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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"A study of limbo and stasis that nonetheless speaks of great movement and change."

By Book Marks | May 22, 2025

None of Your Business: Why Writers Shouldn't Feel Obligated to Share Too Much

None of Your Business: Why Writers Shouldn't Feel Obligated to Share Too Much

Debbie Urbanski on the Invasive Expectations of Book Publicity and Their Unintended Consequences

By Debbie Urbanski | May 22, 2025

You See? Generative AI is Bad At Doing My Job

You See? Generative AI is Bad At Doing My Job

Maris Kreizman on the AI Hallucinations That Made it to the Book Review Section

By Maris Kreizman | May 22, 2025

Shitholes, USA: Noel and Liam Gallagher On When Oasis Toured America

Shitholes, USA: Noel and Liam Gallagher On When Oasis Toured America

"In the end we fucking smashed the arse out of it."

By Literary Hub | May 22, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Alison Bechdel Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Alison Bechdel Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Sarah Schulman, Urvashi Vaid, Joan Didion, and Others

By Diana Arterian | May 22, 2025

Writing Towards the Future: Searching for Realism In an Increasingly Surreal World

Writing Towards the Future: Searching for Realism In an Increasingly Surreal World

Fred Lunzer on the Impact of Contemporary Problems on Literary and Science Fiction

By Fred Lunzer | May 21, 2025

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Donal Ryan on Embracing the Evolution of Language While Preserving Its Essence

By Donal Ryan | May 21, 2025

The Fact and the Fiction of Philly: Writing Place From Research, Memory and Intuition

By Naomi Xu Elegant | May 21, 2025

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Five Novels Involving Destructive Relationships

By Meg Serino | May 21, 2025

Richard Bausch Thinks You Can Never Permanently Ruin a Piece of Writing (And Other Tidbits)

Richard Bausch Thinks You Can Never Permanently Ruin a Piece of Writing (And Other Tidbits)

The Author of "The Fate of Others" Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | May 20, 2025

Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Adam Roberts Recommends Culinary Moments from Nora Ephron, Charles Dickens, Bryan Washington, and More

By Adam Roberts | May 20, 2025

Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

Daria Lavelle on the Joys of Experimenting With Food and Fiction

By Daria Lavelle | May 20, 2025

Include as Little History as You Can: The Danger of Explaining Too Much in Historical Fiction

Include as Little History as You Can: The Danger of Explaining Too Much in Historical Fiction

Jesse Browner Explores Why the Core Rules of Fiction Still Apply in Stories of the Past

By Jesse Browner | May 20, 2025

What Spinoza's Metaphysics Can Reveal to Us About the Creative Process

What Spinoza's Metaphysics Can Reveal to Us About the Creative Process

Madeleine Thien on Using Fiction to Find the Many Rooms Within Ourselves

By Madeleine Thien | May 20, 2025

Ben Calhoun on Editing for the Ear

Ben Calhoun on Editing for the Ear

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | May 20, 2025

“Please Keep Caring.” What John McPhee Taught Generations of Writers and Journalists

“Please Keep Caring.” What John McPhee Taught Generations of Writers and Journalists

Peter Hessler on a Beloved Mentor and Tireless Proponent of Creative Nonfiction

By Peter Hessler | May 19, 2025

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