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The sunlight streaming through the arrival hall windows was a dirty gold the afternoon our flight from Paris landed.
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It was twilight. A horse approached, and from its speed it was clear that it intended to cross me. It wanted to leave Khanaqin as quick as possible and cross to Iran.
In lieu of flowers, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is accepting donations.
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen26 Aug 2026
In lieu of flowers, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is accepting donations. The queen is dead, long live the queen!
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Literary Hubby Ellen O'Connell Whittet26 Aug 2026
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Literary Hubby Catherine Lacey26 Aug 2026
Catherine Lacey on an Antifascist Classic of Catalan Literature In Praise of Montserrat Roig’s Goodbye Ramona, Translated by Megan Berkobien and María Cristina Hall Montserrat Roig’s 1972 classic...
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Literary Hubby Sarah Mesle26 Aug 2026
What Anne of Green Gables Reveals About White Girlhood Sarah Mesle Explores the Myths Behind the Power of White Femininity in 1980s America “How dare you!” Anne Shirley seethes.
Self-Mythologizing on the Radio: A Brief History of Audio Patriotism
Literary Hubby Sarah Montague26 Aug 2026
Self-Mythologizing on the Radio: A Brief History of Audio Patriotism In the Semiquincentennial Year, Sarah Montague Reflects on American Narratives It feels fitting, in the country’s...
7 Novels About Obsessive Athletes
Literary Hubby Drew Buxton26 Aug 2026
7 Novels About Obsessive Athletes Drew Buxton Recommends Julie Otskuka, Ashton Politanoff, Quan Barry, and More Accomplishment in sports, unlike in most other areas of life, is concrete...
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Literary Hubby Jessica Sequeira26 Aug 2026
Translation as a Journey: Jessica Sequeira on Vlady Kociancich’s The Eighth Wonder “Translation is a mutation of language, but not direct replication; something happens in the process that shifts...
The Anniversary
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The last time I saw my mother, she walked me to the door to say goodbye. Then, before closing it again, she waited until I disappeared down the funnel of the stairwell.
Everything we know (so far) about Billie Eilish’s Bell Jar.
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen25 Aug 2026
Everything we know (so far) about Billie Eilish’s Bell Jar. Earlier this year, we got wind that Billie Eilish—that reigning maestra of youthful melancholy—will star in a new film adaptation of...
Explore a rare collection of LGBTQ+ children’s books dating back to 1969.
Literary Hubby Brittany Allen25 Aug 2026
Explore a rare collection of LGBTQ+ children’s books dating back to 1969. The Mechanics’ Institute, one of the oldest cultural institutions on the West Coast, is now home to a thrilling archive of...
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Literary Hubby Brittany Allen25 Aug 2026
Here are the finalists for the 2026 Kirkus Prize. This morning, Kirkus Reviews announced the 18 finalists for the 2026 Kirkus Prize, which recognizes excellence in the categories of Fiction...
Lit Hub Daily: August 25, 2026
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Lit Hub Daily: August 25, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1900, Friedrich Nietzsche dies.
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Literary Hubby Julia Hass25 Aug 2026
Rachel Cusk, Liane Moriarty, Jill Lepore, and more: 20 new books out today! We’ve all been reading about it for months, and now finally it’s time to read the thing itself: Life of M by Rachel Cusk...
What Hieronymus Bosch’s Fantastical Tryptiches Reveal About the Artist’s Worldview
Literary Hubby Catherine Daunt25 Aug 2026
What Hieronymus Bosch’s Fantastical Tryptiches Reveal About the Artist’s Worldview Catherine Daunt on the Judgemental Christian Morality Underpinning the Dutch Painter’s Work While Giotto sought to...
What the World’s Nightscapes Reveal About Our Dependence on Artificial Light
Literary Hubby Sara B. Pritchard25 Aug 2026
What the World’s Nightscapes Reveal About Our Dependence on Artificial Light Sara B. Pritchard on the History and Future of Days and Nights Across the Globe An image of Earth at night as seen from...
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Literary Hubby Jared Huffman25 Aug 2026
On the Rise of White Christian Nationalism in the US Jared Huffman Chronicles the Evolution of Right-Wing Christianity, From the Moral Majority to MAGA UC Santa Barbara in the 1980s felt like the...
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Literary Hubby Matthew Neill Null25 Aug 2026
Data Centers: The Latest Thing to Destroy Beautiful West Virginia Matthew Neill Null on the Silicon Valley Greed Leaching Into Canaan Valley The data centers have been speaking to me lately, in the...
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Literary Hubby Antonella Anedda25 Aug 2026
A Poem by Antonella Anedda From the Collection Emerging from the Winter Sea Storditi dalla nostalgia, confusi dai sogni, con i teli da bagno pieni di vento, con la rapida incompleta visione di una...