What the Eruption of Mt. St. Helens Can Teach Us About Real-Time Disasters

What the Eruption of Mt. St. Helens Can Teach Us About Real-Time Disasters

Ruby McConnell on Catastrophe’s Hard-Earned Lessons

By Ruby McConnell | June 15, 2021

The Long and Abundant History of Britain and Its Gardens

The Long and Abundant History of Britain and Its Gardens

Sir Roderick Floud on the Books That Built an Industry and a Nation’s Passion

By Roderick Floud | June 15, 2021

Bryan Burrough on the Texas Creation Myth and the Real Story of the Alamo

Bryan Burrough on the Texas Creation Myth and the Real Story of the Alamo

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | June 15, 2021

On Deciding to Tell My Story in a Novel Instead of a Memoir

On Deciding to Tell My Story in a Novel Instead of a Memoir

Brittany Ackerman on the Craft of Truth and Memory

By Brittany Ackerman | June 15, 2021

Join Lit Hub & the Royal Society of Literature in celebrating Dalloway Day on June 16th!

Join Lit Hub & the Royal Society of Literature in celebrating Dalloway Day on June 16th!

By Literary Hub | June 14, 2021

Watch this never-aired ABC television profile of James Baldwin.

Watch this never-aired ABC television profile of James Baldwin.

By Walker Caplan | June 14, 2021

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Sinéad O’Connor on Discovering Van Morrison in Her Lonely Early Days in London

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How the Xenophobic Legacy of Ebola Shaped America’s Fear and Denial of COVID-19

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Jews in Space: On the Unsung History of Jewish Writers and the Birth of Science Fiction

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Up in Smoke: On Death, Identity, and a Flammable Childhood in Nigeria

Up in Smoke: On Death, Identity, and a Flammable Childhood in Nigeria

Akwaeke Emezi Considers Growing Up in the Town of Aba and the Darkness That Dwells in Memory

By Akwaeke Emezi | June 14, 2021

How—and Why—Americans Become Susceptible to the Toxic Allure of Cults

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Dr. Kate Gale Talks to Amanda Montell, Author of Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

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How Stories Change When They Move From Page to Voice

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Laura Lindstedt on the Different Ways We Read a Book

By Laura Lindstedt, translated by David Hackston | June 14, 2021

The Radical Sensibility Behind the Federal Writers' Project

The Radical Sensibility Behind the Federal Writers' Project

Scott Borchert on Founding Director Henry Alsberg

By Scott Borchert | June 14, 2021

The Painful Compromise of Chasing Artistic Dreams in Putin’s Russia

The Painful Compromise of Chasing Artistic Dreams in Putin’s Russia

Joshua Yaffa in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Folk Singer Sam Lee on Collaborating with Nightingales

Folk Singer Sam Lee on Collaborating with Nightingales

In Conversation with Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on the Emergence Magazine Podcast

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Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

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