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Here's Obama's 2025 summer reading list.

Here's Obama's 2025 summer reading list.

A "close" read of the president's beach reads.

By Brittany Allen | August 27, 2025

Zora Neale Hurston! The real-life Hester Prynne! Y2K! 27 new books out today.

Zora Neale Hurston! The real-life Hester Prynne! Y2K! 27 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 7, 2025

Rosarita

Rosarita

Anita Desai

By Lit Hub Excerpts | January 6, 2024

Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence and Partition

Indian Writers on 75 Years of Independence and Partition

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By Literary Hub | September 28, 2022

When Silence is Heard: Telling the Stories of Women During the Partition of India

When Silence is Heard: Telling the Stories of Women During the Partition of India

Melody Razak on the Testimonies That Survived

By Melody Razak | August 11, 2022

Writing My Own

Writing My Own "Indian-American Novel" Meant Looking to California

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