Lit Hub Weekly: August 4 – 8, 2025
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Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland gets a 21st century reassessment: “…the plot is
set in motion by Reagan’s slashing of the federal government, unwittingly
severin...
Gaza, Is It Now Fascism?
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What is happening in Palestine is part of a wider process of upheaval as
technology, state and capital turn against humanity. Recognising this as a
fascism...
The Genocide in Gaza Must Stop Now!
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It is unconscionable for any person who cares about others' wellbeing not
to spend every minute of their waking lives resisting the grotesque murder
and st...
Ferdinand Mount: Biff-Bang
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It is the least convincing cliché of the age that ‘globalisation has passed
its sell-by date.’ On the contrary, tariff mania seems like a frantic
attempt t...
June 29: The Globe Theater Burns to the Ground
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On this day in 1613, the original Globe Theater in London, built by
Shakespeare and his gang of thespians, burnt to the ground after a
special-effects cann...
Great Aunt Mavis and the Trees
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Mavis arrives after a decade’s absence, wild grey hair and weathered skin,
rust-speckled motorbike burping blue smoke. She hugs us, then lifts her
hands ...
BRAD BARRETT PRESENTS THE 1969 MALIBU AAAA
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At the end of 1967, the United States Surfing Association split into four
separate entities, one for the West Coast (Western Surfing Association, or
WSA), ...