Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • BUY A HAT
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • BUY A HAT
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
A Day in the Life of a Freelancer

A Day in the Life of a Freelancer

Lorraine Berry on the Way She Tries to Make a Living

By Lorraine Berry | October 18, 2017

Riding Out Hurricane Irma with a 900-Page Book

Riding Out Hurricane Irma with a 900-Page Book

Or: How to Survive a Clusterfuck of Hurricanes

By Lorraine Berry | September 26, 2017

Virginia Woolf: There Are Way Too Many Personal Essays Out There

Virginia Woolf: There Are Way Too Many Personal Essays Out There

Just Because You Can Write it, Doesn’t Mean You Have to Publish It

By Lorraine Berry | May 24, 2017

My Job Writing Custom Erotic Love Letters

My Job Writing Custom Erotic Love Letters

Lorraine Berry on the Time She Paid the Bills as a 'Literary Courtesan'

By Lorraine Berry | February 14, 2017

Mitchell Jackson on John Edgar Wideman and the Beginning of Black Lives Matter

Mitchell Jackson on John Edgar Wideman and the Beginning of Black Lives Matter

In Conversation with Lorraine Berry on the Legacy of the Till Family

By Lorraine Berry | January 9, 2017

12 Writers on the Books They're Giving as Gifts This Year

12 Writers on the Books They're Giving as Gifts This Year

Robin Wasserman, Sarah Hepola, Morgan Jerkins, and More

By Lorraine Berry | December 19, 2016

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

How Writers Are Getting Back to Work

By Lorraine Berry | December 13, 2016

We Are All Sisyphus: On Following Soccer, and Family Rivalries

By Lorraine Berry | July 6, 2016

Umberto Eco on Donald Trump: 14 Ways of Looking at a Fascist

By Lorraine Berry | February 29, 2016

How The Literary Class System Is Impoverishing Literature

How The Literary Class System Is Impoverishing Literature

On the Systemic Economic Barriers to Being a Writer

By Lorraine Berry | December 4, 2015

    • 10 New Books Coming Out This WeekDecember 1, 2025 by CrimeReads
    • From "Gone Girl" to Tortured Bad Boy: What the New Wave of "Boy" Thriller Titles Tells UsDecember 1, 2025 by Andromeda Romano-Lax
    • American Crime: The True Story of a Stalking in KansasDecember 1, 2025 by Corey Mead
    • The Pelican Child: Stories
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "The stories in her hypnotic collection em The Pelican Child em are painterly and provocative…"
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member