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Messy, Impractical and Irresistible: In Praise of Over-the-Top Romance

Messy, Impractical and Irresistible: In Praise of Over-the-Top Romance

Nora Nguyen on the Virtues of Yearning, Longing and Other Unseemly Declarations of Love

By Nora Nguyen | September 24, 2024

Middle Grade for All Ages: 10 Great Books with Strong Tween Characters

Middle Grade for All Ages: 10 Great Books with Strong Tween Characters

Stuart Gibbs Recommends James Ponti, Christina Soontornvat, Karina Yan Glaser, and More

By Stuart Gibbs | September 24, 2024

Sally Rooney! Olga Tokarczuk! Pedro Almodóvar! 27 new books out today.

Sally Rooney! Olga Tokarczuk! Pedro Almodóvar! 27 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | September 24, 2024

How Jack London Foresaw the Anti-Democratic Future With <em>The Iron Heel</em>

How Jack London Foresaw the Anti-Democratic Future With The Iron Heel

Ken McGoogan on the Dangers of Oligarchic Totalitarian Rule in Fiction and in Real Life

By Ken McGoogan | September 23, 2024

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

(A back-to-school themed flowchart)

By Emily Temple | September 23, 2024

How Chinese and Italian Opera Helped Her Write and Grieve

How Chinese and Italian Opera Helped Her Write and Grieve

Liu Hong on Navigating Tragedy in Art and Life

By Liu Hong | September 23, 2024

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Campus Repression and Remixing Proust (lol): This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

By The Lit Hub Podcast | September 20, 2024

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

By Book Marks | September 20, 2024

I Do NOT Want to Hang Out With My Fans: Am I the Literary Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett | September 19, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“She refuses silence and crafts stories so searing they cannot be buried or ignored.”

By Book Marks | September 19, 2024

Emilie Menzel on Depicting Animals in Poetry, Learning from Music, and Constructing a New Self

Emilie Menzel on Depicting Animals in Poetry, Learning from Music, and Constructing a New Self

Diana Khoi Nguyen in Conversation with the Author of “The Girl Who Became a Rabbit”

By Diana Khoi Nguyen | September 19, 2024

Against Romance and Passion as Social and Literary Constructs

Against Romance and Passion as Social and Literary Constructs

Ron Rosenbaum on the Integral Role of Love in Literature and in Life

By Ron Rosenbaum | September 19, 2024

Allen MacDuffie on Darwin and Cataclysmic Change

Allen MacDuffie on Darwin and Cataclysmic Change

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | September 19, 2024

Ellen Emerson White on the First Woman President, Real and Imagined

Ellen Emerson White on the First Woman President, Real and Imagined

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 19, 2024

Class Defectors vs. Working Class Traitors: What JD Vance Could Learn From Édouard Louis and Annie Ernaux

Class Defectors vs. Working Class Traitors: What JD Vance Could Learn From Édouard Louis and Annie Ernaux

Ann Larson and Alissa Quart on the Power of the French Sociological Memoir

By Ann Larson and Alissa Quart | September 18, 2024

The Woman Who Invented “Dark Fantasy.” How Gertrude Barrows Bennett Popularized the Fantastic

The Woman Who Invented “Dark Fantasy.” How Gertrude Barrows Bennett Popularized the Fantastic

Lisa Yaszek on the Woman Known as Francis Stevens, an Early Female Pioneer of American Genre Fiction

By Lisa Yaszek | September 18, 2024

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