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How Oscar Wilde finally got his library card back.

How Oscar Wilde finally got his library card back.

130 years after the British Library revoked his card-carrying privileges, Wilde's grandson got his.

By Brittany Allen | October 20, 2025

Nothing is Promised: What Our Current Fragile Peace Reveals About the Forces of History

Nothing is Promised: What Our Current Fragile Peace Reveals About the Forces of History

Askold Melnyczuk Explores the Moral Questions Posed to Us In the Face of War and Violence

By Askold Melnyczuk | May 29, 2025

Do Not Obey in Advance: On the Importance of Mutual Aid in These Cruel American Times

Do Not Obey in Advance: On the Importance of Mutual Aid in These Cruel American Times

Lit Hub Editor in Chief Jonny Diamond Considers a Way Forward

By Jonny Diamond | November 8, 2024

Fire, Earth, Spring: Unity and Resistance in the Lands of SWANA

Fire, Earth, Spring: Unity and Resistance in the Lands of SWANA

Sahar Delijani on the Legacies of the Arab Spring

By Sahar Delijani | January 23, 2024

Ben Austen on the Un-American Injustices of the American Justice System

Ben Austen on the Un-American Injustices of the American Justice System

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 10, 2023

The Past Is Messy and Repeats Itself: The Trap of Fairytale Victory Endings in Historical Fiction

The Past Is Messy and Repeats Itself: The Trap of Fairytale Victory Endings in Historical Fiction

Allison Epstein on the Popularity of World War II Novels, Reform Movements, and Why We Need Historical Stories

By Allison Epstein | October 17, 2023

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On the Innocence of Anthony Broadwater (and Guilt of Alice Sebold)

By Steven Wright | December 22, 2021

Hope on Far Horizons: Rebecca Solnit on the Exoneration of Kevin Strickland

By Rebecca Solnit | December 21, 2021

How—and Why—America Criminalizes Poverty

How—and Why—America Criminalizes Poverty

Tony Messenger on a Neverending Cycle

By Tony Messenger | December 8, 2021

“Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves.” A Poem by J. Drew Lanham

“Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves.” A Poem by J. Drew Lanham

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By Emergence Magazine | July 26, 2021

On Working as a Black Journalist and an Advocate for the Black Lives Matter Movement

On Working as a Black Journalist and an Advocate for the Black Lives Matter Movement

Janna A. Zinzi on Justice, Censorship, and Activism

By Janna A. Zinzi | February 10, 2021

Martín Espada on Framing the Present Through the Lens of the Past

Martín Espada on Framing the Present Through the Lens of the Past

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By Peter Mishler | January 22, 2021

When Your Memoir Has the Word 'Rape' in the Title

When Your Memoir Has the Word 'Rape' in the Title

Michelle Bowdler on Writing the Word So Many People Won't Even Say

By Michelle Bowdler | November 16, 2020

Maaza Mengiste on How Writing and Justice Are Intertwined

Maaza Mengiste on How Writing and Justice Are Intertwined

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By The Quarantine Tapes | September 10, 2020

At the Black Lives Matter Protests in NYC: A Photo Essay

At the Black Lives Matter Protests in NYC: A Photo Essay

Rachel Cobb Documents 10 Days in the Streets of New York

By Rachel Cobb | June 18, 2020

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