The 23 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2022

The 23 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2022

Timeless Reading Recommendations from the Lit Hub Staff

By Emily Temple | November 29, 2022

When Chekhov Became Chekhov: How the Son of a Serf Became a Literary Genius

When Chekhov Became Chekhov: How the Son of a Serf Became a Literary Genius

Bob Blaisdell in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 29, 2022

How Stories Create Individual and Collective Pasts, Presents, and Futures

How Stories Create Individual and Collective Pasts, Presents, and Futures

Mary-Alice Daniel on the Role of Narrative in Shaping History and Myth

By Mary-Alice Daniel | November 29, 2022

Bad Trips and Borderlands: Take a Literary Tour of the New American West

Bad Trips and Borderlands: Take a Literary Tour of the New American West

Kay Chronister Recommends Books by Daniel Chacón, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Lydia Millet, and More

By Kay Chronister | November 29, 2022

Always on the Clock: On the Writerly Need to Find Ideas in Unexpected Places

Always on the Clock: On the Writerly Need to Find Ideas in Unexpected Places

How Ethan Joella Keeps His Brain Awake (at Least a Little Bit)

By Ethan Joella | November 29, 2022

Angie Cruz on Unexpected Creative Intersections and Influences

Angie Cruz on Unexpected Creative Intersections and Influences

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | November 29, 2022

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  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
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Deep in the Literary Journal Archives: Poetry That Takes Risks and Takes Up Space

By Nick Ripatrazone | November 29, 2022

8 new books for your reading pleasure.

By Katie Yee | November 29, 2022

“It’s Kind of Embarrassing to Admit the Depth of My Obsession” Ashley Hutson on Watching Three’s Company and Writing Her Novel

By So Many Damn Books | November 29, 2022

On <em>Women Talking</em> and the Unreliable Narrators of Post-MeToo Literature

On Women Talking and the Unreliable Narrators of Post-MeToo Literature

Can Sarah Polley’s Film Adaptation Capture Miriam Toews’s Feat of Storytelling?

By Emma Staffaroni | November 28, 2022

Live from Writers for Readers in Kansas City: Alexander Chee on Editing <em>Best American Essays 2022</em>

Live from Writers for Readers in Kansas City: Alexander Chee on Editing Best American Essays 2022

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 23, 2022

How Virginia Woolf Shunned—and Then Embraced—T.S. Eliot

How Virginia Woolf Shunned—and Then Embraced—T.S. Eliot

Lyndall Gordon on the Rocky Beginnings of a Literary Friendship

By Lyndall Gordon | November 23, 2022

Coco Picard on Trusting Narrative Magic

Coco Picard on Trusting Narrative Magic

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I’m a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | November 23, 2022

“It’s Actually Pretty Simple.” Kyle Spencer on How People Form Their Politics

“It’s Actually Pretty Simple.” Kyle Spencer on How People Form Their Politics

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | November 23, 2022

Rereading <em>White Noise</em> and Feeling Deep Dread... For Noah Baumbach’s Adaptation

Rereading White Noise and Feeling Deep Dread... For Noah Baumbach’s Adaptation

Ken Gordon is Very Skeptical About Seeing Don DeLillo on Film

By Ken Gordon | November 22, 2022

How to Gain a Gazillion Followers Online, <em>Taco Bell Quarterly</em>-Style

How to Gain a Gazillion Followers Online, Taco Bell Quarterly-Style

MM Carrigan Breaks Down the Steps to Internet Fame

By MM Carrigan | November 22, 2022

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