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Explore Black literary NYC with this map of 100 important spots – Literary Hub
Explore Black literary NYC with this map of 100 important spots. By James Folta, February 10, 2026 This year is the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, and the bookstore McNally Jackson put together a list of 100 places in New York’s five boroughs that were significant for Black literary culture. It’s a pretty comprehensive…
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The Radical Power of a Bookstore: On Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights – Literary Hub
The Radical Power of a Bookstore: On Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights Gioia Woods Reflects on the Life of a Literary Icon, Via The University of Nevada Press By Gioia Woods, February 6, 2026 I discovered City Lights Bookstore in 1983. I was a high school sophomore in east Los Angeles on a campus so…
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The Washington Post is gutting its books coverage – Literary Hub
The Washington Post is gutting its books coverage. By Brittany Allen, February 4, 2026 Earlier today, Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post laid off hundreds of its employees, in what one staffer called “an absolute bloodbath.” As The Guardian reported this morning, editor-in-chief Matt Murray told his masthead that the paper was due for a “strategic reset.”…
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Literary Hub – Letter From Minnesota: Finding Reverence in the Face of Brutality
Letter From Minnesota: Finding Reverence in the Face of Brutality E. Bok Lee on the Courage the of Alex Pretti and His Fellow Minnesotans By Ed Bok Lee, January 29, 2026 So far this year, in Minneapolis, there have been three homicides, two of them by ICE. Eat Street in the Whittier neighborhood, where…
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Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment – Literary Hub
Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment – Literary Hub By Drew Broussard, December 8, 2025 Six months ago, Anthony Aycock wrote a piece for this website called “How a Single Court Case Could Determine the Future of Book Banning in America” in which he detailed a…
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In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times – Literary Hub
– The Keynote address at the American Librarian’s Association annual convention, June 28th, 2025 Sarah Weinman Sarah Weinman is the author of three nonfiction books: The Real Lolita, Scoundrel, and Without Consent (Ecco, November 2025). She is also the editor of several anthologies, most recently Evidence of Things Seen: True Crime in an Era of…
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When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future – Literary Hub
When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future Maris Kreizman on the Dangers of the AI Content Churn By Maris Kreizman, November 6, 2025 Maris Kreizman Maris Kreizman hosted the literary podcast, The Maris Review, for four years. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the New York Times, New York Magazine, The Atlantic,…
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In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times – Literary Hub
In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times Sarah Weinman on the Awesome Responsibility of the Seekers and Keepers of Truth By Sarah Weinman,November 3, 2025 Librarians are on the front lines of history and current events, when news and change arrive at a furious clip that only quickens every day. And without libraries, my…
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Literary Hub – How a 1977 Czech Writers’ Manifesto Applies to the Stark Realities of America in 2025
How a 1977 Czech Writers’ Manifesto Applies to the Stark Realities of America in 2025 What We Can All Learn From the Courage of Charter 77 By Jonny Diamond, October 10, 2025 The wonderful Czech writer Ivan Klima died this past weekend at the age of 94. Klima lived a remarkable, principled life, having survived both…
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When Picasso Saved Matisse’s Paintings From the Nazis – Literary Hub
When Picasso Saved Matisse’s Paintings From the Nazis Christopher C. Gorham on Art Theft and Artistic Solidarity in Occupied France By Christopher C. Gorham, September 29, 2025 After subduing Paris in the summer of 1940, Adolf Hitler launched “a second blitzkrieg,” in the words of scholar Frederic Spotts, “with the intention of making Germany as supreme culturally…
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The Power of the Podcast Collaborators: On the State Cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel ‹ Literary Hub
The Power of the Podcast Collaborators: On the State Cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel “If all of your fantasies are imagined confrontations, you are not so secretly rehearsing for the chance to fight and punish your enemies.” By James Folta September 19, 2025 Where does a joke end? The last decision an artist makes is deciding when a…
