• Literary Criticism

    Micro

    Cleyvis Natera on Capturing a Community and Family in Crisis

    By Micro   October 6, 2022
    Criticism

    Elias Canetti on Being a Writer in a Tumultuous and Troubling World

    By Elias Canetti  October 5, 2022
    Sexuality

    Sex and the 16th Century: How John Donne Learned To Write Love Poetry

    By Katherine Rundell  October 5, 2022
    Thresholds

    Samantha Hunt on What It Means to Believe in Ghosts

    By Thresholds   October 5, 2022
    Classics

    From Ovid to Hawthorne, on the Power and Possibility of Retelling Classic Stories

    By Laurie Lico Albanese  October 5, 2022
    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    The Heart of Genre: Regina Kanyu Wang, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Sheree Renée Thomas on Curating Anthologies

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   October 5, 2022
    Otherppl

    How Growing Up in the “Dysfunctional, Small Southern Town” of Washington D.C. Informed A.M. Homes’s New Novel

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  October 5, 2022
    new books tuesday

    15 new books to get jazzed about this week.

    By Katie Yee  October 4, 2022
    First Editions

    Elizabeth McCracken Traces the Life of a First Edition… Her Own

    By Elizabeth McCracken  October 4, 2022
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan on How a “Magical” Dream Turned Into a Book Project

    By Literary Hub  October 4, 2022
    Political Science

    Sidelined No More: A Reading List of Fiercely Political Women

    By Eve Fairbanks  October 4, 2022
    I'm a Writer But

    Luke Geddes on Writing with a Sense of Humor

    By I'm a Writer But   October 4, 2022
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    October’s 8 Best
    SF and Fantasy Books

    By Book Marks  October 3, 2022
    Write-minded

    Jeff Vandermeer on Writing Imaginative Fiction

    By Write-minded   October 3, 2022
    Experimental Fiction

    Beyond Metafiction: A Reading List of Labyrinthine Realities

    By Alyssa Quinn  October 3, 2022
    First Draft

    Katie Runde on Trusting the Reader Will Extrapolate

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 3, 2022
    History of Literature

    The Cultural Influence of Lady Chatterley’s Lover on Indian Novelist Saikat Majumdar

    By History of Literature  October 3, 2022
    Baillie Gifford Prize

    Meet the Writers on the Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist

    By Literary Hub  October 1, 2022
    What to Watch

    Everything Dies Baby, That’s a Fact: On the Elusive Train Dreams of Claire Denis and Mike Brodie

    By Drew Johnson  September 30, 2022
    Nobel Prize?

    Some Predictions For Who (Should) Win the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

    By Lavanya Krishnan and Sandeep Bethanabhotla  September 30, 2022
    Recap

    The Rings of Power: Great Television or Deflating Entry to the Tolkien Canon?

    By Jenna Kass and Dylan Roth  September 30, 2022
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    How to Love to Your Horrible Little Goblins (and Other Advice from Calvin Kasulke)

    By Literary Hub  September 30, 2022
    What to Watch

    What’s the Point of a Prequel When We All Know Things End Badly?

    By Matthew Redmond  September 30, 2022
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

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

    By Book Marks  September 30, 2022
    Audiobook Break

    George Takei, Philip Kan Gotanda, and Others Discuss Sisters Matsumoto

    By Audiobook Break  September 30, 2022
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