On Beauty, Sexual Violence, and Toni Morrison's <em>The Bluest Eye</em>

On Beauty, Sexual Violence, and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

Kanako Nishi: "Morrison neither consoled me as a victim, nor condemned me as the perpetrator."

By Kanako Nishi | October 20, 2020

On the Unexpected Hopefulness of Don DeLillo’s <em>The Silence</em>

On the Unexpected Hopefulness of Don DeLillo’s The Silence

Not the Likeliest of Feelings in 2020

By Alexander Sammartino | October 19, 2020

What Happens When You Open a Phone Line for People to Gush About Their Favorite Books

What Happens When You Open a Phone Line for People to Gush About Their Favorite Books

This Week on The History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | October 19, 2020

The Soul-Excavating Work of Louise Glück

The Soul-Excavating Work of Louise Glück

On the Poetry "More Intimate than Any Living Friend"

By Maureen N. McLane | October 16, 2020

The Delight of Daniel Mendelsohn

The Delight of Daniel Mendelsohn

James K.A. Smith on the Radical Interconnectedness of Three Rings

By James K.A. Smith | October 16, 2020

From Napoleon to Trump, on the <br>Tyrant As Troll

From Napoleon to Trump, on the
Tyrant As Troll

Liesl Schillinger Considers the Ways in Which History Repeats

By Liesl Schillinger | October 15, 2020

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Every Mr. Darcy* Ranked

By Emily Temple | October 15, 2020

In Praise of Readings: A Brief History of the Book Events I Have Attended

By S. Kirk Walsh | October 14, 2020

How Audre Lorde's Experience of Breast Cancer Fortified Her Revolutionary Politics

By Tracy K. Smith | October 14, 2020

A Young John Berryman Writes R.P. Blackmur About His Favorite Poets

A Young John Berryman Writes R.P. Blackmur About His Favorite Poets

From The Selected Letters

By John Berryman | October 14, 2020

Claire Messud in Praise of the Essays That Dwell in Uncertainty

Claire Messud in Praise of the Essays That Dwell in Uncertainty

The Author of Kant's Little Prussian Head Recommends Five Essential Collections

By Claire Messud | October 13, 2020

On Eugenics and Queerness in Djuna Barnes's <em>Nightwood</em>

On Eugenics and Queerness in Djuna Barnes's Nightwood

Introducing Lit Century: 100 Years, 100 Books, a Podcast Hosted by Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | October 13, 2020

10 Books You Should Read<br> in October

10 Books You Should Read
in October

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | October 13, 2020

On Edgar Allan Poe's Creepy Doppelgänger Story,

On Edgar Allan Poe's Creepy Doppelgänger Story, "William Wilson"

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By History of Literature | October 12, 2020

5 Great Books You May Have Missed in September

5 Great Books You May Have Missed in September

Including Megan Gail Coles, Anja Kampmann, and More

By Bethanne Patrick | October 9, 2020

How Halldór Laxness Brings the Heroic to the Everyday

How Halldór Laxness Brings the Heroic to the Everyday

John Freeman on the Moral Power of Independent People

By John Freeman | October 6, 2020

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