How Edna Lewis Exemplified the Ethos of Queerness Throughout Her Life

John Birdsall on the Unconventional, Trailblazing Existence of an Icon of Southern Cooking

June 20, 2025  By John Birdsall   Posted In  Biography  Features  Food  History  News and Culture 
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Standing Tall: On the Value and Importance of Women Who Take Up Space

Jane Smiley in Conversation with Susan Swan, Author of “Big Girls Don’t Cry”

June 20, 2025  By Jane Smiley   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation  Memoir 
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Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

Radha Vatsal on the Contemporary Echoes of Her Ancestor’s Groundbreaking 19th-Century Novel

June 20, 2025  By Radha Vatsal   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  History  Literary Criticism  News and Culture 
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Hot, Moist, Hydrofeminist: Seven Sapphic Books with Themes of Water and Fludity

Siouxzi Connor Recommends Dylin Hardcastle, Julia Armfield, Sophie Mackintosh, and More

June 20, 2025  By Siouxzi Connor   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
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UnWorld

Jayson Greene

June 20, 2025  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel  Novels 
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Geoff Dyer on Homework and Play

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

June 20, 2025  By Fiction Non Fiction   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Fiction/Non/Fiction  In Conversation  Lit Hub Radio  Literary Criticism 
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Kimberly Farr on Her Golden Voice

in conversation with AudioFile's Jo Reed

June 20, 2025  By Behind the Mic    Posted In  Behind the Mic  Features  Lit Hub Radio 
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Here’s the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.

June 18, 2025  By Literary Hub   Posted In  Book News  News and Culture  The Hub 
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June 18, 2025  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Lit Hub Daily 
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Why Read: Seven Books About Our Passion and Need for Reading

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June 18, 2025  By Donna Seaman   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
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“I Feed on Queer Literature.” Michelle Tea on Her Ten Favorite Gay Books

“Why are so many people afraid of questions?”

June 18, 2025  By Michelle Tea   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
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Welcome to Pensacola, Florida, America’s Book-Banning Capital

Ira Wells on the Emergence and Impact of a Powerful Political Movement In Service to Censorship

June 18, 2025  By Ira Wells   Posted In  Bookstores and Libraries  News and Culture  Politics 
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Why America Can’t Get Enough of The Wizard of Oz

Hazel Gaynor Celebrates the Films, Prequels, Sequels, and More

June 18, 2025  By Hazel Gaynor   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Film and TV  Literary Criticism 
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How a “Centuries-Old” Carpet Duped Art Dealers and Curators For Decades

Dorothy Armstrong Explores the History of Real and Fake Antique Textiles, from Central Asia to Europe

June 18, 2025  By Dorothy Armstrong   Posted In  Design  Features  History  News and Culture 
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Less Matters More: Joanna Walsh on the Expansive Possibilities of the Short Story

“The memory of these fragments is always created, as a matter of reconstruction. And creation is always hope.”

June 18, 2025  By Joanna Walsh   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism 
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Summers on the Forest: What It’s Like Training to Fight Wildfires

Kelly Ramsey Recounts Her Early Days with the US Forest Service

June 18, 2025  By Kelly Ramsey   Posted In  Climate Change  Features  Memoir  News and Culture 
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A Place of Rugged, Simple Beauty: One Summer in Rural Newfoundland

Robert Finch Recalls the Challenging Yet Rewarding Days Spent on Canada’s Rugged Atlantic Coast

June 18, 2025  By Robert Finch   Posted In  Features  Memoir  Nature  News and Culture  Travel 
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Sigrid Nunez on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

June 18, 2025  By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast    Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation  Lit Hub Radio  Literary Criticism  Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast 
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The Scrapbook

Heather Clark

June 18, 2025  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel  Novels 
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Nicholson Baker on the Unsung Pleasures of the World

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

June 18, 2025  By Thresholds    Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation  Lit Hub Radio  Literary Criticism  Thresholds 
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