Literature
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Lit Hub Weekly: August 3 – 7, 2026
Carly Mattox considers Jennette McCurdy’s Half His...
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It’s Ok to Judge a Book By Its Cover (It’s Impossi...
For a coterie of dandyish readers during the Victo...
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Finding My Place in NYC’s Black Punk Scene
Back in 1991, on the corner of Bleecker and Broadw...
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An Ode to Pro Wrestling, the Ultimate Underdog Sto...
People can be surprised when they hear that I wrot...
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How to Navigate Amazon’s E-Reader Monopoly
I made a promise to myself (and my partner) after ...
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Encountering the Ghost of Ted Hughes in His Childh...
During my tempestuous teenage years, I was attract...
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Why My 85-Year-Old Friend Has Devoted the Last Yea...
Joan is eighty-five years old, and I fell a little...
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Considering the Many Forms a Family Can Take in Ja...
Growing up, my mother and I often joked that I was...
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Writing a Novel and Hiking a Mountain Are Pretty S...
In July 2020 my twin sister Madelynn and I had dec...
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On the Poetics of Canine Narration
They tread a landscape existentially threatened by...
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10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read This August
From the hard, hard courts of professional tennis ...
3 days ago
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How Harlem and Jamaica Inspired the Music of Harry...
The cultivation of sweet-tasting foodstuffs has sh...
3 days ago
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Generational Storytelling: Writing For My Grandmot...
When my Icelandic grandmother, my amma, was in her...
3 days ago
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Beneath the Wallpaper: On Art, Photography and Hid...
From the linen a squall rises and the bones of Nor...
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Rumpelstiltskin is My Unlikely Writing Companion
A few years ago, scrolling through social media wh...
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