Literature’s Lonely Hunter: On the “Sad, Happy Life” of Carson McCullers

Literature’s Lonely Hunter: On the “Sad, Happy Life” of Carson McCullers

Mary V. Dearborn Remembers an American Literary Champion of the Outsider

By Mary V. Dearborn | February 28, 2024

Tessa Hadley on Ivan Turgenev’s <em>First Love</em>

Tessa Hadley on Ivan Turgenev’s First Love

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 28, 2024

The Crooked Timber of the Mind: On the Rise of “Autojournalism”

The Crooked Timber of the Mind: On the Rise of “Autojournalism”

Robert Moor Reads Matthew J.C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki”

By Robert Moor | February 27, 2024

Hannah Goldfield on the Joy of Describing Tastes

Hannah Goldfield on the Joy of Describing Tastes

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | February 27, 2024

Amitava Kumar on Finding Solace in the Words of Others

Amitava Kumar on Finding Solace in the Words of Others

“I was still reporting to my father, the things I had read and all that I had remembered.”

By Amitava Kumar | February 27, 2024

Martin MacInnes on Crafting Psychologically Rich Science Fiction

Martin MacInnes on Crafting Psychologically Rich Science Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “In Ascension”

By Jane Ciabattari | February 27, 2024

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Matthew Salesses on the Possibilities of Climate Fiction

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Leslie Jamison Writes Into the Trouble

Leslie Jamison Writes Into the Trouble

The Author of Splinters Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | February 22, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Reading it is brutal because McCullers’s life was brutal to endure.”

By Book Marks | February 22, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Aisha Sabatini Sloan Is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Aisha Sabatini Sloan Is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Eve Babitz, Renee Gladman, Nicolette Polek, and More

By Diana Arterian | February 22, 2024

Margot Livesey and What Literature Can Tell Us About The Future

Margot Livesey and What Literature Can Tell Us About The Future

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 22, 2024

John Keene on Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s <em>The Most Secret Memory of Men</em>

John Keene on Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s The Most Secret Memory of Men

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | February 21, 2024

How <em>The Prophet</em> Made Kahlil Gibran a Household Name in America

How The Prophet Made Kahlil Gibran a Household Name in America

The Late Joan Acocella on the Complex and Contradictory Life of a New Age Icon

By Joan Acocella | February 20, 2024

Leslie Jamison! Michiko Kakutani! The wildness of Old English! 23 new books out today.

Leslie Jamison! Michiko Kakutani! The wildness of Old English! 23 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 20, 2024

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