“I could become a writer, or I could die really young.” Octavia Butler on <em>Charlie Rose</em>.

“I could become a writer, or I could die really young.” Octavia Butler on Charlie Rose.

By Emily Temple | June 22, 2021

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Summer (Re-)Reads

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Summer (Re-)Reads

Or, the Books at the Bottoms of our Beach Bags

By Emily Temple | June 22, 2021

Janet Malcolm, brilliant, boundary-breaking journalist, has died at 87.

Janet Malcolm, brilliant, boundary-breaking journalist, has died at 87.

By Emily Temple | June 17, 2021

What's the one novel Bill Gates thinks you should read this summer?

What's the one novel Bill Gates thinks you should read this summer?

By Emily Temple | June 15, 2021

Here are the winners of this year's Pulitzer Prize.

Here are the winners of this year's Pulitzer Prize.

By Emily Temple | June 11, 2021

The Ultimate Summer 2021 Reading List

The Ultimate Summer 2021 Reading List

All the Big Books From All the Big Lists

By Emily Temple | June 10, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Prepare your trumpets: This year's Venice Biennale is Leonora Carrington-themed.

By Emily Temple | June 9, 2021

Why Sally Rooney should be more like Dave Eggers.

By Emily Temple | June 9, 2021

Why is everyone still naming their babies "Atticus"?

By Emily Temple | June 7, 2021

Yuka Igarashi's first acquisition at Graywolf is a very cool-sounding novel by Lucy Ives. 

Yuka Igarashi's first acquisition at Graywolf is a very cool-sounding novel by Lucy Ives. 

By Emily Temple | June 2, 2021

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Summer Reading, Pt. 1

By Emily Temple | June 1, 2021

Get in the mood for summer with Maya Angelou's 1957 performance of calypso hit

Get in the mood for summer with Maya Angelou's 1957 performance of calypso hit "Run Joe."

By Emily Temple | May 28, 2021

This new production of <em>Blindness</em> is unlike any literary adaptation you've ever seen.

This new production of Blindness is unlike any literary adaptation you've ever seen.

By Emily Temple | May 28, 2021

The 16 Best Book Covers of May

The 16 Best Book Covers of May

Wet, Wild, & Weird

By Emily Temple | May 27, 2021

Eric Carle, author and illustrator of <em>The Very Hungry Caterpillar</em>, has died at 91.

Eric Carle, author and illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has died at 91.

By Emily Temple | May 26, 2021

"Get in, get out. Don't linger. Go on." Read Raymond Carver's greatest writing advice.

By Emily Temple | May 25, 2021

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