mags

featuring Leila Green Little, Anthony Aycock, Benjamin Davis, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | June 20, 2025

How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous

How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous

Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott Explore the Reasoning Behind Some Very Well Known Pseudonyms

By Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott | June 20, 2025

How Edna Lewis Exemplified the Ethos of Queerness Throughout Her Life

How Edna Lewis Exemplified the Ethos of Queerness Throughout Her Life

John Birdsall on the Unconventional, Trailblazing Existence of an Icon of Southern Cooking

By John Birdsall | June 20, 2025

Standing Tall: On the Value and Importance of Women Who Take Up Space

Standing Tall: On the Value and Importance of Women Who Take Up Space

Jane Smiley in Conversation with Susan Swan, Author of “Big Girls Don’t Cry”

By Jane Smiley | June 20, 2025

Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

Radha Vatsal on the Contemporary Echoes of Her Ancestor’s Groundbreaking 19th-Century Novel

By Radha Vatsal | June 20, 2025

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