Cult of the Cowboy: Inside the Toxic Adoration of an All-American Obsession

Rachel Wagner on Video Games, Violence and the Enduring Allure of the Vigilante Hero

February 26, 2025  By Rachel Wagner   Posted In  Features  Film and TV  News and Culture  Religion  Technology 
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More than Cosplaying the Past: Andrea Barrett on Learning to Write Fresh Historical Fiction

The Author of “Dust and Light” Shares Her Formative Influences for Using Fact in Fiction

February 26, 2025  By Andrea Barrett   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism 
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Matters of the Heart: On Daily Life With a Defective Yet Vital Organ

Jeffrey L. Kosky: "My heart was defecting—as if it were not really mine—and the defector threatened to tear me apart."

February 26, 2025  By Jeffrey L. Kosky   Posted In  Features  Health  Memoir  News and Culture 
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Lit From the Chocolate City: Ten Washington D.C Books That Aren’t About Politicians

Charlotte Taylor Fryar Recommends Edward P. Jones, Dinaw Mengestu, Morowa Yejidé, and More

February 26, 2025  By Charlotte Taylor Fryar   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
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The Rise of Ronald Reagan, a Product of California

Michael Hiltzik on the Early Career of the Actor-Cum-Politician Who Changed America

February 26, 2025  By Michael Hiltzik   Posted In  Biography  Features  History  News and Culture  Politics 
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An Invisibility Cloak of the Self: Jane Tara on Being Told She Was Going Blind in Her Forties

The Author of “Tilda Is Visible” Reflects on the World Before and After a Startling Vision Misdiagnosis

February 26, 2025  By Jane Tara   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Health  News and Culture  Science 
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The Boyhood of Cain

Michael Amherst

February 26, 2025  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel  Novels 
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Here’s the longlist for this year’s International Booker Prize.

February 25, 2025  By Brittany Allen   Posted In  Book News  Events  News and Culture  The Hub 
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Lit Hub Daily: February 25, 2025

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

February 25, 2025  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Lit Hub Daily 
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Meghan O’Rourke on the Glitzy Bits

In Conversation with Merve Emre on “The Critic and Her Publics”

February 25, 2025  By The Critic and Her Publics    Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation  Lit Hub Radio  Literary Criticism  The Critic and Her Publics 
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Tracing America’s Obsession With Conspiracy Theories Back to Its Founding

Andrew Lawler on the Revolutionary Roots of a Corrosive National Pastime

February 25, 2025  By Andrew Lawler   Posted In  Features  History  News and Culture  Politics 
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The Literary Favor Economy: In Praise of the Oft-Maligned Book Blurb

Ada Calhoun on Finding Community as a Professional Writer

February 25, 2025  By Ada Calhoun   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features 
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In Praise of Wonder Boys (Both the Book AND the Movie)

Ed Simon on Michael Chabon’s Iconic Campus Novel at 30

February 25, 2025  By Ed Simon   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Film and TV  Literary Criticism  News and Culture 
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On Being Mentored by a Chinese Woman Writer Who Lived a Thousand Years Ago

Wendy Chen Considers What Translating Li Qingzhao Taught Her About Her Own Work

February 25, 2025  By Wendy Chen   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  On Translation 
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Omar El Akkad on Genocide, Complicit Liberals, and the Terrible Wrath of the West

Dan Sheehan Talks to the Author of “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”

February 25, 2025  By Dan Sheehan   Posted In  Features  History  In Conversation  News and Culture  Politics 
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Non-Canon Compliant: In Praise of Classic Lit Fan Fiction

Allison Epstein Explores the Benefits of Creating Your Own Version of a Canonical Mainstay

February 25, 2025  By Allison Epstein   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism 
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Pistachio Kulfi Inspired by Asha Thanki’s A Thousand Times Before

From Last Year's “Table of Contents” Dinner

February 25, 2025  By Evan Hanczor   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Food  Literary Criticism 
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Omar El Akkad! Ada Calhoun! Joni Mitchell! 26 new books out today.

February 25, 2025  By Gabrielle Bellot   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists  The Hub 
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What You Make of Me

Sophie Madeline Dess

February 25, 2025  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel  Novels 
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Book ban boomerang: VP Vance’s book is caught up in military school “ideology” checks.

February 24, 2025  By James Folta   Posted In  Bookstores and Libraries  News and Culture  Politics  The Hub 
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