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How To Raise a Reader in an Age of Digital Distraction

How To Raise a Reader in an Age of Digital Distraction

Jessica Ewing on the Ways Parents Can Promote Thoughtful Technology Use and Sustainable Reading Habits

By Jessica Ewing | September 15, 2025

Sara Stridsberg on Reading Omar El Akkad Amidst the Serbian Protests

Sara Stridsberg on Reading Omar El Akkad Amidst the Serbian Protests

“I still take El Akkad’s book with me everywhere, holding it tight as if it can save my soul. It can’t.”

By Sara Stridsberg | September 15, 2025

“<i>BOY</i> COMING OUT <i>GAY</i> GOING FAR TO <i>LADY</i> WAY TO <i>QUEER</i>,” a Poem by Rickey Laurentiis

“BOY COMING OUT GAY GOING FAR TO LADY WAY TO QUEER,” a Poem by Rickey Laurentiis

From the Collection “Death of the First Idea”

By Rickey Laurentiis | September 15, 2025

Why There Can Be No Freedom in Iran Without Freedom For Women

Why There Can Be No Freedom in Iran Without Freedom For Women

Fatemeh Jamalpour and Nilo Tabrizy on How the Murder of Mahsa Jîna Amini Sparked a Revolution

By Fatemeh Jamalpour and Nilo Tabrizy | September 15, 2025

Pain as Progress: On Bodybuilding, Poetry and Transformation

Pain as Progress: On Bodybuilding, Poetry and Transformation

“Rupture is a prerequisite for reparation. Hurting couldn’t be avoided. Hurting was the point.”

By Isabella DeSendi | September 15, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | September 12, 2025

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

By Brittany Allen | September 12, 2025

Here’s the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction.

By Literary Hub | September 12, 2025

Travel Writing, Well-Designed Classics, and Setting to Sea on the Lit Hub Podcast

By The Lit Hub Podcast | September 12, 2025

Writer, Resistance Fighter, and Kafka’s First Translator: Milena Jesenská, Forgotten No More

Writer, Resistance Fighter, and Kafka’s First Translator: Milena Jesenská, Forgotten No More

Christine Estima on Breathing Fictional Life Into a Long-Overlooked Literary Figure

By Christine Estima | September 12, 2025

Getting to Know the Great John Prine

Getting to Know the Great John Prine

Tom Piazza on His Inspiring Encounters With a Folk-Country Icon

By Tom Piazza | September 12, 2025

“Love Your Neighbor as Yourself” Means Everyone—Including Immigrants, Migrants, and Refugees

“Love Your Neighbor as Yourself” Means Everyone—Including Immigrants, Migrants, and Refugees

John Fugelsang Debunks Christian Nationalism

By John Fugelsang | September 12, 2025

The Future (and Past) is Human (and Machine)

The Future (and Past) is Human (and Machine)

Alan Lightman and Martin Rees Explore How Science and Technology Have Shaped Our World—And What Comes Next

By Alan Lightman | September 12, 2025

Something to Celebrate: In Praise of Awards Season

Something to Celebrate: In Praise of Awards Season

Maris Kreizman on the Importance of Recognizing Art That Matters

By Maris Kreizman | September 11, 2025

Sally Mann on the Crushing, Lifelong Reality of Artistic Rejection

Sally Mann on the Crushing, Lifelong Reality of Artistic Rejection

“Just my life’s work there that you’re tossing around like scrap paper.”

By Sally Mann | September 11, 2025

How Adam Zagajewski “Accidentally“ Wrote the Definitive 9/11 Poem

How Adam Zagajewski “Accidentally“ Wrote the Definitive 9/11 Poem

Elaine L. Wang on “Try to Praise the Mutilated World”

By Elaine L. Wang | September 11, 2025

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