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

     
    By Brittany Allen  May 23, 2025
    The Hub

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

    By Brittany Allen  May 16, 2025
    The Hub

    The Sant Jordi NYC Festival of Books & Roses is bringing the Catalan celebration to America.

    By James Folta  April 23, 2025
    Travel

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

    By Sophy Roberts  April 22, 2025
    Immigrant Stories

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

    By Ana Hebra Flaster  April 22, 2025
    The Arctic

    Before It’s Too Late: Crossing the Northwest Passage in the Era of Climate Change

    By Mark Synnott  April 18, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    TV

    How Are the Books in The White Lotus Chosen? Meet the Man Who Picks Them

    By Brittany Allen  March 14, 2025
    The Hub

    All the literary adaptations at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

    By Brittany Allen  February 3, 2025
    The Hub

    Make 2025 the year you read more books in translation.

    By Brittany Allen  January 21, 2025
    The Hub

    The winners of the 2025 International Booker Prize are breaking boundaries.

    By Brittany Allen  May 22, 2025
    The Hub

    Say hello to your new favorite holiday—Plough Monday!

    By Brittany Allen  January 6, 2025
    Best of 2024

    Lit Hub’s 50 Noteworthy Nonfiction Books of 2024

    By Literary Hub  December 24, 2024
    The Hub

    Move over, Alexandria: A new exhibit features lost, imagined, and totally fake books.

    By Brittany Allen  December 16, 2024
    Food Writing

    Learning to Make the World’s Rarest Pasta

    Eliot Stein on the Secret of Sardinia's Su Filindeu Noodles

    By Eliot Stein  December 11, 2024
    The Hub

    Bernardine Evaristo is letting writers crash at her house for free.

    By Brittany Allen  October 25, 2024
    Recipes

    Heavenly Paella: Exploring a Unique Monastic Culinary Culture in the Mountains of Catalonia

    By Jody Eddy  October 21, 2024
    Exploration

    Himilco, Hanno, Faxian… And Other Early World Explorers Who Should Be More Famous

    By Matthew Lockwood  October 21, 2024
    Traveling

    The Original Eurotrip: How the Grand Tour Shaped Generations of 19th-Century Elites

    Steve Burgess on a Beloved Traditional Pastime of the Young and Generationally Wealthy

    By Steve Burgess  October 18, 2024
    Grants

    To Fund, or Not to Fund: On Redefining What Type of Work Is Grant-Worthy

    By Marian Crotty  October 17, 2024
    The Hub

    Little Free Library has a new map to help places hit hardest by book bans.

    By James Folta  September 5, 2024
    The Hub

    The coolest bookstore bars in America.

    By Brittany Allen  August 16, 2024
    Road Trips

    A Literary Road Trip Across America

    Where to Go and What to Read There

    By Literary Hub  August 14, 2024
    Protest

    When the Best Possible Story is Right Outside Your Door

    By Nathan Deuel  August 9, 2024
    Twitterverse

    10 reasons to love James Baldwin, in honor of his 100th birthday.

    By Brittany Allen  August 2, 2024
    Culinary History

    Sweet Yet Versatile: In Praise of the Magnificent Melon

    By Caroline Eden  January 17, 2025
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