More Than Just Power and Oppression: Six Books About Patriarchs

More Than Just Power and Oppression: Six Books About Patriarchs

Taymour Soomro on Stories of Resistance, Loneliness, and Inheritance.

By Taymour Soomro | July 18, 2022

How Tom Stoppard Became One of the Best-Known Playwrights in the World

How Tom Stoppard Became One of the Best-Known Playwrights in the World

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 18, 2022

Straddling Lusciousness and Social Consciousness in Romance

Straddling Lusciousness and Social Consciousness in Romance

Angelina Lopez Guests on the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | July 18, 2022

Making Change: 10 Books Where Small Changes Add Up to a Big Payoff

Making Change: 10 Books Where Small Changes Add Up to a Big Payoff

Sue Mell on Tayari Jones, Morgan Thomas, and More

By Sue Mell | July 18, 2022

The Common Sense of Magic Realism and Why <em>The Mermaid of Black Conch</em> is a “Caribbean Novel”

The Common Sense of Magic Realism and Why The Mermaid of Black Conch is a “Caribbean Novel”

Monique Roffey in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | July 18, 2022

From <em>Fleabag</em> to <em>Persuasion</em>, the Rise of the Mussy-Haired, Self-Hating Sarcasm Machine

From Fleabag to Persuasion, the Rise of the Mussy-Haired, Self-Hating Sarcasm Machine

Emmeline Clein on “Dissociation Feminism” and the Cold Embrace of Irony

By Emmeline Clein | July 15, 2022

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Five Red-Carpet Worthy Novels About the Perils and Pitfalls of (Fictional) Fame

Five Red-Carpet Worthy Novels About the Perils and Pitfalls of (Fictional) Fame

Holly James Recommends Jasmine Guillory, Alison Cochrun, and More

By Holly James | July 15, 2022

B. L. Blanchard on Setting a Murder Mystery in a Never-Colonized America

B. L. Blanchard on Setting a Murder Mystery in a Never-Colonized America

In Conversation with Brenda Noiseux on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | July 15, 2022

Small Rebellions: Erika L. Sánchez on Writing the Characters She Wanted to Read

Small Rebellions: Erika L. Sánchez on Writing the Characters She Wanted to Read

”I rarely found portrayals of anyone like me—bookish and poor and surly and Brown—in the art that I enjoyed.”

By Erika L. Sánchez | July 14, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Rumaan Alam on Elif Batuman, Brandon Taylor on Teddy Wayne, Alexandra Kleeman on K-Ming Chang, and more

By Book Marks | July 14, 2022

Amy B. Reid on Translating the Very Book She Needed to Read

Amy B. Reid on Translating the Very Book She Needed to Read

On Mutt-Lon's The Blunder

By Amy B. Reid | July 14, 2022

Lydia Conklin on Discarding the Conventions of Queer Storytelling

Lydia Conklin on Discarding the Conventions of Queer Storytelling

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | July 13, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Chris Belcher is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Chris Belcher is Reading Now and Next

A New (at Lit Hub) Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | July 13, 2022

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