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“The System is Designed to Prohibit Change.” On Hollywood and Women’s Ambition and Complicity

“The System is Designed to Prohibit Change.” On Hollywood and Women’s Ambition and Complicity

Isabel Kaplan and Alison B. Hart, Authors of NSFW and The Work Wife, in Conversation

By Literary Hub | July 11, 2022

Who is Fire Island for? On the Currency of Reading (and Six Packs) in Pines Society

Who is Fire Island for? On the Currency of Reading (and Six Packs) in Pines Society

How Joel Kim Booster’s Rom-Com Engages with Literary History

By Jack Parlett | July 8, 2022

The Art of the Hand-Sell: Booksellers Recommend... Beach Reads?

The Art of the Hand-Sell: Booksellers Recommend... Beach Reads?

13 Indie Booksellers on What You Should Read This Summer

By Katie Yee | July 8, 2022

Repeat After Me: “I Am Not the Great American Novelist.”

Repeat After Me: “I Am Not the Great American Novelist.”

Michael Bourne on What It Really Means to Accept Failure

By Michael Bourne | July 8, 2022

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

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

Featuring new titles by Ron Shelton, Morgan Talty, Gabrielle Zevin, and more

By Book Marks | July 8, 2022

Visions of Jane Eyre: On Mothers, Labor, and the Places Children Hide

Visions of Jane Eyre: On Mothers, Labor, and the Places Children Hide

these are my children or this is my country, but we’re only fooling ourselves."">Lesley Jenike: "We might say these are my children or this is my country, but we’re only fooling ourselves."

By Lesley Jenike | July 8, 2022

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Eight Books That’ll Help You Ask Braver Questions of Yourself

By Jenna Kutcher | July 8, 2022

Tomi Obaro on Taking Risks and Writing Nigeria in Her Debut Novel

By The Maris Review | July 7, 2022

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2022, Part Two

By Literary Hub | July 7, 2022

Ron Shelton on Making <em>Bull Durham</em>, Getting Threatened by Thomas Pynchon, and Why Baseball is the Most Literary Sport

Ron Shelton on Making Bull Durham, Getting Threatened by Thomas Pynchon, and Why Baseball is the Most Literary Sport

Three Decades Later, the Writer and Director Looks Back at How It All Got Started

By Dwyer Murphy | July 7, 2022

Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood and Viet Thanh Nguyen on Writing from the Vietnamese Diaspora

Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood and Viet Thanh Nguyen on Writing from the Vietnamese Diaspora

Also Discussed: Sex Scenes, Reincarnation, and Publishing’s Exoticization Problem

By Literary Hub | July 7, 2022

Katherine Angel on Valerie Solanas, Bad Dads, and the Literary Pleasures of Pure Rage

Katherine Angel on Valerie Solanas, Bad Dads, and the Literary Pleasures of Pure Rage

The Author of Daddy Issues Considers Why We Write About What We Hate

By Katherine Angel | July 7, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Merve Emre on Cristina Rivera Garza, James Wood on Jean Rhys, Alan Light on George Michael, and More

By Book Marks | July 7, 2022

“He Gives Us Back Our Wonder.” Tarell Alvin McCraney on the Work of Randall Kenan

“He Gives Us Back Our Wonder.” Tarell Alvin McCraney on the Work of Randall Kenan

Remembering the Late Writer's Embrace of Curiosity

By Tarell Alvin McCraney | July 6, 2022

8 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books </br>to Jump-Start Your July

8 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
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Fill your long summer nights with new releases from Becky Chambers, T. Kingfisher, and more

By Book Marks | July 6, 2022

Writing Advice from Rachel Yoder: Take a Break, Hug a Tree

Writing Advice from Rachel Yoder: Take a Break, Hug a Tree

“Maybe not writing now is actually success.”

By Literary Hub | July 6, 2022

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