• Literary Criticism

    Forgery

    The Forgers Hall of Fame: A Brief History of Literary Fakes and Frauds

    Bradford Morrow Investigates a World of Deception, Duplicitousness, and a Great Deal of Skill

     
    By Bradford Morrow  January 14, 2025
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

    By Teddy Wayne  January 14, 2025
    Representation

    In Defense of the Messy Queers: Why “Good” Representation Isn”t Enough

    By Edward Underhill  January 14, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Pico Iyer! Helen of Troy in the ’90s! An African history of Africa! 27 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  January 14, 2025
    In Conversation

    Danielle Legros Georges on Docupoetics, the Nuances of Haiti, and Letter-Writing as Poetry

    By Literary Hub  January 13, 2025
    Literature and Politics

    He Got Away With Everything: Reading True Grit After the Reelection of Donald Trump

    By Piers Gelly  January 10, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  January 10, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  January 9, 2025
    On Race

    Diversity Syndrome: On Publishing’s Relentless Pigeonholing of Black Writers

    By Naomi Day  January 9, 2025
    Retellings

    From Ancient Troy to 1990s Tennessee: Maria Zoccola on Creating an Afterlife For Homer’s Helen

    “We’re raising eidolons, real and not-real, tales that move and breathe and stand side by side, speaking Troy into the future.”

    By Maria Zoccola  January 14, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Ream Shukairy on Syria After Assad

    By Fiction Non Fiction  January 9, 2025
    On Race

    Arrested for Driving While Black: The Effortless Racism of America’s Criminal Justice System

    By Irvin Weathersby Jr.  January 8, 2025
    literary criticism

    Judith Shakespeare, Grinning Literary Ghost: Lauren Groff on the Nuances of A Room of One’s Own

    By Lauren Groff  January 7, 2025
    2025 Preview

    Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025

    291 Books We're Looking Forward to in the New Year

    By Literary Hub  January 7, 2025
    Writing the Novel

    Bylines and Big Edits: How a Career in Journalism Taught Elizabeth Harris the Techniques of Fiction

    By Elizabeth Harris  January 7, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Zora Neale Hurston! The real-life Hester Prynne! Y2K! 27 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  January 7, 2025
    Gardening

    Trees of Life and Knowledge: Jamaica Kincaid on Colonialism, Gardening, and Worshipping Her Plants

    By Sandra Guzmán  January 3, 2025
    Paperbacks

    Deer! Dystopia! Patrick Stewart! MLK’s definitive bio! 21 books out in paperback this January.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  January 3, 2025
    Publishing

    Fighting for Book Workers’ Rights, Battling Book Bans, and Other Literary Resolutions For 2025

    By Maris Kreizman  January 2, 2025
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    20 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2025

    By Natalie Zutter  January 2, 2025
    Poetry

    A Constant Reinvention of Language: Looking Ahead to 2025 in Poetry

    By Literary Hub  January 2, 2025
    Children's Literature

    The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of 2025

    Caroline Carlson Asks Dahlia Adler, Jashar Awan, Rachel Ekstrom Courage and Others About The KidLit They're Most Looking Forward To This Year

    By Caroline Carlson  January 2, 2025
    Best of 2024

    The Best (Old) Books We Read in 2024

    By Emily Temple  December 24, 2024
    Best of 2024

    50 Contemporary Poets on the Best Poems they Read in 2024

    By Brittany Cavallaro  December 24, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Want to Write About This Jerk Who Ghosted Me: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  January 9, 2025
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