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Henry Louis Gates Jr. on What Makes a “Classic” African American Text

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on What Makes a “Classic” African American Text

“They reveal the human universal through the African American particular: All true art, all classics, do this.”

By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | January 31, 2023

Toni Morrison on Breathing Life into Clichés

Toni Morrison on Breathing Life into Clichés

"A cliché is a cliché because it’s worthwhile. Otherwise, it would have been discarded."

By Toni Morrison | January 13, 2023

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

From Nancy Pelosi’s Poetic Soul to Delia Owens’ Sordid Past

By Literary Hub | December 20, 2022

Alive at the End of the World in the Shape of Grief">Saeed Jones on Structuring <emAlive at the End of the World in the Shape of Grief">

Alive at the End of the World in the Shape of Grief">Saeed Jones on Structuring Alive at the End of the World in the Shape of Grief

Thresholds">In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | November 17, 2022

The Best American Novelist to Disappear (And Come Back) Twice

The Best American Novelist to Disappear (And Come Back) Twice

Helene Atwan on Working with Gayl Jones

By Helene Atwan | November 4, 2022

Toni Morrison will finally be on a U.S. stamp in 2023.

Toni Morrison will finally be on a U.S. stamp in 2023.

By Emily Temple | October 26, 2022

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Back to School for Everyone: The Literature of Obsession with Julia May Jonas

By Julia May Jonas | September 6, 2022

On the Historical Fiction That Lives in the Space Between History and Myth

By Phong Nguyen | September 1, 2022

Miss Chloe by A.J. Verdelle, Read by Bahni Turpin">Miss Chloe by A.J. Verdelle, Read by Bahni Turpin

By Behind the Mic | June 17, 2022

A Brutal—and True—Piece of Writing Advice from Toni Morrison

A Brutal—and True—Piece of Writing Advice from Toni Morrison

A. J. Verdelle Recalls a Memorable Q&A with an Iconic Writer

By A. J. Verdelle | May 12, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: Melissa Chadburn on the Books She’s Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: Melissa Chadburn on the Books She’s Reading Now and Next

The First in a New (at Lit Hub) Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | April 12, 2022

The Revelation of Reading Toni Morrison in Moscow

The Revelation of Reading Toni Morrison in Moscow

The Bluest Eye">Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry on the World Expanding Experience of The Bluest Eye

By Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry | March 21, 2022

No Place You’d Want to Go: On Writing About Flint

No Place You’d Want to Go: On Writing About Flint

Kelsey Ronan Considers the Stories of a Home That Broke Her Heart

By Kelsey Ronan | March 15, 2022

Censoring the American Canon: Farah Jasmine Griffin on Book Bans Targeting Black Writers

Censoring the American Canon: Farah Jasmine Griffin on Book Bans Targeting Black Writers

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 3, 2022

The Better Half? 7 Novels Told From Both Members of a Couple

The Better Half? 7 Novels Told From Both Members of a Couple

Robin Kirman on Books by Lauren Groff, Toni Morrison, and More

By Robin Kirman | February 18, 2022

Deeply Flawed Mother Figures of Literature: A Reading List

Deeply Flawed Mother Figures of Literature: A Reading List

Mary Kuryla Recommends Toni Morrison, Joy Williams, T Kira Madden, and Others

By Mary Kuryla | February 16, 2022

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