• Literary Criticism

    The History of Literature

    How Nathaniel Hawthorne Distinguished Between ‘Novels’ and ‘Romances’

    By History of Literature  January 11, 2021
    Trauma

    The Color Purple and the Language of Healing from Trauma

    By Salamishah Tillet  January 11, 2021
    Thresholds

    Announcing Season 3 of the Thresholds Podcast

    By Thresholds   January 7, 2021
    The Hub

    ‘TS Eliot is the worst living poet.’ Literary burn book featuring Virginia Woolf up for sale.

    By Jonny Diamond  January 6, 2021
    Most Anticipated

    Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021

    By Literary Hub  January 6, 2021
    Literary History

    On Writing Nora Joyce into Biographical Fiction

    By Nuala O'Connor  January 5, 2021
    Parenting and Writing

    Has the Parent Plot Ousted the Marriage Plot in Contemporary Fiction?

    By Peter Ho Davies  January 5, 2021
    Lit Century

    Can We Stop Underrating
    Shirley Jackson Now?

    By Lit Century   January 5, 2021
    Literary Disco

    Lit Disco’s Best Picks of the Worst Year

    By Literary Disco  January 5, 2021
    Sexual Politics

    Stories About Girls, Sex, and Power Are Vital—If We’re Brave Enough to Look

    By Jerrine Tan  January 4, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Chekhov’s Three Sisters: Comedy, Tragedy, or Foreshadowing of the Bolshevik Revolution?

    By History of Literature  January 4, 2021
    Best of the Year

    Booksellers Recommend: The Best Under-the-Radar Books of 2020

    By Literary Hub  December 30, 2020
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    The Best Books of 2020 You Might Have Missed

    By Bethanne Patrick  December 29, 2020
    Lit Century

    Where Blues for Mister Charlie Fits into James Baldwin’s Oeuvre

    By Lit Century   December 29, 2020
    Refugees

    The Literary Risk-Takers: On New Migrant and Refugee Fiction

    By John Domini  December 29, 2020
    The History of Literature

    How Chekhov Cuts to the Heart in Uncle Vanya

    By History of Literature  December 28, 2020
    Literary Disco

    On the Weird Little Essays That Inspired A Christmas Story

    By Literary Disco  December 28, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Lessons From Shakespeare: How to Survive a Pandemic with Humor

    By Allie Esiri  December 23, 2020
    Best of the Year

    Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2020

    By Literary Hub  December 23, 2020
    Literary History

    How Literary Female Friendships Shaped the Fiction Market

    By Sarah Lonsdale  December 23, 2020
    How to Proceed

    Poet Moez Surani on the Language of War

    By How to Proceed   December 23, 2020
    Literary Theory

    What Happened in the 80s? On the Rise of Literary Theory in American Academia

    By H. Aram Veeser and Jane Gallop  December 23, 2020
    Rural America

    Nick Offerman on the Essential Wisdom of Wendell Berry

    By Gary Lovely  December 22, 2020
    Lit Crit

    What Elites Got Wrong About Mary McCarthy’s The Group

    By Apoorva Tadepalli  December 22, 2020
    News and Culture

    The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2020

    By Book Marks  December 22, 2020
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