Why Horror Needs Humor

Why Horror Needs Humor

Tyler Malone Wonders If Laughter is the Best Medicine or the Worst Disease

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2024

“It Will Be One of the Most Ghastly Short Stories Ever Written.” When Dylan Thomas Tried to Get Spooky

“It Will Be One of the Most Ghastly Short Stories Ever Written.” When Dylan Thomas Tried to Get Spooky

Nick Ripatrazone on the Great Poets Early Foray Into Darkness

By Nick Ripatrazone | October 31, 2024

October’s Best Reviewed Fiction

October’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Alan Hollinghurst, Louise Erdrich, Jeff VanderMeer, and More

By Book Marks | October 31, 2024

October’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

October’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring André Aciman, Al Pacino, Sarah Moss, and More

By Book Marks | October 31, 2024

I Really Want to Call Out My Friend For Bragging About How Much YA She Reads: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Really Want to Call Out My Friend For Bragging About How Much YA She Reads: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 31, 2024

Roxane Gay! Tom Wolfe! Love in the time of apocalypse! 24 books out in paperback this November!

Roxane Gay! Tom Wolfe! Love in the time of apocalypse! 24 books out in paperback this November!

By Gabrielle Bellot | October 31, 2024

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  • Mass Mothering
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  • Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink, and Deviant Desire

Jess Walter on the Election

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 31, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mike Fu is Reading Now, and Next

By Diana Arterian | October 30, 2024

Channeling Curiosity Into Language: How a Diverse Array of Influences Feeds Poetic Development

By Mónica de la Torre | October 29, 2024

Philosopher of Change: How Henri Bergson’s Radical View of Reality Came to Be

Philosopher of Change: How Henri Bergson’s Radical View of Reality Came to Be

Emily Herring on Bergson’s Formative Upbringing in an Unstable France

By Emily Herring | October 29, 2024

Nick Hornby: The Older You Get, the Less Time You Have for Bad Books

Nick Hornby: The Older You Get, the Less Time You Have for Bad Books

“Reading a bad novel when you are approaching pensionable age is like taking the time left available to you and setting it on fire.”

By Nick Hornby | October 29, 2024

Why Close Reading is An Essential Part of Literary Translation

Why Close Reading is An Essential Part of Literary Translation

Damion Searls on What Emerging and Established Translators Can Learn From a Careful Examination of Texts

By Damion Searls | October 29, 2024

Our Burning Era: Reading George Stewart’s <em>Fire</em> in Fire Season

Our Burning Era: Reading George Stewart’s Fire in Fire Season

Ben Woollard on the Newly Reissued 1948 Novel

By Ben Woollard | October 29, 2024

Brothers Grimm! Gilmore Girls! Glory Edim! 18 new books out today.

Brothers Grimm! Gilmore Girls! Glory Edim! 18 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | October 29, 2024

Indie Booksellers and Lying Liars: This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Indie Booksellers and Lying Liars: This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring Lefty Booksellers, Dodgy Paperbacks, and Some Thoughts on Fact-Checking

By The Lit Hub Podcast | October 25, 2024

Consider the Shipwreck: Ten Books on Maritime Disasters and Ecological Collapse

Consider the Shipwreck: Ten Books on Maritime Disasters and Ecological Collapse

Eiren Caffall Recommends Herman Melville, Sebastian Junger, Diana Preston, and More

By Eiren Caffall | October 25, 2024

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