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Tayari Jones Still Needs To Read Anna Karenina

The Author of Kin Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire
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“You Just Do Language.” Lauren Groff on Craft, Reading, and Her New Collection

Eric Olson Profiles the Author of Brawler
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Letter From Minnesota:
The Sun Will Rise Again

Marian Hassan Finds Strength in Memories of Her Father’s Resistance
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On What It Really Means to Live the Writing Life: The Good AND the Bad

Nick Ripatrazone Tracks Down His First Literary Correspondent, Jack Garrett

How Do We Keep Writing When They are Killing Poets?

By Sayantani DasGupta

Darcey Steinke on the History (and Mystery) of Migraines

By Darcey Steinke

Among the Fascists and the Nazis: How Two Women Journalists Survived the Chaos of 1930s Europe

By Julia Cooke

Writing While the Alphabet Burns: Ukrainian Literature to Help Understand the Ongoing War

By Alex Averbuch

What The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Taught Me About Writing Conflict

By Saleem Haddad

“Afternoon in the Cemetery.” A Poem by Asa Drake

By Asa Drake

Who Deserves to Be a Citizen?

By Daisy Hernández

James Baldwin‘s Lessons For Black Gay Rights Activists

By C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost

On the So-Called Reading Crisis as Class Warfare

By Eunsong Kim

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In Praise of Problematic Women: A Reading List of “Bad” Mothers

By Ej Dickson

On the Power and Safety That Comes With a Latex Fetish

By Anastasiia Federova

Beyond Closure: On the Importance of Naturalizing Grief

By Nancy Howard Cobb

The Secret Life of the Awabi Abalone

By Mandy-Suzanne Wong

This Week in Literary History: The Gutenberg Bible is Published.

By Literary Hub

R.L. Maizes on Changing Drafts and Selves

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

Crime Reads

Crime Reads

February 23, 2026

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads

The Best International Crime Fiction of February 2026

By Molly Odintz

The Best Debut Novels of the Month: February 2026

By CrimeReads

Cannibal, the Listicle

By Molly Odintz

Book Marks

Book Marks

The Best Reviewed Books of the Week

5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

The Cosmic Library Hears Imaginary Music

By The Cosmic Library

Eight Books About the Ups and Downs of Friendship

By Lillian Li

Sarah Aziza on Memoir as a Work of Art

By Memoir Nation

Whose Journey? On the Travel Writing of Displacement

By Kimberley Kinder

This Week in Literary History: Malcolm X was Assassinated in New York City

By Literary Hub

Letter From Minnesota: “I Have My Passport With Me.”

By Michael Torres

The Origins of One of the Most Beloved Video Games of All Time

By Keza MacDonald

Why Does Contemporary Fascism Fetishize the Classics?

By Ed Simon

In Praise of One of America’s All-Time Great Book Sections (RIP)

By Gerald Howard