The Latest
By Anna Sherman
August 16, 2019
Feuds, Flings, and High School Sports After Title IX
Sports Writer Melissa Isaacson on Her Time at Niles West High
By Melissa Isaacson
August 16, 2019
How, Exactly, Did We Come Up with What Counts As 'Normal'?
A Brief History of the Pseudoscience Behind the Myth of the "Average"
By Jonathan Mooney
August 16, 2019
The Real Heroes:
On HIV/AIDS Activists in 1980s Chicago
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank in Conversation with Her Mom, Deborah, and the Novelist Rebecca Makkai
By Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
August 16, 2019
By Buzz Poole
August 16, 2019
August 12 – 16, 2019
- Bridget Jones and Thomas Cromwell feature on this list of the 25 most important characters of the past 25 years.
- What were people reading in the summer of ‘69?
- How the music Nina Simone shaped Toni Morrison's approach to fiction.
- On the weird world (and celebrity endorsements) of Shakespeare conspiracy theories.
- Why hikers on the Appalachian Trail love fantasy novels.
- A new literary timeline of African-American history.
- Read an interview with Téa Obreht.
Get The Lithub Daily
Daily Fiction
A Double Life
From Karolina Pavlova's novel, translated by Barbara Heldt
"The Curse Of The Mud Ball Kid"
A Story from Palestine + 100
"Henderson the Rain King"
From Jim Fairhall's short story
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
From Olga Tokarczuk's novel, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
The Very First Books Published by Some of Your Favorite Publishing Houses
You Know What They Say About First Impressions . . .
By Emily Temple
August 15, 2019
By Isabelle Davis
August 15, 2019
Today's Giveaway
