5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“One of the most nuanced, astute critiques of America now I’ve read in years.”

By Book Marks | December 5, 2024

Seeing Life Through the Eyes of the Dead: A Short Handbook for Writing Ghosts

Seeing Life Through the Eyes of the Dead: A Short Handbook for Writing Ghosts

Muriel Leung Offers Some Tips for Crafting Fully-Fleshed Out Fictional Spirits

By Muriel Leung | December 5, 2024

Carvell Wallace on Love, Survival, and Endings

Carvell Wallace on Love, Survival, and Endings

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 5, 2024

Contemporary Poets Respond (in Verse) to Taylor Swift

Contemporary Poets Respond (in Verse) to Taylor Swift

Kristie Frederick Daugherty Showcases New Work Jeannine Ouellette, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Victoria Redel

By Kristie Frederick Daugherty | December 4, 2024

Tired of Today’s Tech: Writing Historical Fiction in a Technocratic American Present

Tired of Today’s Tech: Writing Historical Fiction in a Technocratic American Present

John Brandon on Coming to Terms with Contemporary Settings, How Technology Shapes Plots, and America’s Current Malaise

By John Brandon | December 4, 2024

The Craft of Surrealism: On Accessing the Unconscious in Our Fiction

The Craft of Surrealism: On Accessing the Unconscious in Our Fiction

Anita Felicelli Offers Some Advice For Writers Looking to Blend the Dreamy and the Mundane

By Anita Felicelli | December 4, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Mass Mothering
  • Autobiography of Cotton
  • Good People
  • Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
  • The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet
  • Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink, and Deviant Desire

Rumors of Mark Leyner’s Disappearance Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

By Adam Sternbergh | December 4, 2024

Lit Hub’s 38 Favorite Books of 2024

By Emily Temple | December 3, 2024

Reading With My Past Self: A Year of Revisiting Books

By Angela Baggetta | December 3, 2024

On the Report of Poetry’s Death, or: What Does That AI Poetry Study Really Tell Us?

On the Report of Poetry’s Death, or: What Does That AI Poetry Study Really Tell Us?

Jen Benka Considers Art in the Age of ChatGPT

By Jen Benka | December 3, 2024

Why We Need More Queer Sex in Climate Fiction; Or, on Rereading Rachel Carson

Why We Need More Queer Sex in Climate Fiction; Or, on Rereading Rachel Carson

Gabrielle Korn Explores Bodily Autonomy, Self-Censorship, and How Desire Shapes Our Writing

By Gabrielle Korn | December 3, 2024

Anita Felicelli on Crafting a Collection of Existential Speculative Short Stories

Anita Felicelli on Crafting a Collection of Existential Speculative Short Stories

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of "How We Know Our Time Travelers"

By Jane Ciabattari | December 3, 2024

Gay Talese! Gabrielle Korn! Poets respond to Taylor Swift 23 new books out today.

Gay Talese! Gabrielle Korn! Poets respond to Taylor Swift 23 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 3, 2024

Ten Children’s Books To Read and Enjoy Before The Year Ends

Ten Children’s Books To Read and Enjoy Before The Year Ends

Caroline Carlson Recommends Some 2024 Kid Lit Releases You May Have Missed

By Caroline Carlson | December 2, 2024

A Riveting, Timeless Journey Through the Afterlife: Inside the World of Dante’s <em>Divine Comedy</em>

A Riveting, Timeless Journey Through the Afterlife: Inside the World of Dante’s Divine Comedy

Michael Palma on the Contemporary Relevance of Italian Literature’s Founding Masterpiece

By Michael Palma | December 2, 2024

Musical Mechas and the Dystopian Dust Bowl: December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Musical Mechas and the Dystopian Dust Bowl: December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Finish the Year with New Speculative Fiction From Alex Segura, Julia Armfield, Alison Stine, and More

By Natalie Zutter | December 2, 2024

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