WATCH: Rhett Miller Covers the Great American Songbook

WATCH: Rhett Miller Covers the Great American Songbook

Episode Seven of the Mighty SONG Writers Video Series

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2020

On Albery Allson Whitman, Radical Black Poet of the Reconstruction

On Albery Allson Whitman, Radical Black Poet of the Reconstruction

A 19th-Century Vision of Black and Native American Resistance

By Matt Sandler | September 9, 2020

Mychal Denzel Smith on Believing In a Future That Doesn't Sacrifice Lives to Pandemics

Mychal Denzel Smith on Believing In a Future That Doesn't Sacrifice Lives to Pandemics

From the Thresholds Podcast, Hosted by Jordan Kisner

By Thresholds | September 9, 2020

12 Books You Should Read<br> in September

12 Books You Should Read
in September

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2020

Is 2020 the Year Tech Companies Take Over the Global Economy?

Is 2020 the Year Tech Companies Take Over the Global Economy?

Sir Martin Sorrell in Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | September 9, 2020

The Magic of Everyday Life is Preserved in Ganda Folklore

The Magic of Everyday Life is Preserved in Ganda Folklore

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi on the Rich Oral Traditions
of Her People

By Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi | September 9, 2020

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Here's the longlist for this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen has just become the first Asian-American member of the Pulitzer Board.

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Would a TV show in which Shakespeare's characters all live in the same hotel be amazing or terrible?

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Carolyn Reidy will posthumously receive the National Book Foundation’s lifetime achievement award.

Carolyn Reidy will posthumously receive the National Book Foundation’s lifetime achievement award.

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Is Armie Hammer too sensual to play Maxim de Winter?

Is Armie Hammer too sensual to play Maxim de Winter?

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Playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar will be the next president of PEN America.

Playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar will be the next president of PEN America.

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Matthew Salesses: Holding it Together, Falling Apart

Matthew Salesses: Holding it Together, Falling Apart

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By Matthew Salesses | September 8, 2020

"Tall." Claudia Rankine on Privilege, Seen and Unseen

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By Claudia Rankine | September 8, 2020

Writing in the Edgelands: A Conversation Between Kerri Arsenault and<br> Elizabeth Rush

Writing in the Edgelands: A Conversation Between Kerri Arsenault and
Elizabeth Rush

“The intricate systems of reciprocity are gone.”

By Kerri Arsenault | September 8, 2020

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