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Taking Center Stage: Eight Novels That Celebrate Black Performance

Taking Center Stage: Eight Novels That Celebrate Black Performance

Lauren Morrow Recommends Percival Everett, Zadie Smith, Nicole Cuffy, and More

By Lauren Morrow | September 9, 2025

Una Cultura en Juego: Identity, Erasure and Language in America Today

Una Cultura en Juego: Identity, Erasure and Language in America Today

Natalie Guerrero: “All these years I’ve been asking the wrong question, and what I wake up with today is another one burning inside me”

By Natalie Guerrero | July 28, 2025

Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Neither Plot Nor Character, But... Something Else? Ten Novels with Mind-Blowing Structures

Lincoln Michel Recommends Alejandro Zambra, Renee Gladman, Percival Everett and More

By Lincoln Michel | May 13, 2025

Words as Borders, Weapons, Traps: Sarah Aziza on Being a Palestinian Writer Today

Words as Borders, Weapons, Traps: Sarah Aziza on Being a Palestinian Writer Today

The Author of “The Hollow Half” Explores Language, Silence, and Being

By Sarah Aziza | April 22, 2025

Between the Lines: What Is Missing in the Diversity in Publishing Discourse

Between the Lines: What Is Missing in the Diversity in Publishing Discourse

Thomas Gebremedhin Considers Text and Subtext in the Publishing Industry

By Thomas Gebremedhin | September 17, 2024

Your Literary Guide to the 2024 Oscars

Your Literary Guide to the 2024 Oscars

Ryan Coleman on This Year’s Academy Award Nominees for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay

By Ryan Coleman | March 4, 2024

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By Literary Hub | December 22, 2023

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By Olivia Rutigliano | December 15, 2023

Literary Highlights from the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival

Literary Highlights from the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival

Wildcat, Gonzo Girl, American Fiction, and More">Elissa Suh Reviews Wildcat, Gonzo Girl, American Fiction, and More

By Elissa Suh | September 22, 2023

Toward Black Wonder: How Nicole Sealey Makes Erasure a New Way of Seeing

Toward Black Wonder: How Nicole Sealey Makes Erasure a New Way of Seeing

Ferguson Report: An Erasure">Safiya Sinclair on Ferguson Report: An Erasure

By Safiya Sinclair | September 6, 2023

Excavating Dora Maar: On the Afterlives of Art History's Forgotten Women

Excavating Dora Maar: On the Afterlives of Art History's Forgotten Women

Anne Boyd Rioux Considers How We Tell the Stories of Picasso’s Mistresses

By Anne Boyd Rioux | July 26, 2023

The Old Becomes the New: Lawrence Sutin on the Art of Transforming Books

The Old Becomes the New: Lawrence Sutin on the Art of Transforming Books

“The freedom of erasure is its greatest allure.”

By Lawrence Sutin | July 17, 2023

How Black Writers Capture the Comedy and Dark Absurdity of Life in America

How Black Writers Capture the Comedy and Dark Absurdity of Life in America

Mat Johnson, and More">Keenan Norris Recommends Paul Beatty, Fran Ross,
Mat Johnson, and More

By Keenan Norris | June 22, 2021

Love, Death, and the Birds of Terry Tempest Williams

Love, Death, and the Birds of Terry Tempest Williams

Randon Billings Noble: What of the Raven, What of the Dove?

By Randon Billings Noble | July 24, 2019

Forgiving the Unforgivable: Geronimo's Descendants Seek to Salve Generational Trauma

Forgiving the Unforgivable: Geronimo's Descendants Seek to Salve Generational Trauma

Ceremonia del Perdón">Traveling to the Heart of Mexico for a Ceremonia del Perdón

By Anna Badkhen | November 21, 2017

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