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I was standing in line at Chaucer’s Books, my local indie, when it occurred to me that the line was...

The Mayflower Pilgrims believed that they were freedom seekers, escaping centuries of bondage. William Bradford, a Mayflower passenger who served...

In 1989, a year into my judgeship in Denver County Court, I began writing at night about the last week...

Reading poetry in translation often heightens awareness of what can’t quite be explained such as rhythm, tone, atmosphere, the way...

The What Ifs of Writing, or Carving Stone This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. I’d been...

It’s been seven hours and thirty-­five days since he took his love away. Josephine knows the world is crowded with...

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more....

As he did for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget, Trump once again proposed defunding the Institute of Museum and Library...

I sat down to make a list of new and recent queer Latine books to read for Pride. But here’s...

Former President Joe Biden officially declared Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021, but Black families across the United States had...