Warts and All: In Praise of the Unauthorized Biography

Warts and All: In Praise of the Unauthorized Biography

Brendan O’Meara Offers Some Advice to Writers and Journalists Seeking to Go Beyond the Sanitized

By Brendan O’Meara | June 23, 2025

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

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

Margaret Busby on a Mother’s Hunger Strike for Her Imprisoned Son

By Margaret Busby | June 20, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | June 20, 2025

Here's what's making us happy <em> this </em> week.

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

By Brittany Allen | June 20, 2025

“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

From Kamila Shamsie’s English PEN Lecture

By Kamila Shamsie | June 20, 2025

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

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

By The Lit Hub Podcast | June 20, 2025

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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

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Standing Tall: On the Value and Importance of Women Who Take Up Space

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Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

Radha Vatsal on the Contemporary Echoes of Her Ancestor’s Groundbreaking 19th-Century Novel

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Here’s the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.

Here’s the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.

By Literary Hub | June 18, 2025

Welcome to Pensacola, Florida, America’s Book-Banning Capital

Welcome to Pensacola, Florida, America’s Book-Banning Capital

Ira Wells on the Emergence and Impact of a Powerful Political Movement In Service to Censorship

By Ira Wells | June 18, 2025

Why America Can’t Get Enough of <em>The Wizard of Oz</em>

Why America Can’t Get Enough of The Wizard of Oz

Hazel Gaynor Celebrates the Films, Prequels, Sequels, and More

By Hazel Gaynor | June 18, 2025

How a “Centuries-Old” Carpet Duped Art Dealers and Curators For Decades

How a “Centuries-Old” Carpet Duped Art Dealers and Curators For Decades

Dorothy Armstrong Explores the History of Real and Fake Antique Textiles, from Central Asia to Europe

By Dorothy Armstrong | June 18, 2025

Summers on the Forest: What It’s Like Training to Fight Wildfires

Summers on the Forest: What It’s Like Training to Fight Wildfires

Kelly Ramsey Recounts Her Early Days with the US Forest Service

By Kelly Ramsey | June 18, 2025

A Place of Rugged, Simple Beauty: One Summer in Rural Newfoundland

A Place of Rugged, Simple Beauty: One Summer in Rural Newfoundland

Robert Finch Recalls the Challenging Yet Rewarding Days Spent on Canada’s Rugged Atlantic Coast

By Robert Finch | June 18, 2025

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