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Humanity’s Claustrophobia: How Technology and Globalization Created a World in Crisis

Humanity’s Claustrophobia: How Technology and Globalization Created a World in Crisis

Robert D. Kaplan Reflects on Globalization’s Shifting Definitions in the Age of Social Media

By Robert D. Kaplan | January 29, 2025

How an Obscure German Noblewoman Influenced the Way Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary

How an Obscure German Noblewoman Influenced the Way Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary

Biographer Ruth Franklin on the Value of a Careful Eye and Fresh Perspective

By Ruth Franklin | January 29, 2025

It's official: Research has found that libraries make everything better.

It's official: Research has found that libraries make everything better.

By James Folta | January 28, 2025

This is not a drill, folks. Indie bookstores can sell ebooks now.

This is not a drill, folks. Indie bookstores can sell ebooks now.

By Brittany Allen | January 28, 2025

How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

Dorian Lynskey on Pierrepoint B. Noyes, H.G. Wells, and the “Superweapons” of Early Science-Fiction

By Dorian Lynskey | January 28, 2025

What We Can Learn From a Dog’s Way of Looking At the World

What We Can Learn From a Dog’s Way of Looking At the World

Mark Rowlands on the Value of Appreciating Daily Life's Small Yet Significant Routines

By Mark Rowlands | January 28, 2025

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Sex, Love and Longing in 1970s Gay New York: Edmund White on His Past Lovers

By Edmund White | January 28, 2025

How Black and White America Reacted to Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

By Scott W. Stern | January 28, 2025

The Trump administration just scored a major goal for book bans. (Which it claims are a "hoax.")

By Brittany Allen | January 27, 2025

Lila Shapiro on the Allegations Against Neil Gaiman

Lila Shapiro on the Allegations Against Neil Gaiman

A Special Episode of “The Lit Hub Podcast”

By The Lit Hub Podcast | January 27, 2025

“Anarchism Means That You Should Be Free.” On the Literature of Liberation

“Anarchism Means That You Should Be Free.” On the Literature of Liberation

Ed Simon Considers the Life Alexander Berkman, Anarchist, Would-Be Assassin, and 19th-Century Luigi Mangione

By Ed Simon | January 27, 2025

<em>Severance</em> is a Realist Manifesto for the 21st Century

Severance is a Realist Manifesto for the 21st Century

Joel Cuthbertson on the Series’ Obsession with Emotional Reality

By Joel Cuthbertson | January 27, 2025

On Trying (and Really Failing) to Design My Own Book Cover

On Trying (and Really Failing) to Design My Own Book Cover

Mary Childs Considers the Virtues of Staying in Your Lane, Despite Her Passion for Graphic Design

By Mary Childs | January 27, 2025

Why Absolute Truth is Still Worth Pursuing In a Narrative-Driven World

Why Absolute Truth is Still Worth Pursuing In a Narrative-Driven World

Jay Nicorvo on Separating Fact From Perception While Writing a True Crime Memoir

By Jay Nicorvo | January 27, 2025

Jack Torrance and Me: On Writing and Self-Loathing in <em>The Shining</em>

Jack Torrance and Me: On Writing and Self-Loathing in The Shining

Maggie Su: "Just as part of Jack will always remain at the Overlook, my shadow is still part of me."

By Maggie Su | January 27, 2025

Aisha Gawad and Lisa Ko on What Really Happened at the Albany Book Festival

Aisha Gawad and Lisa Ko on What Really Happened at the Albany Book Festival

“In a time of genocide, who gets to be outraged? Who gets to be indulged, listened to, humanized, validated?”

By Fariha Róisín | January 27, 2025

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