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    The Hub

    Will Haberman and Swan’s 2025 Trump book be a comedy or a tragedy?

     
    By Jonny Diamond  November 27, 2023
    Mexican Literature

    Gabriel García Márquez on the Magic of Juan Rulfo

    By Gabriel García Márquez  November 27, 2023
    Booker Prize Winner

    Booker Prize Winner Paul Lynch on the Fundamental Dignity of the Individual

    By Peter Murphy  November 27, 2023
    Language

    (Don’t) Watch Your Tongue: Why Swearing Is Fun

    By Rebecca Roache  November 27, 2023
    Children's Literature

    Do You Believe in Magic? On The Timeless Charm of Children’s Books

    By Jane Mount  November 27, 2023
    Jewish History

    The Horrific Factory Fire That Killed Jewish Immigrants and Forced the Garment Industry to Alter Its Practices

    By Steven Ujifusa  November 27, 2023
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Keen On

    Christopher de Hamel on Caring for Medieval Texts

    By Keen On  November 27, 2023
    The Hub

    Take a peek into “the world’s greatest typewriter collection.”

    By Emily Temple  November 22, 2023
    Kurt Vonnegut

    Visiting Vonnegut’s Indianapolis

    By Taylor Dorrell  November 22, 2023
    Urbanism

    How a Lawyer, a Businessman, and the Mafia Destroyed Public Transit in the Twin Cities

    Jake Berman on the Lost Promise and Possibility of North American Urbanism

    By Jake Berman  November 27, 2023
    Queer Culture

    One Night at Mable Peabody’s, The Last Gay Bar in Denton, Texas

    By Lucas Hilderbrand  November 22, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Stars Are Hollow: On Gilmore Girls as “Normporn”

    By Karen Tongson  November 22, 2023
    What to Watch

    Maestro Slips into Easy Conversation with A Star is Born

    By Frank Falisi  November 22, 2023
    The Hub

    This Palestinian group has an urgent request for theater companies around the world.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 21, 2023
    The Hub

    Your definitive guide to Goodreads ratings. (Or: why does your favorite book have 3 stars?)

    By McKayla Coyle  November 21, 2023
    The Hub

    Reports suggest that Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha has been released.

    By Jonny Diamond  November 21, 2023
    American History

    How a Mutiny on the Somers Changed America

    By Richard Snow  November 21, 2023
    Cities

    Why Are We So Obsessed with Making Cities Greener?

    Des Fitzgerald Wonders What "Nature" Actually Is

    By Des Fitzgerald  November 21, 2023
    Chinese Food

    The Marvels of Qu: What Makes Chinese Food and Drink Unique

    By Fuchsia Dunlop  November 21, 2023
    Literary Journals

    “We Want to Make It Feel Like a Party.” On the Transformation of Southwest Review

    By Mark Haber  November 21, 2023
    Keen On

    Azam Ahmed on One Mother’s Attempt to Take on a Drug Cartel

    By Keen On  November 21, 2023
    The Hub

    Belal Jadallah, the “godfather of Palestinian journalism,” has been killed in Gaza.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 20, 2023
    The Hub

    1,700 Canadian writers are asking the Giller Prize to drop charges against protestors.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 20, 2023
    The Hub

    Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2023 Booker Prize.

    By Emily Temple  November 20, 2023
    2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction

    “The Status Quo is Not an Option…” John Vaillant on Our Climate Future

    By Alex Clark  November 22, 2023
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