A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1900s

A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1900s

Part One in a Theoretically Infinite Series

By Emily Temple | October 15, 2018

Inside the Rooms Where 20 Famous Books Were Written

Inside the Rooms Where 20 Famous Books Were Written

From The House of Mirth to Go Tell It on the Mountain

By Emily Temple | October 9, 2018

Your Favorite Writers, Ranked by Height

Your Favorite Writers, Ranked by Height

Don't Pretend You Don't Want to Know Who's Tallest

By Emily Temple | October 4, 2018

23 Great Women Horror Writers to Freak You Out This October

23 Great Women Horror Writers to Freak You Out This October

Because Sometimes Fictional Terror is a Nice Break

By Emily Temple | October 3, 2018

Ingrid Persaud's Debut Story Wins the BBC National Short Story Award

Ingrid Persaud's Debut Story Wins the BBC National Short Story Award

"The Sweet Sop" will be awarded £15,000

By Emily Temple | October 2, 2018

Did the Creator of <em>The Twilight Zone</em> Plagiarize Ray Bradbury?

Did the Creator of The Twilight Zone Plagiarize Ray Bradbury?

Either Way, Rod Serling Definitely Pissed Him Off

By Emily Temple | October 2, 2018

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Here's the Shortlist for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

By Emily Temple | October 2, 2018

31 Movies Based on Short Stories

By Emily Temple | October 1, 2018

Is It Real? 25 Famous Writers on Writer's Block

By Emily Temple | September 26, 2018

William Faulkner Was Really Bad at Being a Postman

William Faulkner Was Really Bad at Being a Postman

Good Thing He Had Other Talents

By Emily Temple | September 25, 2018

Announcing the 2018 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant Winners

Announcing the 2018 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant Winners

Awarded to "ambitious projects that bring writing to the highest possible standards."

By Emily Temple | September 25, 2018

The 12 Best Book Covers of September

The 12 Best Book Covers of September

In Which We Happily Judge Covers By Their Covers

By Emily Temple | September 24, 2018

10 Successful Writers Who Dropped Out (or Were Kicked Out) of School

10 Successful Writers Who Dropped Out (or Were Kicked Out) of School

In Case You're Already Getting Antsy

By Emily Temple | September 21, 2018

23 Literary Movies and TV Shows You Should Be Watching This Fall

23 Literary Movies and TV Shows You Should Be Watching This Fall

This is Your Essential Book-to-Screen Fall Preview

By Emily Temple | September 20, 2018

Lit Hub's Fall 2018 Nonfiction Preview: History & Biography

Lit Hub's Fall 2018 Nonfiction Preview: History & Biography

Read Up on Sylvia Plath, Myers-Briggs, and the Real Lolita

By Emily Temple | September 18, 2018

Here's the All-Female Shortlist for the 2018 BBC National Short Story Award

Here's the All-Female Shortlist for the 2018 BBC National Short Story Award

Honoring the best unpublished short stories in the UK

By Emily Temple | September 14, 2018

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