The Goalposts Are Always Moving: What It Means to “Become” American

The Goalposts Are Always Moving: What It Means to “Become” American

Julissa Arce on the Futilities and Frustrations of Assimilation

By Julissa Arce | March 22, 2022

How Ancient Rome’s Descent Into Autocracy Mirrors the Fragility of Our Own Political Systems

How Ancient Rome’s Descent Into Autocracy Mirrors the Fragility of Our Own Political Systems

Barry Strauss on the Rise of Octavian, Julius Caesar’s Imperial Successor

By Barry Strauss | March 22, 2022

Lambda Literary cuts Lauren Hough from award shortlist because of “Twitter disputes.” 

Lambda Literary cuts Lauren Hough from award shortlist because of “Twitter disputes.” 

By Jonny Diamond | March 21, 2022

A Call to Southern Writers: Register People to Vote at Literary Events

A Call to Southern Writers: Register People to Vote at Literary Events

Read an Open Letter from Writers for Democratic Action

By Belle Boggs, Robin Davidson and Jill McCorkle | March 21, 2022

The Subtle Authoritarianism of Southeast Asia’s Wealthiest City-State

The Subtle Authoritarianism of Southeast Asia’s Wealthiest City-State

Jeevan Vasagar on Singapore’s Ongoing Suppression Dissent

By Jeevan Vasagar | March 21, 2022

Actually, here is the dumb book-adjacent discourse to waste your time on today.

Actually, here is the dumb book-adjacent discourse to waste your time on today.

By Jonny Diamond | March 18, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Neoliberal Pieties and Business School Empathy Aren’t Getting Us Out of This Mess

By Andrew Keen | March 18, 2022

Can Putin Risk a Nuclear War? Can the Rest of Us?

By Open Source | March 18, 2022

Telling the Story of (the Real) Greenwich Village

By Michele Herman | March 18, 2022

The Truth About Ukraine, From the Former US Ambassador in Ukraine

The Truth About Ukraine, From the Former US Ambassador in Ukraine

Steven Pifer in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | March 18, 2022

Why the Internet Is Not What You Think It Is

Why the Internet Is Not What You Think It Is

Justin E.H. Smith in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | March 18, 2022

The smallest library in Maine is stocking its shelves with banned books.

The smallest library in Maine is stocking its shelves with banned books.

By Walker Caplan | March 17, 2022

“War shortens the distance from person to person, from birth to death.” New Work by Ukrainian Poet Halyna Kruk

“War shortens the distance from person to person, from birth to death.” New Work by Ukrainian Poet Halyna Kruk

Translated by Amelia Glaser and Yuliya Ilchuk

By Literary Hub | March 17, 2022

How <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em> Mishandled Characters of Color

How Buffy the Vampire Slayer Mishandled Characters of Color

“Where the possibilities are endless, why wouldn’t you seize that opportunity?”

By Evan Katz | March 17, 2022

What an Ecofeminist Pioneer Can Teach Us Today

What an Ecofeminist Pioneer Can Teach Us Today

On Françoise d’Eaubonne's Radical Vision

By Myriam Bahaffou and Julie Gorecki | March 17, 2022

Scott Anderson on What Russia’s Wars in Chechnya Tell Us about the Invasion of Ukraine

Scott Anderson on What Russia’s Wars in Chechnya Tell Us about the Invasion of Ukraine

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 17, 2022

Page 87 of 228

  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member