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Will the Foundation Series Finally Do Justice to the Novels of Isaac Asimov?

Jay Gabler Tells a Long, Sad Story of Failed Sci-Fi Adaptations

September 23, 2021

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The Ultimate Fall 2021 Books Preview

The Biggest Books of the Season of Big Books, According to Math

September 22, 2021

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“The Writer You Are is Enough.” Ruth Ozeki on Process and Acceptance

The Author of The Book of Form and Emptiness Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

September 21, 2021

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In Defense of Labels: On Genre as a Literary Conversation

Lincoln Michel Considers the Expansive Power of Genres

September 21, 2021

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The Legacy of Colin Kaepernick: On the First High School Team to Take a Knee

Dave Zirin Talks to the Coach of Garfield High's Football Team

September 20, 2021

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An Alleged Lock of Emily Dickinson’s Hair is Selling for $450,000...
But Was it Stolen?

Jen DeGregorio Investigates the Curious Case of a Great Poet’s Hair

September 16, 2021

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Winning the Game You Didn’t Even Want to Play: On Sally Rooney and the Literature of the Pose

Stephen Marche Considers Contemporary Fiction’s Slow Abandonment of Literary Voice

September 15, 2021

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“Maybe More People Should Have Writer's Block.” In Which Joy Williams Responds to Our Questions Via Typewriter

The Author of Harrow Really Wanted to Try Out Her New Hermes 3000

September 14, 2021

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Some Life Lessons (Read: Humiliations) From Playing Music

Emily Itami on How Music Prepared Her For the Writing Life

September 13, 2021

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Anna Qu Talks Betrayal, Immigration, and Assimilation

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

September 13, 2021

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City of Ash: Photographing New York City on the Morning of 9/11

Photographer Rachel Cobb on Documenting a Disaster While It Is Still Unfolding

September 11, 2021

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“I Would Not Take Prisoners.” Tolstoy’s Case Against Making War Humane

Samuel Moyn Considers Prince Andrei, Carl von Clausewitz, and the Rules of War

September 10, 2021

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The Unavoidable Trap of Politeness: Why Is It So Hard to Just Say “No”?

Vanessa Bohns on the Psychology Behind Our Unbearable Fear of Social Embarrassment

September 10, 2021

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Read It and Weep: Margaret Atwood on the Intimidating, Haunting Intellect of Simone de Beauvoir

On the French Existentialist's Never-Before-Published Novel

September 8, 2021

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The Literary Film and TV You Should Stream in September

From Foundation to American Rust

September 3, 2021

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The Ambiguous Loss of (Probably) Not Selling My Novel

Danielle Lazarin on Life and Art in the Liminal Spaces Between Grief and Hope

September 2, 2021

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22 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

Recommendations from the Lit Hub Staff

August 31, 2021

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Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

(A Flowchart)

August 24, 2021

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The 18 Most Memorable Trees in Literature

Arthur Sze, Lia Purpura, and More Writers Choose Their Favorites

August 23, 2021

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Misunderstanding Thoreau: Reading Neurodiversity in Literature and in Life

Steve Edwards on Kathryn Schulz, Donald Hall, and the Things We Miss

August 23, 2021

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The Green Knight Unmakes a Classic—to Unsettling and Glorious Effect

And yes, Dev Patel slaps.

July 29, 2021

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The Heteronymous Identities of Fernando Pessoa

Richard Zenith on the Many Literary Lives of the Genius of Lisbon

July 22, 2021

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Land of Smoke and Fire: Documenting California’s Endless Season of Heat

Jeff Frost and Lauren Markham, for The Longest Year: 2020+ Project

July 21, 2021

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Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021, Part Two

222 Books We Want to Read Before 2022

July 6, 2021

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The Hard Intimacies of COVID-19: Documenting a Pandemic Year

Isadora Kosofsky and Suzanne Koven, for The Longest Year: 2020+

July 1, 2021

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The Rise of the Crypto Writer? On What Literary NFTs Might Mean for the Book World

Walker Caplan on Blockchain, Blake Butler, and the Uneasy Intersection of Art, Tech, and Money

June 25, 2021

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On Juneteenth and the Struggle to Commemorate and Make Sense of Protest and Rebellion

Annette Gordon-Reed, Elizabeth Hinton, and Jelani Cobb in Conversation About the Brutal, Bloody Legacy of Racial Injustice in America

June 18, 2021

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The Latest

The Craft of Writing

Yiyun Li on Taking Writing Lessons from War and Peace

“The line will always be crossed.”

By Yiyun Li September 24, 2021

Indie Bookstores

Rock Stars and Author Trading Cards: Tales from a Decade of Bookstore Events

Thomas Gladysz on the Most Memorable Moments from an Indie Bookselling Career

By Thomas Gladysz September 24, 2021

Income Inequality

Do Fictional Critiques of the Wealthy Ever Really . . . Work?

Andrew Martin and Benjamin Nugent Discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald on His Birthday

By Andrew Martin & Benjamin Nugent September 24, 2021

Ancient Pathways Between Species Are Disappearing—Fast

Paul Hawken on Why Ecosystems Rely on Migration

By Paul Hawken September 24, 2021

Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

Featuring New Titles by Richard Powers, Rabih Alameddine, Amia Srinivasan, Ruth Ozeki, and more

By Book Marks September 24, 2021

How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

Biographer Jacques Berlinerblau on the Death of Critical Distance

By Jacques Berlinerblau September 24, 2021

Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying

Not Just Sex: An Oral History of Grey’s Anatomy Trickiest Medical Scenes

By Lynette Rice September 24, 2021

Interview with a Journal

Interview with a Journal: The Georgia Review

By Vanessa Willoughby September 24, 2021

Climate Change is Here... So How Do We Adapt?

Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani Look to the Past for Global and Local Solutions

Climate Change is Here... So How Do We Adapt?

By Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani September 24, 2021

WATCH: Kima Jones Reads James Cagney’s Poem “Identity to Burn”

By Kima Jones September 24, 2021

How the Iconic Late-Night TV Character of Elvira Came to Be

By Cassandra Peterson September 24, 2021

5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

September 23, 2021 By Book Marks

Casey Schwartz on Harriet the Spy, Invisible Man, and Hating Jane Eyre

September 22, 2021 By Book Marks

Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

September 24, 2021 By Dwyer Murphy

The Heist of the Century: Who Cracked the Manhattan Savings And Loan Safe?

September 24, 2021 By John Oller

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