How a Novel by Mildred D. Taylor Helped Glory Edim Understand Being Black in the South

How a Novel by Mildred D. Taylor Helped Glory Edim Understand Being Black in the South

The Author of “Gather Me” Reflects on Navigating Her Nigerian and American Identities

By Glory Edim | November 6, 2024

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Ryan Chapman Predicts the Booker Prize

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Ryan Chapman Predicts the Booker Prize

Plus Jonny Diamond and Drew Broussard on the Election and More

By The Lit Hub Podcast | November 6, 2024

Among the Sleuths: Looking for Answers at the Nancy Drew Convention

Among the Sleuths: Looking for Answers at the Nancy Drew Convention

Jadie Stillwell and Nicole Blackwood on the Mystery of the Missing Discernible Character Traits

By Jadie Stillwell and Nicole Blackwood | November 5, 2024

Visions of Apocalypse: How <em>Gravity’s Rainbow</em> Embodied America’s Post-War Fears

Visions of Apocalypse: How Gravity’s Rainbow Embodied America’s Post-War Fears

Jonathan Rosenbaum Revisits His Review of Thomas Pynchon’s Classic

By Jonathan Rosenbaum | November 5, 2024

A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World

A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World

Jesse Sheidlower on the Limberness and Literary Uses of “Fuck”

By Jesse Sheidlower | November 5, 2024

Oliver Sacks! Dante! Queer folktales! 20 new books out today.

Oliver Sacks! Dante! Queer folktales! 20 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | November 5, 2024

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The 10 Best Formally Inventive Queer Memoirs 

By Catherine Habgood | November 4, 2024

You Can Quote Me on That: On Finding Inspiration in the Language of Children’s Books

By Amy Gash | November 4, 2024

Magical Birds, Small Fortunes, and Time Loops: November’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

By Natalie Zutter | November 1, 2024

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Celebrating 20 Years of <em>n+1</em>

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Celebrating 20 Years of n+1

Mark Krotov and Dayna Tortorici in Conversation with Jonny Diamond

By The Lit Hub Podcast | November 1, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There are, of course, literary pleasures to be had in a sociopathic protagonist.”

By Book Marks | November 1, 2024

From Ghostly Forests to “Zombie Vomit Mad Libs.” Seven Poetry Books to Read in November

From Ghostly Forests to “Zombie Vomit Mad Libs.” Seven Poetry Books to Read in November

Rebecca Morgan Franks Recommends Albert Abonado, Kimiko Hahn, Duy Đoàn, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | November 1, 2024

Reading Aloud and Together: Ten New Children’s Books To Read Now

Reading Aloud and Together: Ten New Children’s Books To Read Now

Caroline Carlson Highlights New Books for the End of the Year

By Caroline Carlson | November 1, 2024

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of November

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of November

The Month to Come in Literary Listening

By Audiofile Magazine | November 1, 2024

Meet the real literary witches of the 20th century.

Meet the real literary witches of the 20th century.

A taxonomy.

By Brittany Allen | October 31, 2024

Exhuming Dracula’s Ancestors: What Vampires Reveal About Our Latent Fears

Exhuming Dracula’s Ancestors: What Vampires Reveal About Our Latent Fears

Ed Simon Explores the History and Tradition of Unearthing the Long-Buried Past in Eastern Europe

By Ed Simon | October 31, 2024

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