A brief literary history of May Day.

A brief literary history of May Day.

Happy International Worker's Day!

By Brittany Allen | May 1, 2025

Why Lit Hub is no longer on Twitter

Why Lit Hub is no longer on Twitter

By Jonny Diamond | May 1, 2025

Darkest Nights: On the Literal Dreams of German Jews During Hitler’s Rise to Power

Darkest Nights: On the Literal Dreams of German Jews During Hitler’s Rise to Power

Zoe Roth Puts Charlotte Beradt’s “The Third Reich of Dreams” in the Context of Our Current Reality

By Zoe Roth | April 30, 2025

Elon Musk Just Doesn’t Understand the Sci-Fi Visions of Iain M. Banks

Elon Musk Just Doesn’t Understand the Sci-Fi Visions of Iain M. Banks

Tobias Carroll on When Bad Fans Happen to Good Books

By Tobias Carroll | April 30, 2025

Another reason to love Pedro Pascal? He called J.K. Rowling a

Another reason to love Pedro Pascal? He called J.K. Rowling a "heinous loser."

Cheers to the only Minister of Magic we recognize.

By Brittany Allen | April 28, 2025

Uncovering the Forgotten: The Struggle For Trans History, From Nazi Germany to Today

Uncovering the Forgotten: The Struggle For Trans History, From Nazi Germany to Today

Milo Todd on Writing Historical Fiction in an Era of Alternative Facts

By Milo Todd | April 28, 2025

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By Gabrielle Bellot | April 25, 2025

From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and Autocracy

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Time to re-read The Masses, the 1910s literary magazine crushed by government censorship.

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What if the final meeting between V.P. Vance and Pope Francis took place in a Dan Brown novel?

What if the final meeting between V.P. Vance and Pope Francis took place in a Dan Brown novel?

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Following in Elephants’ Footsteps: Packing for a Congo Expedition in the 1800s, and Now

Following in Elephants’ Footsteps: Packing for a Congo Expedition in the 1800s, and Now

Sophy Roberts Examines the Travelogues and Expeditions of Nineteenth-Century Europeans

By Sophy Roberts | April 22, 2025

The Quiet Trauma of the Uprooted: Confronting the Origin Myths of Cuban Refugee Families

The Quiet Trauma of the Uprooted: Confronting the Origin Myths of Cuban Refugee Families

Ana Hebra Flaster on an Immigrant Family’s Reckonings in a New Country

By Ana Hebra Flaster | April 22, 2025

Words as Borders, Weapons, Traps: Sarah Aziza on Being a Palestinian Writer Today

Words as Borders, Weapons, Traps: Sarah Aziza on Being a Palestinian Writer Today

The Author of “The Hollow Half” Explores Language, Silence, and Being

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Lydia Kiesling on Refusing to Speak at an Anti-Trans University

Lydia Kiesling on Refusing to Speak at an Anti-Trans University

“There is no way to play three-dimensional chess with bigots.”

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Copaganda on the News: On the Crucial Stories the Media Ignores

Copaganda on the News: On the Crucial Stories the Media Ignores

Alec Karakatsanis Calls Out the News Cycle’s Focus on Petty Theft Rather than Its Root Causes

By Alec Karakatsanis | April 18, 2025

How the Child Welfare System Prioritizes Autonomous Family Units, and Punishes Disabled Parents

How the Child Welfare System Prioritizes Autonomous Family Units, and Punishes Disabled Parents

Jessica Slice Explores the Challenges—and Disastrous Consequences—of Parenting in an Ableist System

By Jessica Slice | April 18, 2025

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