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Intimacy as Art: André Aciman on Eric Rohmer’s Élisabeth

“Rohmer’s characters... could all be on time-out and exist on an entirely different planet... But be under no illusion; it is still our world.”
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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Rachel Aviv, Daniel Mason, David Thompson, and More
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If Rachel Aviv Weren’t a Writer, She’d Be a Psychologist

The Author of You Won’t Get Free of It Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire
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How Jane Austen Blew a Hole Through the Romance Genre She Created

Catherine Cliff on Austen‘s Third Model of Spinsterhood: Being a Self-Made Woman

The Cell Phone Novel Craze of Early 2000s Japan Did Not, in Fact, Destroy Literature

By Nicole Blackwood

“A Person Should Be in Love Most of the Time.” An[other] Ode to Grace Paley

By Moriel Rothman-Zecher

When Someone Wants to Publish Your Correspondence With a Famous Writer

By Alice Mattison

Stealing Time: In Praise of Writing at Dawn, at Midnight or Whenever We Can

By Sara Lippmann

Quietly Flamboyant: In Praise of Sober Queerness

By Jack Parlett

David Baerwald on Taking Writing Lessons from Hans Zimmer

By David Baerwald

Elves Against Capitalism: How the Earth Liberation Front Came to America

By Matthew Wolfe

From Stalin to Trump, How Power Unmakes the World

By Megan Marshall

Battle of the Aussie Snake Men: Charles Underwood vs. Joseph Shires

By Zach St. George

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“Boardinghouse With No Visible Address,” a Poem by Franz Wright

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Remembering Tom Stoppard:
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By Maris Kreizman

The Satire and Style of Vanity Fair is as Relevant as Ever

By Roshan Sethi

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The World’s Languages Are in the Middle of an Extinction-Level Event

By Sophia Smith Galer

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What Has Gabino Iglesias Been Reading in 2026?

By Gabino Iglesias

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The Unexpected Joys of a Geriatric Debut

By Donovan McAbee

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10 Great New Children’s Books Out in July 2026

By Caroline Carlson

A Constitutional Question: Do American Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?

By Jill Lepore

What to Do When Your Activism Leads to Threats From the Powerful

By Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer

Natalie Adler Talks to Sarah Schulman About AIDS History and Dykes Around Town

By Sarah Schulman

Will “American” Ever Be a Fully Distinct Language of Its Own?

By Ed Simon

Why Soledad Acosta de Samper’s Dolores is a Unicorn in the Practice of Translation

By Sara Abadía Alvarado

Inside the Wild World of Roman Romance Novels

By Emma Southon