• Literary Criticism

    Language

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

    Christopher J. Yates on Language Nostalgia

     
    By Christopher J. Yates  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?

    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
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Experimental Fiction

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

    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
    On Translation

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

    From the Introduction to a New Translation of the Heavenly Portion of "The Divine Comedy"

    By Mary Jo Bang  July 9, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Dina Nayeri on Iranian Life Under Attack

    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
    Windham-Campbell Prizes

    Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini on Bola Agbaje’s Gone Too Far!

    In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

    By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   July 2, 2025
    The Big List

    Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025, Part Two

    By Literary Hub  July 1, 2025
    Children's Literature

    Owls, Haunted Pianos, Having the Moon for a Neighbor: Ten Children’s Books to Read in July

    By Caroline Carlson  June 30, 2025
    Poetry

    Ghetto Koans, Pattern Books, Devouring Wolves: Seven Poetry Collections to Read in July

    By Rebecca Morgan Frank  June 30, 2025
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Defracted Universes, Memory Divers, and Darkest Academia: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    Speculative Summer Reads From Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mattie Lubchansky, Cassandra Khaw, and More

    By Natalie Zutter  June 30, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    June’s Best Reviewed Fiction

    By Book Marks  June 27, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

    By Book Marks  June 27, 2025
    Craft

    I’m Obsessed: On the Importance of Getting Lost in Your Writing

    By Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante  June 27, 2025
    Audiobooks

    The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of July

    What to Listen To As Summer Kicks In

    By AudioFile Magazine  June 27, 2025
    Paperbacks

    Joan Didion and Eve Babitz! Rachel Kushner! 25 books out in paperback this July.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  June 27, 2025
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    Am I the Asshole For Sabotaging My Own Writing Before Even Starting?

    By Kristen Arnett  June 26, 2025
    Plot

    Have You Considered an Anarchist Approach to Plot?

    By Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante  July 3, 2025
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