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Eurydice at 18: On the Off-Broadway Revival of Sarah Ruhl’s Beloved Play

Eurydice at 18: On the Off-Broadway Revival of Sarah Ruhl’s Beloved Play

Pamela Newton Considers the Impact of the ur-Ruhl Production

By Pamela Newton | June 24, 2025

Inside Mexican Feminists’ Fight For Safe and Legal Abortion

Inside Mexican Feminists’ Fight For Safe and Legal Abortion

Rebecca Grant on the Battle for Reproductive Freedom in Latin America and Throughout the World

By Rebecca Grant | June 24, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Vulnerability

Mahmoud Khalil, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Vulnerability

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By Steven W. Thrasher | June 23, 2025

It Happened Here: Remembering One of America’s First Modern School Shootings, 50 Years Later

It Happened Here: Remembering One of America’s First Modern School Shootings, 50 Years Later

Sally Ventura Tells the Story of 1974’s Olean, New York High School Murders

By Sally Ventura | June 23, 2025

Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Benjamin Hale Remembers His Literary Mentor

By Benjamin Hale | June 23, 2025

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

The Dark Magic of Words: Why Fascism and Illiberalism Are So Seductive to Writers

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How Sex and the City Exemplifies Late 20th-Century Feminist Despair

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Warts and All: In Praise of the Unauthorized Biography

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On Egypt’s Unjust Incarceration of the Writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, and the Hunger Strike of Dr. Laila Soueif

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

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“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter

“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter

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On the Lit Hub Podcast: Book Bans in Llano County and Community Supported Lit Mags

featuring Leila Green Little, Anthony Aycock, Benjamin Davis, and Drew Broussard

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How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous

How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous

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How Edna Lewis Exemplified the Ethos of Queerness Throughout Her Life

How Edna Lewis Exemplified the Ethos of Queerness Throughout Her Life

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