A collection of intimate writings first published by Literary Hub in the Letters From Minnesota series that recounts the lived community experience of facing...

The queen is dead, long live the queen! Dolly Parton—perhaps the most universally beloved American—died at 80 yesterday. She went peacefully, surrounded by family. Known as a formidable singer-song…

It feels like JD Vance has been everywhere in the last few weeks, and haven’t we suffered enough? As much as I’m enjoying the universal disdain he’s receiving from a diverse array of publications, …

I’m no fool. I know that lists are not the most intellectually rigorous form of book criticism but I also know they get lots of clicks. And given that I spend a great deal of time in this column gr…

This piece was published in collaboration with Golden Goal, a literary magazine about the intersection of politics, culture and sport at the 2026 World Cup. To read more, visit their website: golde…

In 1952, literary agent Scott Meredith did the unthinkable: he sent the same manuscript to ten publishers at the same time, and single-handedly invented the book auction. At least, that’s how Mered…

This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending one great …

When I was 16 years old, my beloved college counselor told me that it was a good thing I wanted to be a physicist because I wasn’t much of a writer. We were close—I had her home phone number for em…

Though New York University contingent faculty’s ongoing strike is the biggest news of late from campus, the institution’s  suspect labor practices aren’t the only recent damning headlines: NYU is a…

"I don’t believe age automatically grants anyone wisdom about the world (look at the terrible things done every day by old men in power). I do know it gives us opportunities to learn from mistakes."

The critics of “performative politics” misunderstand something fundamental: Democracy survives only when citizens perform it.

The Key launched with an essay by the new magazine’s editor in chief Sara Yasin called “It’s Not Complicated.” The essay is part reflection, part media criticism, part thesis statement for th…

“Goodbye, Pamela Paul,” was the headline of Andrea Long Chu’s now-iconic, recently ASME-nominated New York Magazine farewell to the former NY Times Book Review editor, when Paul left the paper two …

Lately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…

If you’re headed to Baltimore this week for the 53rd annual AWP (aka literary rumspringa for writers-who-should-know-better), I insist you come have a beer and celebrate some of Minnesota’s (and Am…

"The legislature did not include a grace period."

It’s a dizzying, humbling, ages-you-a-year-in-a-minute experience to come across the name of a public figure you don’t recognize, and then discover that the name belongs to one of the most popular …

Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.

I would like to speak here briefly about car bombs, because I have seen one once, and I never want to see one again. A car, when detonated, becomes a scorched knot of metal, jagged with the last of…

Springfield residents expect a potential uptick in officers after Feb. 3, when thousands of Haitians are poised to lose their legal status.