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

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

Featuring Gal Beckerman, Karen Cheung, and More!

By Teddy Wayne | February 8, 2022

20 new books hitting shelves this week.

20 new books hitting shelves this week.

By Katie Yee | February 8, 2022

Weird Short Story Writers for Strange Times

Weird Short Story Writers for Strange Times

Jason Ockert on Authors That Engage the Unexpected

By Jason Ockert | February 7, 2022

Tara Westover on Rachel Cusk, Jennifer Egan, and <em>Madame Bovary</em>

Tara Westover on Rachel Cusk, Jennifer Egan, and Madame Bovary

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of Educated

By Book Marks | February 7, 2022

Lauren Groff on Yūko Tsushima’s Quietly Defiant Sensualities

Lauren Groff on Yūko Tsushima’s Quietly Defiant Sensualities

On Woman Running in the Mountains

By Lauren Groff | February 7, 2022

Is <em>Wonder Boys</em> the Best-Ever Onscreen Depiction of a Writer?

Is Wonder Boys the Best-Ever Onscreen Depiction of a Writer?

Ryan Chapman Revisits the Brilliance of the 2000 Adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Novel

By Ryan Chapman | February 4, 2022

Best Reviewed
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  • 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

The Lion Speaks: On the Potency of the Epistolary Form

By Daniel Black | February 4, 2022

Interview with an Indie Press: Beacon Press

By Corinne Segal | February 4, 2022

On the Moral and Metaphysical Significance of Aloneness

By Sumana Roy | February 3, 2022

Bernardine Evaristo on Lessons Learned From Toni Morrison

Bernardine Evaristo on Lessons Learned From Toni Morrison

“As a writer, Morrison asks us to do some of the work.”

By Bernardine Evaristo | February 3, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Zadie Smith on Toni Morrison, Bill McKibben on Bambi, Yiyun Li on Jon McGregor, and More

By Book Marks | February 3, 2022

On the Hidden Pain of V.C. Andrews, the Woman Behind <em>The Flowers in the Attic</em>

On the Hidden Pain of V.C. Andrews, the Woman Behind The Flowers in the Attic

Andrew Niederman Considers the Toll of
Chronic Pain on the Writing Life

By Andrew Neiderman | February 3, 2022

<em>Ulysses</em> Turns 100!

Ulysses Turns 100!

Celebrating a Modernist Classic

By Literary Hub | February 2, 2022

On <em>The Lost Daughter</em>, <em> Vladimir</em>, and What Happens When Women Have Had Enough

On The Lost Daughter, Vladimir, and What Happens When Women Have Had Enough

Miranda Beverly-Whittemore Investigates the Intersection
of Motherhood and Art

By Miranda Beverly-Whittemore | February 2, 2022

The Meaningful Mundane: <br>6 Classic Books That Depict Black Girlhood

The Meaningful Mundane:
6 Classic Books That Depict Black Girlhood

Kai Harris Recommends Jesmyn Ward, Toni Morrison,
Angie Thomas, and Others

By Kai Harris | February 2, 2022

Tom Cooper on <em>Moby-Dick</em>, Florida Books, and Terrible Sex Scenes

Tom Cooper on Moby-Dick, Florida Books, and Terrible Sex Scenes

Rapid-Fire Book Recs From the Author of Florida Man

By Book Marks | February 2, 2022

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