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Sewing as a Way to Shape the Future—and Survive the Present

Sewing as a Way to Shape the Future—and Survive the Present

Maddie Ballard on Using Sewing as
a Way to Look Forward

By Maddie Ballard | October 22, 2025

The Salvage

The Salvage

Anbara Salam

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 10, 2025

Great Disasters

Great Disasters

Grady Chambers

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 22, 2025

On Reckoning with Her Mother’s Silent Treatment

On Reckoning with Her Mother’s Silent Treatment

Jeannie Vanasco Considers the Punishment of Silence

By Jeannie Vanasco | September 8, 2025

On Discovering My Aunt Eleni’s Place in Queer Greek Literature

On Discovering My Aunt Eleni’s Place in Queer Greek Literature

Natalie Bakopoulos Shares Lessons From Translating Her Aunt’s Novel

By Natalie Bakopoulos | August 21, 2025

Wanting

Wanting

Claire Jia

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 1, 2025

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  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
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  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Ornament, Etiquette, Identity, Food: A Personal History of the Orange

By Katie Goh | May 7, 2025

Natalia Theodoridou on Unraveling a Short Story into a Novel

By Natalia Theodoridou | April 11, 2025

The Two Times You Meet the Devil: On Chance Encounters With the Everyday Strange

By A. Kendra Greene | March 21, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast:<br> Zando Buys Tin House, Villain Bracketology, and a Little Bit of Wonder

On the Lit Hub Podcast:
Zando Buys Tin House, Villain Bracketology, and a Little Bit of Wonder

Featuring Molly Stern, Masie Cochran, James Folta, Oliver Scialdone, Erika Swyler, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | March 14, 2025

Just a Little Blip: A Conversation with Sheila Heti

Just a Little Blip: A Conversation with Sheila Heti

Fiona Warnick Talks to the Author of “Alphabetical Diaries” About AI, Writing for Children, and the Negotiation of Public and Private Selves

By Fiona Warnick | February 24, 2025

How Walking Shaped Simone and Hélène de Beauvoir's Art and Thought

How Walking Shaped Simone and Hélène de Beauvoir's Art and Thought

Annabel Abbs-Streets on the Idiosyncratic Way the Beauvoirs Hiked Through the World

By Annabel Abbs | February 19, 2025

The Politics of Place: A Conversation Between Shze-Hui Tjoa and Farah Ali

The Politics of Place: A Conversation Between Shze-Hui Tjoa and Farah Ali

The Authors of “The Story Game” and “The River, The Town” Discuss Memory, c-PTSD, and the Ethics of Re-Imagining

By Shze-Hui Tjoa and Farah Ali | January 13, 2025

Masquerade

Masquerade

Mike Fu

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 1, 2024

Brittany Rogers on How Libraries Helped Her Feel Safe and Embrace Her Queerness

Brittany Rogers on How Libraries Helped Her Feel Safe and Embrace Her Queerness

The Author of “Good Dress” Explores Libraries as Spaces for Self-Growth for Her and the Next Generation

By Brittany Rogers | October 16, 2024

Ledia Xhoga on the Joy and Pain of Letting Go (of Half Your Novel)

Ledia Xhoga on the Joy and Pain of Letting Go (of Half Your Novel)

“If you wake up wanting to google sunk cost fallacy, have a serious think about your commitments.”

By Ledia Xhoga | August 23, 2024

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