• Literary Criticism

    On Race

    Other Worlds, Other Futures: On Black Panther and the Dream of Escapist Emancipation

    Ekow Eshun Explores the Possibilities of Black Futures That Transcend the Expectations of Modernity

     
    By Ekow Eshun  July 11, 2025
    The Craft of Writing

    Irenosen Okojie on Creating New Mythologies

    By Irenosen Okojie  July 11, 2025
    Craft

    Genre is a Container, Not a Cage, a Tool, Not a Limitation

    By Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante  July 11, 2025
    African Literature

    War, Confession, Political Reimagining: Five Essential Books by Kenyan Authors

    By Wanjeri Gakuru  July 11, 2025
    In Memoriam

    Edmund White: Remembering a Doyen of LGBTQ+ Literature and His Mentorship

    By Michael T. Luongo  July 11, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  July 11, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    In Memoriam

    “Let Me Tell You What I Love.” Remembering Fanny Howe

    By Nick Ripatrazone  July 10, 2025
    Billionaires

    A Literary History of the Billionaire: Villain or Buffoon… Or Both?

    By Brittany Allen  July 10, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  July 10, 2025
    Writing Advice

    Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White

    “I think writing is mainly work.”

    By Sam Weller  July 11, 2025
    Language

    Cushty, Prat, Cowson… and Other British Terms I Can No Longer Say in America

    By Christopher J. Yates  July 9, 2025
    On Translation

    Cruising the Holy Highway: Mary Jo Bang Journeys Through Dante’s “Paradiso”

    By Mary Jo Bang  July 9, 2025
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Our 33 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2025

    By Drew Broussard  July 8, 2025
    Literary History

    Did Shakespeare Write Hamlet While He Was Stoned?

    Sam Kelly Explores the Potential Influence of Cannabis on the Bard’s Prolific Literary Output

    By Sam Kelly  July 8, 2025
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

    By Teddy Wayne  July 8, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Dante! Secret societies! America’s Next Top Model! 20 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  July 8, 2025
    Untranslation

    No Translation, No Problem:
    The Joys of Reading a Book Containing Multiple Languages

    By Rachel Ashcroft  July 7, 2025
    Experimental Fiction

    Five Experimental Anti-Novels That Break the Form (Beautifully)

    Dan Leach Recommends Michael Bible, Maggie Nelson, Haruki Murakami, and More

    By Dan Leach  July 3, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  July 3, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  July 3, 2025
    Plot

    Have You Considered an Anarchist Approach to Plot?

    By Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante  July 3, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Dina Nayeri on Iranian Life Under Attack

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

    By Fiction Non Fiction  July 3, 2025
    Craft and Criticism

    Is Summer Actually the Season for Reading Big, Thick Books?

    By James Folta  July 2, 2025
    Writers in Conversation

    Other, Better Worlds: Pip Adam on the Possibilities of Politically Engaged Speculative Fiction

    By Danielle Dutton  July 2, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Raina Lipsitz on Mamdani, DSA, and the Rise of a New Left

    By Fiction Non Fiction  July 10, 2025
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