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On Being a Poor Black Punk and Working at the Strand Bookstore

On Being a Poor Black Punk and Working at the Strand Bookstore

Patrick Dougher Shares a Post-Punk NYC Bildungsroman

By Patrick Dougher | May 9, 2025

Remembering Renay: On Growing Up With an Unforgettable Mother

Remembering Renay: On Growing Up With an Unforgettable Mother

With Humor and Love, Andy Corren Revisits a Childhood of Poverty, Paperbacks, and Poetry

By Andy Corren | January 16, 2025

Danielle Legros Georges on Docupoetics, the Nuances of Haiti, and Letter-Writing as Poetry

Danielle Legros Georges on Docupoetics, the Nuances of Haiti, and Letter-Writing as Poetry

The “Author of Three Leaves, Three Roots: Poems on the Haiti–Congo” Story in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | January 13, 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

How a Legacy of Poverty and Systematic Exclusion Created “White Trash” in America

How a Legacy of Poverty and Systematic Exclusion Created “White Trash” in America

Jaydra Johnson on the Intersections of Literature, Classism and Family History

By Jaydra Johnson | November 8, 2024

The Issues 2024: Going Deep on the Problem of Income Inequality

The Issues 2024: Going Deep on the Problem of Income Inequality

Introducing the First in a Series of In-Depth Looks at the Everyday Issues Facing Americans

By Literary Hub | October 8, 2024

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Class Defectors vs. Working Class Traitors: What JD Vance Could Learn From Édouard Louis and Annie Ernaux

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JD Vance is the Toxic Byproduct of America’s Obsession with Bootstrap Narratives

By Alissa Quart | July 18, 2024

“Intentional Neglect.” On the Creation of Nationalized Child Protection in Victorian England

By Heather Montgomery | May 8, 2024

A Struggle for Survival: Inside Mexico City’s Illegal Detox Centers

A Struggle for Survival: Inside Mexico City’s Illegal Detox Centers

Angela Garcia on Those Caught in the Crossfire of Mexico's Drug Wars

By Angela Garcia | May 2, 2024

Cutting Class: On the Myth of the Middle Class Writer

Cutting Class: On the Myth of the Middle Class Writer

Alissa Quart Reckons With the Precarity of the Writing Life

By Alissa Quart | April 15, 2024

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

Kelly E. Hill on Women Defying Societal Norms in the Nineteenth Century

By Kelly E. Hill | April 12, 2024

On Book Hoarding and the Perilous Paradox of Clutter

On Book Hoarding and the Perilous Paradox of Clutter

Vanessa Ogle Remembers Growing Up Among... Stuff

By Vanessa Ogle | January 29, 2024

Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

Considering Boom for Real: The Late-Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat While Walking Through Baltimore

By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | November 30, 2023

Approaching Social Repair in Appalachian Kentucky

Approaching Social Repair in Appalachian Kentucky

Seth D. Kaplan on the Necessity of Cultural Understanding When It Comes to Helping Distressed Neighborhoods

By Seth D. Kaplan | November 13, 2023

Legacies Both Ragged and Rich: Michelle Tea on Poverty and the American Family

Legacies Both Ragged and Rich: Michelle Tea on Poverty and the American Family

"Growing up within the poorer half of our country is my history."

By Michelle Tea | October 3, 2023

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