• Literary Criticism

    Hotels

    The Shadow Self of Domestic Stories: A Reading List of Novels Set in Hotels

    By Maria Hummel  January 10, 2024
    Autofiction

    Autofiction Without the Auto: On Javier Cercas’ Outward-Looking, Self-Centered Fiction

    By Bécquer Seguín  January 10, 2024
    The History of Literature

    Jonathan van Belle on What Work Meant to Thoreau

    By History of Literature  January 10, 2024
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    By Teddy Wayne  January 9, 2024
    In Conversation

    Karl Marlantes on Chronicling the Early Cold War Years

    By Jane Ciabattari  January 9, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    22 new books out today!

    By Gabrielle Bellot  January 9, 2024
    Motherhood

    Motherhood Is Antarctica: On the Underexplored Landscape of Postpartum Loneliness

    By Marie Doezema  January 8, 2024
    Sobriety

    All the Books to Read While You’re Not Drinking During Dry January

    By Christiana Spens  January 8, 2024
    Poetry

    Beyond Resolutions: A Closer Look at “The New Year Poem” as an Act of Resistance

    By Stephanie Niu  January 8, 2024
    Poets in Conversation

    Wendy Call and Shook on the Power of Titles, Decolonization, and Translating Poems in Iterations

    By Literary Hub  January 8, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  January 5, 2024
    Music as Literature

    Marlon James on Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize, Authenticity as Pose, and Not Reading His Book Reviews

    By Griffin Ondaatje  January 4, 2024
    Blindness

    How Alien We Seem: On Being Blind and Obsessed with Photography

    By M. Leona Godin  January 4, 2024
    Poetry

    Here Are the Poetry Books to Read in 2024

    By Rebecca Morgan Frank and David Woo  January 4, 2024
    On Reading

    In Praise of Reading: How Literature Enables Us to Inhabit New Worlds

    By Arnold Weinstein  January 4, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Prachi Gupta on the Rise of Indian American Presidential Candidates

    By Fiction Non Fiction  January 4, 2024
    Most Anticipated

    Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024

    By Literary Hub  January 3, 2024
    Writing the Novel

    Horror, Then Healing: Kyle Dillon Hertz on the Power of Facing Trauma in Writing

    By Kyle Dillon Hertz  January 3, 2024
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    24 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2024

    By Natalie Zutter  January 2, 2024
    The Internet Age

    Life Concentrated: Kate Brody on Writing About the Internet

    By Kate Brody  January 2, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    New York cults! Lawrence of Arabia! 18 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  January 2, 2024
    Best of 2023

    The Ultimate Best Books of 2023 List

    By Emily Temple  December 23, 2023
    Bad Reviews

    The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2023

    By Book Marks  December 23, 2023
    Biggest Literary Stories

    The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

    By Literary Hub  December 23, 2023
    Best of 2023

    The 38 Best Books We Read in 2023

    By Literary Hub  December 23, 2023
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