The Power of Absence: How Loss Can Help Fuel a Creative Life

The Power of Absence: How Loss Can Help Fuel a Creative Life

Sanam Mahloudji: “If I didn’t feel an absence or a sense of loss, there would be no need to write.”

By Sanam Mahloudji | March 25, 2025

A Black Avant-Garde: How Lorraine O’Grady’s Literary Artwork Fused Poetry and Politics

A Black Avant-Garde: How Lorraine O’Grady’s Literary Artwork Fused Poetry and Politics

Peter Trachtenberg Holds up the Frame to an Iconic Artist Who Redefined Being an Icon

By Peter Trachtenberg | March 25, 2025

Here are the winners of the 2025 Windham-Campbell Prizes.

Here are the winners of the 2025 Windham-Campbell Prizes.

By Literary Hub | March 24, 2025

A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>Little Blue Encyclopedia (For Vivian)</em> by Hazel Jane Plante

A Small Press Book We Love:
Little Blue Encyclopedia (For Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante

By Drew Broussard | March 24, 2025

What the Mysterious Mating Habits of an Enigmatic Species Reveal About the Secrets of Evolution

What the Mysterious Mating Habits of an Enigmatic Species Reveal About the Secrets of Evolution

Matt Ridley on the Paradoxical Pickiness of the Black Grouse

By Matt Ridley | March 24, 2025

How the Industrialization and Militarism of the Early 20th Century Helped Spread the Spanish Influenza

How the Industrialization and Militarism of the Early 20th Century Helped Spread the Spanish Influenza

Edna Bonhomme on the Public and Private Battles Waged Across Europe and the United States During the 1918 Flu Pandemic

By Edna Bonhomme | March 24, 2025

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Constructing Blackness: Reading My Identity in Maryse Condé’s “Segu”

By Mia Fowler | March 24, 2025

Little Meals for Little Ones: On the Joys of Sharing the Kitchen With Children

By Rose Carrarini and marissa-catherine carrarini | March 24, 2025

These are the things that are getting us through this week.

By Brittany Allen | March 21, 2025

A new study traces the history of Black American literary groups.

A new study traces the history of Black American literary groups.

By Brittany Allen | March 21, 2025

A Small Press Book We Love: </br><em>Loved and Missed</em> by Susie Boyt

A Small Press Book We Love:
Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt

By Julia Hass | March 21, 2025

<em>Lapham's Quarterly</em> is coming back.

Lapham's Quarterly is coming back.

By Emily Temple | March 21, 2025

New on the Lit Hub Podcast: Choosing the Books For <em>White Lotus</em> and Much More

New on the Lit Hub Podcast: Choosing the Books For White Lotus and Much More

Featuring Brittany K. Allen, Sophie Gee, Jonty Claypole, Josh Cook, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | March 21, 2025

The Reforestation of American Civic Life: What Publishing Can Do in the Face of the Trump

The Reforestation of American Civic Life: What Publishing Can Do in the Face of the Trump

Part Three of Josh Cook’s Series on the Challenges We Face

By Josh Cook | March 21, 2025

A Toxic Business: On America’s Practice of Shipping Its Trash to the Global South

A Toxic Business: On America’s Practice of Shipping Its Trash to the Global South

Alexander Clapp Explores the Dirty History and Lasting Impact of the International Waste Trade

By Alexander Clapp | March 21, 2025

How Service Workers Can Lead the Fight Against the Ruling Billionaire Class

How Service Workers Can Lead the Fight Against the Ruling Billionaire Class

Jodi Dean on the Provision of Universal Basic Services As a Key Component of a Post-Capitalist Future

By Jodi Dean | March 21, 2025

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