Did Shakespeare Write Hamlet While He Was Stoned?

Sam Kelly Explores the Potential Influence of Cannabis on the Bard’s Prolific Literary Output

July 8, 2025  By Sam Kelly   Posted In  Biography  Features  History  Literary Criticism  News and Culture 
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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Maris Kreizman, Claire Jia, Lawrence Burney, and More

July 8, 2025  By Teddy Wayne   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation  Literary Criticism 
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Dante! Secret societies! America’s Next Top Model! 20 new books out today.

July 8, 2025  By Gabrielle Bellot   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists  The Hub 
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Birth of the Jailhouse Lawyer: How Inmate Counsel Saves Prisoners’ Lives

Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull on William “Joe Writs” Johnson, Law Libraries, and a Constitutional Battle

July 8, 2025  By Literary Hub   Posted In  Features  History  Politics 
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Croatia as a Character? Lidija Hilje on Trying—and Failing—to Write a Universal Story

“Even though I did my best to tune out Croatia, this proved to be an impossible task.”

July 8, 2025  By Lidija Hilje   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features 
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“Ghosts“

Aysegül Savas

July 8, 2025  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  Short Stories  Short Story 
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No Translation, No Problem:
The Joys of Reading a Book Containing Multiple Languages

Rachel Ashcroft on the Benefits of Letting the Words Wash Over You

July 7, 2025  By Rachel Ashcroft   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  On Translation 
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Lit Hub Daily: July 7, 2025

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

July 7, 2025  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Lit Hub Daily 
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On Killing a Coyote

“We see ourselves in the predators of the wild; to eat a coyote would feel like an act of cannibalism.”

July 7, 2025  By Helen Whybrow   Posted In  Memoir  Nature  News and Culture 
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How Much is Too Much? On Bearing Witness to Violence in the Digital Age

Will Potter Considers the Psychological and Social Impact of the (Over) Saturation of Cruelty in the Contemporary Era

July 7, 2025  By Will Potter   Posted In  Features  News and Culture  Politics  Technology 
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Dancing with Frank O’Hara: How Lunch Dances Breaks the Library’s Sacred Silence

Brian Schaefer on Monica Bill Barnes and Robbie Saenz de Viteri’s Immersive Dance-Theater Performance

July 7, 2025  By Brian Schaefer   Posted In  Events  Features  Music  News and Culture 
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On America’s First Highway: Preparing For a Trip Along the Great Wagon Road

James Dodson Explores the History and Legacy of Early Colonial Expansion

July 7, 2025  By James Dodson   Posted In  Features  History  Memoir  News and Culture  Travel 
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Vera, or Faith

Gary Shteyngart

July 7, 2025  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel  Novels 
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Andrew Porter on What Unites His Work

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

July 7, 2025  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing    Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing  In Conversation  Lit Hub Radio 
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Prabal Gurang on Why No Outside Validation Is Needed

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

July 7, 2025  By Memoir Nation    Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Lit Hub Radio  Memoir Nation 
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Lit Hub Weekly: June 30 – July 4, 2025

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July 5, 2025  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Lit Hub Daily 
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This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

July 3, 2025  By James Folta   Posted In  News and Culture  The Hub 
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Here’s everything that made us happy this week.

July 3, 2025  By Brittany Allen   Posted In  Events  Food  Music  Nature  Sports  Style  Technology  The Hub 
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Lit Hub Daily: July 3, 2025

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July 3, 2025  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Lit Hub Daily 
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Five Experimental Anti-Novels That Break the Form (Beautifully)

Dan Leach Recommends Michael Bible, Maggie Nelson, Haruki Murakami, and More

July 3, 2025  By Dan Leach   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
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