Literary Hub » power

Tyranny as Tragedy: On <em>King Lear</em>, Maoist China and the Unpredictable Nature of Power

Tyranny as Tragedy: On King Lear, Maoist China and the Unpredictable Nature of Power

Nan Z. Da Explores the Similarities Between Shakespeare’s Play and 20th-Century Totalitarian Reality

By Nan Z. Da | June 10, 2025

You Don’t Have to Believe in God to Find Hope in Pope Leo

You Don’t Have to Believe in God to Find Hope in Pope Leo

“A world without hope is a world on the brink. And we are teetering.”

By Aron Solomon | May 9, 2025

Rebecca Solnit: The Loneliness of <br>Donald Trump

Rebecca Solnit: The Loneliness of
Donald Trump

On the Corrosive Privilege of the Most Mocked Man in the World

By Rebecca Solnit | May 31, 2024

Class, Power, and Murder on the Emerald Isle: The Case of Malcolm Macarthur

Class, Power, and Murder on the Emerald Isle: The Case of Malcolm Macarthur

Mark O’Connell Investigates the Crimes and the Killer That Defined a Generation

By Mark O’Connell | June 27, 2023

Mirror, Mirror: On the Intersection of Beauty, Power, and Motherhood

Mirror, Mirror: On the Intersection of Beauty, Power, and Motherhood

From Mona Awad's Forthcoming Novel Rouge

By Mona Awad | May 12, 2023

James Stewart Talks Redstone Family Drama and Boardroom Backstabbing

James Stewart Talks Redstone Family Drama and Boardroom Backstabbing

In Conversation with Roxanne Coady on Just the Right Book

By Just the Right Book | February 23, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

How Silicon Valley Conquered the Post-Cold War Consensus

By Alex Williams and Jeremy Gilbert | September 1, 2022

Power That Creates Ideal Futures and Shapes Current Realities: A Reading List of Political Imaginaries

By Eve Fairbanks | July 28, 2022

Nobody’s in Charge: Life in the Un-Orwellian Future

By Andrew Keen | May 13, 2022

Parenting 101: Does “Because I Said So” Ever Really Work?

Parenting 101: Does “Because I Said So” Ever Really Work?

Scott Hershovitz on Figuring Out Power and Authority with Kids

By Scott Hershovitz | May 4, 2022

Who Really Runs the World? On Power and How<br> We Perceive It

Who Really Runs the World? On Power and How
We Perceive It

The Host of Keen On Wonders Why We Don’t Like to Talk About Our Own Power

By Andrew Keen | March 11, 2022

Danielle Evans on Writing Into Power Dynamics

Danielle Evans on Writing Into Power Dynamics

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 21, 2020

Maaza Mengiste on How Writing and Justice Are Intertwined

Maaza Mengiste on How Writing and Justice Are Intertwined

From the Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengraber

By The Quarantine Tapes | September 10, 2020

How Capitalism Created Sexual Dysfunction

How Capitalism Created Sexual Dysfunction

On the Commodification of Good Sex

By JoAnn Wypijewski | June 3, 2020

The Trials of Jared K.

The Trials of Jared K.

At the Podium With the First Son-in-Law

By Robert Cohen | April 22, 2020

Dina Nayeri on Returning to the Hotel-Turned-Refugee-Camp of Her Childhood

Dina Nayeri on Returning to the Hotel-Turned-Refugee-Camp of Her Childhood

"To this day, the name Hotel Barba fills me with dread and nostalgia."

By Dina Nayeri | September 11, 2019

Page 1 of 3