Tayari Jones on the Necessary American History of Ann Petry's <em>The Street</em>

Tayari Jones on the Necessary American History of Ann Petry's The Street

“Crossing the line between belles lettres and pulp, Petry is
a pioneer of the literary thriller.”

By Tayari Jones | January 6, 2020

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Feminist Press

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Feminist Press

The FP Staff Shares Favorite Titles From the Last Half Century

By Literary Hub | January 6, 2020

The Booksellers’ Year in Reading: Part Three

The Booksellers’ Year in Reading: Part Three

We Asked the Best Readers We Know What Books
Stayed With Them This Year

By Literary Hub | December 30, 2019

Our Favorite Literary Hub Stories of 2019

Our Favorite Literary Hub Stories of 2019

The Best Writing at the Site in the Year That Was

By Literary Hub | December 20, 2019

How to Break in to Publishing If You're a Smalltown Brazilian Mayor in the 1930s

How to Break in to Publishing If You're a Smalltown Brazilian Mayor in the 1930s

Novelist Graciliano Ramos's Reports to the Governor of Alagoas Are Literature Unto Themselves

By Padma Viswanathan and Graciliano Ramos | December 20, 2019

Visiting Jeff VanderMeer's Weird, Wondrous Worlds

Visiting Jeff VanderMeer's Weird, Wondrous Worlds

Erin Berger Catches Up With the Author of Dead Astronauts

By Erin Berger | December 18, 2019

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When You Find Out Someone Won a Prize Plagiarizing Your Work

By Laleh Khadivi | December 18, 2019

One Man's Literary Crusade to Uncensor Sex in America

By Susan G. Davis | December 18, 2019

The Pain, Hidden in Plain Sight, of John Cheever's Darkest Work

By Rick Moody | December 18, 2019

Unearthing the Stories of Australia's Working Class

Unearthing the Stories of Australia's Working Class

Enza Gandolfo on Finding Herself in the Novels of Dorothy Hewitt

By Enza Gandolfo | December 18, 2019

High Comedy and Misdemeanors: <br>The Shakespearean Drama at the Heart of Impeachment

High Comedy and Misdemeanors:
The Shakespearean Drama at the Heart of Impeachment

Liesl Schillinger on the Contemporary Resonance of Love’s Labour’s Lost

By Liesl Schillinger | December 17, 2019

A Season of Books Takes Stock<br> of #MeToo

A Season of Books Takes Stock
of #MeToo

Kaylen Ralph on She Said, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh, and Know My Name

By Kaylen Ralph | December 17, 2019

For Elena Ferrante, What Distinguishes Conventional Male and Female Friendships?

For Elena Ferrante, What Distinguishes Conventional Male and Female Friendships?

The Liberating Messiness of the Neapolitan Quartet Friendship

By Tiziana de Rogatis | December 17, 2019

Finding Nuance and Much-Needed Relief in the Writing of Bharati Mukherjee

Finding Nuance and Much-Needed Relief in the Writing of Bharati Mukherjee

Mira Jacob on Reading Jasmine

By Mira Jacob | December 17, 2019

For John Berger, the Time We Feel Most Deeply Can't Be Kept on a Clock

For John Berger, the Time We Feel Most Deeply Can't Be Kept on a Clock

Gabrielle Bellot on Berger's Final Collaboration

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 16, 2019

Michael Frank on the Hard Work of Waiting and Making it to the Other Side

Michael Frank on the Hard Work of Waiting and Making it to the Other Side

In Conversation with Will Schwalbe on But That's Another Story

By But That's Another Story | December 16, 2019

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