• Literary Criticism

    In Conversation

    Joshua Mohr on Writing a Genre-Blending Post-Modern Punk Rock Saga

    By Jane Ciabattari  October 22, 2024
    Food Writing

    The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

    By Aditi Machado  October 21, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  October 18, 2024
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    Read Weird Books! This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   October 18, 2024
    Architecture

    Decorating Houses With Edith Wharton: On Interior Design as Art and Literary Practice

    By Emily J. Orlando  October 18, 2024
    The Issues: 2024

    The 10 Best Books for Understanding the Opioid Crisis

    By Literary Hub  October 18, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 17, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    It Bugs Me That My Friend Claims to Be a Writer But Never Writes: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  October 17, 2024
    Reading Lists

    Belonging Somewhere Else, Too: Seven Books on Making a Home in a New Country

    By Bruna Dantas Lobato  October 17, 2024
    Medieval History

    What the Story of Richard II and Henry IV Reveals About the Nature of Power

    By Helen Castor  October 17, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Anne Curzan on Our Changing Language

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 17, 2024
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Mosab Abu Toha Is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  October 16, 2024
    Desire

    The (Unwanted) Sex Lives of Married Women: Eight Books About Complicated Desire

    By Kate Hamilton  October 16, 2024
    craft advice

    No Human Is An Island: On Fiction As a Way of Connecting Across Difference

    By John Larison  October 16, 2024
    literary criticism

    “A Valentine to the Intoxicating Nostalgia of High School.” Joyce Carol Oates on Writing Broke Heart Blues

    By Joyce Carol Oates  October 15, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    Mark Haddon! Dorothy Parker! Anthony Bourdain! 26 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  October 15, 2024
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    Why the American Labor Movement Matters: This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   October 11, 2024
    Asian American Literature

    Who Decides What Asian American Literature Is?

    By Cherry Lou Sy  October 11, 2024
    Reading Lists

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

    By Book Marks  October 11, 2024
    Westerns

    Which One of You Sent Me Lonesome Dove in the Mail? Or: Tackling the Great American Western

    By Maris Kreizman  October 10, 2024
    Influences

    From Beowulf to Foucault: On the Literary Influences of Cormac McCarthy

    By Michael Lynn Crews  October 10, 2024
    Reading Lists

    Balancing the Books: Five Novels that Explore the Complexities of the Stock Market

    By Samantha Greene Woodruff  October 10, 2024
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  October 10, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Jeff Sharlet on ‘Sanewashing’ and Fascism

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 10, 2024
    Folklore

    Five Books That Showcase the Fascinating Landscape of European Folklore

    By Ben Edge  October 9, 2024
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