• Literary Criticism

    Remembrances

    The Complicated Experience of Reading a Late Friend’s Novel

    By Matthew Hays  December 20, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Andrew Pettegree on Books and War

    By History of Literature  December 20, 2023
    Book Bans

    Jane Smiley on What It’s Like to Have Your Book Banned

    By Tai Caputo  December 19, 2023
    What to Watch

    The Woefully Neglected (and Partially Unfilmable) Creations of Alasdair Gray

    By Jonathan Russell Clark  December 19, 2023
    In Conversation

    Louise Kennedy on Discovering Fiction’s Complex Emotional Truths

    By Jane Ciabattari  December 19, 2023
    New Books Tuesdays

    5 new books out today!

    By Gabrielle Bellot  December 19, 2023
    Best of 2023

    The 10 Most Popular Lit Hub Stories of the Year

    By Literary Hub  December 18, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    “I’m Not Really Interested in Creating Sympathetic Characters.” Rachel Connolly Talks to Lucie Elven

    By Lucie Elven  December 18, 2023
    African Literature

    Sakiru Adebayo on the Diasporization of African Literature

    By Sakiru Adebayo  December 18, 2023
    Biggest Literary Stories

    The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

    By Emily Temple  December 15, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Tracy K. Smith on Liberty

    By Fiction Non Fiction  December 14, 2023
    Awards

    The Award-Winning Novels of 2023

    By Book Marks  December 14, 2023
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Rachel Zucker is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  December 14, 2023
    Pop Music

    Growing Up in Taylor Swift’s America

    By Kelly Marie Coyne  December 14, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Sarah Blakley-Cartwright On How Should a Mother Behave

    By The Maris Review  December 14, 2023
    In Conversation

    Phyllis Rose on Writing About Real People in Nonfiction, Making Your Diaries Public, and More

    By Rumena Bužarovska  December 13, 2023
    The History of Literature

    Anne Enright on Growing Up in Ireland

    By History of Literature  December 13, 2023
    New Books Tuesdays

    The Cure! A history of anonymous letters! 11 new books out this week.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  December 12, 2023
    Politics

    Gideon Lewis-Kraus: Everyone Needs to Read Nathan Thrall’s A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

    By Gideon Lewis-Kraus  December 12, 2023
    Dystopias

    Pink Dystopia: Gabrielle Korn on How a Decade in Women’s Media Inspired Her Novel

    By Gabrielle Korn  December 12, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

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

    By Teddy Wayne  December 12, 2023
    literary criticism

    The 10 Best Book Reviews
    of 2023

    By Adam Morgan  December 11, 2023
    literary criticism

    Canterbury Tales Down the Centuries: How Each Era Has Reinvented Chaucer

    By Marion Turner  December 11, 2023
    Cultural Criticism

    Embracing Uncertainty: In Defense of Question-Seeking Criticism

    By Helen Molesworth  December 11, 2023
    Climate Change

    Why We Need New Stories About the Ocean

    By Natalie Hart  December 11, 2023
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