Love and Struggle Throughout the Ages: A Reading List of Queer Historical Fiction

Love and Struggle Throughout the Ages: A Reading List of Queer Historical Fiction

Eleanor Shearer Recommends Sarah Waters, Nalo Hopkinson, Robert Jones Jr. and More

By Eleanor Shearer | February 11, 2026

A Saga in Miniature: On Halldór Laxness’s <em>A Parish Chronicle</em>

A Saga in Miniature: On Halldór Laxness’s A Parish Chronicle

Salvatore Scibona Explores the Literary Legacy of Iceland's Nobel Laureate

By Salvatore Scibona | February 11, 2026

Writing the Books We Want Write

Writing the Books We Want Write

Virginia Pye on Why She Keeps Writing What Excites Her, Regardless of Genre

By Virginia Pye | February 11, 2026

How Writing My Books Helped Me Understand My Chinese Parents

How Writing My Books Helped Me Understand My Chinese Parents

Janie Chang on Preserving Her Family History Through Historical Fiction

By Janie Chang | February 11, 2026

Adina Hoffman on Georges Perec’s <em>An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris</em>

Adina Hoffman on Georges Perec’s An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 11, 2026

Why Does Contemporary Fascism Fetishize the Classics?

Why Does Contemporary Fascism Fetishize the Classics?

“...martial power, imperial grandeur, regimented hierarchy, stoic obedience...”

By Ed Simon | February 10, 2026

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Karen Russell on the Mystery and Magic of Joy Williams’s The Changeling

By Karen Russell | February 10, 2026

In Praise of One of America’s All-Time Great Book Sections (RIP)

By Gerald Howard | February 10, 2026

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

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A Timeless Take on Autobiography: Audre Lorde’s <em>Zami: A New Spelling of My Name</em>

A Timeless Take on Autobiography: Audre Lorde’s Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

Evie Shockley Remembers the Poet’s Innovative Excavation of the Self

By Evie Shockley | February 9, 2026

The “Real” Self, Psychoanalysis, and Autobiography: A Conversation with Naomi Washer

The “Real” Self, Psychoanalysis, and Autobiography: A Conversation with Naomi Washer

Sophie Newman in Conversation With the Author of Marginalia

By Sophie Newman | February 9, 2026

Maggie O’Farrell on Grief, Her History with Shakespeare, and Adapting Her Novel to the Screen

Maggie O’Farrell on Grief, Her History with Shakespeare, and Adapting Her Novel to the Screen

Sasha Han in Conversation with the Author of Hamnet

By Sasha Han | February 6, 2026

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

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

Featuring Cristina Rivera Garza, Yi-Ling Liu, Sarah Bruni, and More

By Book Marks | February 6, 2026

Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files

Finding the Publishing World in the Epstein Files

Maris Kreizman on the Viler-Than-Fiction
Behavior of Powerful Men

By Maris Kreizman | February 5, 2026

Turning to Thoreau for Lessons on Living Through Difficult Times

Turning to Thoreau for Lessons on Living Through Difficult Times

Kristy Beachy-Quick on Seeking Solace in the Lesser-Known Works of the Author of Walden

By Kristy Beachy-Quick | February 5, 2026

Beyond the Headlines: Five Essential Books For Understanding Afghanistan

Beyond the Headlines: Five Essential Books For Understanding Afghanistan

Patmeena Sabit Recommends Khaled Hosseini, Parwana Fayyaz, Jamaluddin Aram and More

By Patmeena Sabit | February 5, 2026

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