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Feeling in Farsi, Writing in English: <br>On Translating Your Life From One Language to Another

Feeling in Farsi, Writing in English:
On Translating Your Life From One Language to Another

Sahar Delijani Navigates the Complexity of Conjuring Her Old Life in a New Language

By Sahar Delijani | January 14, 2025

From Ancient Troy to 1990s Tennessee: Maria Zoccola on Creating an Afterlife For Homer’s Helen

From Ancient Troy to 1990s Tennessee: Maria Zoccola on Creating an Afterlife For Homer’s Helen

“We’re raising eidolons, real and not-real, tales that move and breathe and stand side by side, speaking Troy into the future.”

By Maria Zoccola | January 14, 2025

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Pico Iyer, Karissa Chen, Betty Shamieh and More

By Teddy Wayne | January 14, 2025

In Defense of the Messy Queers: Why “Good” Representation Isn”t Enough

In Defense of the Messy Queers: Why “Good” Representation Isn”t Enough

For Edward Underhill, “The fullness of life comes from the struggle.”

By Edward Underhill | January 14, 2025

Pico Iyer! Helen of Troy in the '90s! An African history of Africa! 27 new books out today.

Pico Iyer! Helen of Troy in the '90s! An African history of Africa! 27 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 14, 2025

The Politics of Place: A Conversation Between Shze-Hui Tjoa and Farah Ali

The Politics of Place: A Conversation Between Shze-Hui Tjoa and Farah Ali

The Authors of “The Story Game” and “The River, The Town” Discuss Memory, c-PTSD, and the Ethics of Re-Imagining

By Shze-Hui Tjoa and Farah Ali | January 13, 2025

Best Reviewed
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Danielle Legros Georges on Docupoetics, the Nuances of Haiti, and Letter-Writing as Poetry

By Literary Hub | January 13, 2025

Paolo Bacigalupi on Building Worlds

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 13, 2025

Susan Lieu on Not Letting the Past Stay in the Past

By Memoir Nation | January 13, 2025

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: (Some) Most Anticipated Books of 2025

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: (Some) Most Anticipated Books of 2025

featuring audio recs from the Lit Hub staff

By The Lit Hub Podcast | January 10, 2025

Adam Haslett on the Uses of Doubt

Adam Haslett on the Uses of Doubt

“I’ve come to realize how much of my doubt is actually fear.”

By Adam Haslett | January 10, 2025

He Got Away With Everything: Reading <em>True Grit</em> After the Reelection of Donald Trump

He Got Away With Everything: Reading True Grit After the Reelection of Donald Trump

Piers Gelly Considers Charles Portis’s Masterpiece in the Long Shadow of 2016

By Piers Gelly | January 10, 2025

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 Adam Haslett, Spotify, Karissa Chen, and More

By Book Marks | January 10, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The narrator’s voice is an extraordinary hybrid of a boy’s plaintive innocence and a man’s wry reflection.”

By Book Marks | January 9, 2025

Diversity Syndrome: On Publishing’s Relentless Pigeonholing of Black Writers

Diversity Syndrome: On Publishing’s Relentless Pigeonholing of Black Writers

Naomi Day Examines What It’s Like to Be a Black Writer of Speculative Fiction

By Naomi Day | January 9, 2025

I Want to Write About This Jerk Who Ghosted Me: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Want to Write About This Jerk Who Ghosted Me: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | January 9, 2025

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