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The Best of the University Presses: 100 Books to Escape<br> the News

The Best of the University Presses: 100 Books to Escape
the News

As Recommended by the UP Community

By Literary Hub | May 1, 2020

Ilya Kaminsky: 'Fables Allow You to Break Bread With the Dead'

Ilya Kaminsky: 'Fables Allow You to Break Bread With the Dead'

The Author of Deaf Republic in Conversation with John Freeman

By Literary Hub | April 23, 2020

5 Shakespeare Scholars on the Past, Present, and Future of Theater Amid COVID-19

5 Shakespeare Scholars on the Past, Present, and Future of Theater Amid COVID-19

In Honor of the Bard's 456th Birthday

By Literary Hub | April 23, 2020

How to shop all of our book recommendations in one place.

How to shop all of our book recommendations in one place.

By Literary Hub | April 20, 2020

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan and T Kira Madden on Craft, Candles, and Character

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan and T Kira Madden on Craft, Candles, and Character

Authors, and Real-Life Friends, in Conversation

By Literary Hub | April 16, 2020

'Literary Bookstores, Can They Survive?' And other cover lines from 50 years of Poets & Writers.

'Literary Bookstores, Can They Survive?' And other cover lines from 50 years of Poets & Writers.

By Literary Hub | April 13, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
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  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Lit Hub Recommends: Quarantine Edition

By Literary Hub | April 10, 2020

A Feminist Critique of Murakami Novels, With Murakami Himself

By Literary Hub | April 7, 2020

Foxed, Fuddled, Swallowed a Hare, and Other Words for "Drunk"

By Literary Hub | April 2, 2020

13 Books You Should <br>Read in April

13 Books You Should
Read in April

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | April 1, 2020

Yoko Tawada: 'Language is a Living Thing'

Yoko Tawada: 'Language is a Living Thing'

The Author of The Emissary in Conversation With Madeleine Thien

By Literary Hub | April 1, 2020

Samantha Irby Absolutely Does Not Want Michelle Obama to Read Her Book

Samantha Irby Absolutely Does Not Want Michelle Obama to Read Her Book

Also, Why Riffing on TV is a Great Way to Break Writer's Block

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2020

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories in This Strange Long Month

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories in This Strange Long Month

The Best Writing at the Site in March

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2020

12 Great Writers on 12 Great American Birds

12 Great Writers on 12 Great American Birds

From Thoreau to Whitman to Muir, the Very Best Bird-Related Writing

By Literary Hub | March 26, 2020

Lit Hub Recommends: <em>Writers & Lovers</em>, Reply All, and <em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</em>

Lit Hub Recommends: Writers & Lovers, Reply All, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Also, try knitting and watching 90 Day Fiancé at the same time.

By Literary Hub | March 13, 2020

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Kevin Nguyen, Paul Lisicky, and More

By Literary Hub | March 10, 2020

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