The Mystery of Wallis Simpson’s Visit to Shanghai and Her Search for the Elusive “Hurry-Up” Divorce

The Mystery of Wallis Simpson’s Visit to Shanghai and Her Search for the Elusive “Hurry-Up” Divorce

Paul French Chronicles the Future Duchess of Windsor’s Sojourn in China

By Paul French | November 13, 2024

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Fictionalizing Family: On What’s True and What’s Invented About Our Origins

Linda Grant: “We are all made up of private family legends, we are all novels in the making.”

By Linda Grant | November 13, 2024

Marcia Bjornerud on the Persistence of Past Worlds on Earth

Marcia Bjornerud on the Persistence of Past Worlds on Earth

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By Emergence Magazine | November 13, 2024

Must the Professor Crusade? W. Ralph Eubanks on the Connection Between Black Writing and Black Resistance

Must the Professor Crusade? W. Ralph Eubanks on the Connection Between Black Writing and Black Resistance

“Books and stories can be a light that leads toward the pursuit of truth in what might be dark times.”

By W. Ralph Eubanks | November 12, 2024

Eve and Joan: Exploring the Tumultuous Friendship of LA’s Literary Ladies

Eve and Joan: Exploring the Tumultuous Friendship of LA’s Literary Ladies

Lili Anolik on the Irresistible Draw of Eve Babitz and Joan Didion, Two Iconic Chroniclers of California

By Lili Anolik | November 12, 2024

Witnesses to a Changing World: On the Longevity and Endurance of the Greenland Shark

Witnesses to a Changing World: On the Longevity and Endurance of the Greenland Shark

Katherine Rundell Considers the Near-Eternal Lives of These Enigmatic Deep Sea Creatures

By Katherine Rundell | November 12, 2024

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Julian Zabalbeascoa Explores His Family’s Experience of the Spanish Civil War Through Fiction

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Do Not Obey in Advance: On the Importance of Mutual Aid in These Cruel American Times

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Lit Hub Editor in Chief Jonny Diamond Considers a Way Forward

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Here's the winner of the 2024 American Library in Paris Book Award.

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What If the Covid Safety Net Had Been a Starting Point For Change?

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Steven W. Thrasher Looks Back at America’s Brief Experiment in True Government Care

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Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2024 Booker Prize.

Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2024 Booker Prize.

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Neal Stephenson Jumps From Speculative Fancy to Strange History

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Eric Olson Talks to the Author of “Polostan”

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