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How to write a good blurb for a bad gift.

How to write a good blurb for a bad gift.

By Jessie Gaynor | December 23, 2021

Brief obituaries for the literary discourses we lost this year.

Brief obituaries for the literary discourses we lost this year.

By Jessie Gaynor | December 17, 2021

Andrew Cuomo has to return his $5.1 million book profits to the state of New York.

Andrew Cuomo has to return his $5.1 million book profits to the state of New York.

By Jessie Gaynor | December 14, 2021

Take a look, it's (still) in a book: <em>Reading Rainbow</em> is coming back.

Take a look, it's (still) in a book: Reading Rainbow is coming back.

By Jessie Gaynor | December 7, 2021

Famous novels, if they were Hallmark Christmas Movies.

Famous novels, if they were Hallmark Christmas Movies.

By Jessie Gaynor | December 1, 2021

F. Scott Fitzgerald's list of silly suggestions for Thanksgiving leftovers is... not great.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's list of silly suggestions for Thanksgiving leftovers is... not great.

By Jessie Gaynor | November 24, 2021

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n+1’s Bookmatch told me what to get every hard-to-shop-for weirdo in my life.

By Jessie Gaynor | November 22, 2021

The hottest new book merch is... NFTs.

By Jessie Gaynor | November 15, 2021

A brief survey of Lady Chatterley's Lover's softcore sequels.

By Jessie Gaynor | November 10, 2021

A few ideas for how TV shows about book publishing could include more Lit Hub.

A few ideas for how TV shows about book publishing could include more Lit Hub.

By Jessie Gaynor | November 5, 2021

Justice Department declares that authors are important, monopolies are bad.

Justice Department declares that authors are important, monopolies are bad.

By Jessie Gaynor | November 2, 2021

Sorry,

Sorry, "jab"—"vax" is the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year.

By Jessie Gaynor | November 1, 2021

Matthew Perry is going the whole nine yards and writing an autobiography.

Matthew Perry is going the whole nine yards and writing an autobiography.

By Jessie Gaynor | October 28, 2021

Did you know that Sylvia Plath wrote a rhyming children's book about silly beds?

Did you know that Sylvia Plath wrote a rhyming children's book about silly beds?

By Jessie Gaynor | October 27, 2021

A new edition of <em>Little Women</em> reproduces the March sisters' letters and papers.

A new edition of Little Women reproduces the March sisters' letters and papers.

By Jessie Gaynor | October 26, 2021

Ten books from <em>The Simpsons</em> Library I would like to read.

Ten books from The Simpsons Library I would like to read.

By Jessie Gaynor | October 22, 2021

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