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A Room of One’s Own: On Finding Beauty and Inspiration in Meditation

A Room of One’s Own: On Finding Beauty and Inspiration in Meditation

Leanne Ogasawara Considers the Importance of Stillness and Contemplation For Writers and Translators

By Leanne Ogasawara | November 6, 2024

How a Novel by Mildred D. Taylor Helped Glory Edim Understand Being Black in the South

How a Novel by Mildred D. Taylor Helped Glory Edim Understand Being Black in the South

The Author of “Gather Me” Reflects on Navigating Her Nigerian and American Identities

By Glory Edim | November 6, 2024

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Ryan Chapman Predicts the Booker Prize

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Ryan Chapman Predicts the Booker Prize

Plus Jonny Diamond and Drew Broussard on the Election and More

By The Lit Hub Podcast | November 6, 2024

Among the Sleuths: Looking for Answers at the Nancy Drew Convention

Among the Sleuths: Looking for Answers at the Nancy Drew Convention

Jadie Stillwell and Nicole Blackwood on the Mystery of the Missing Discernible Character Traits

By Jadie Stillwell and Nicole Blackwood | November 5, 2024

Visions of Apocalypse: How <em>Gravity’s Rainbow</em> Embodied America’s Post-War Fears

Visions of Apocalypse: How Gravity’s Rainbow Embodied America’s Post-War Fears

Jonathan Rosenbaum Revisits His Review of Thomas Pynchon’s Classic

By Jonathan Rosenbaum | November 5, 2024

A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World

A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World

Jesse Sheidlower on the Limberness and Literary Uses of “Fuck”

By Jesse Sheidlower | November 5, 2024

Best Reviewed
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Oliver Sacks! Dante! Queer folktales! 20 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | November 5, 2024

The 10 Best Formally Inventive Queer Memoirs

By Catherine Habgood | November 4, 2024

AM Homes on the Complexity of Contemporary Political Life

By Yvonne Conza | November 4, 2024

You Can Quote Me on That: On Finding Inspiration in the Language of Children’s Books

You Can Quote Me on That: On Finding Inspiration in the Language of Children’s Books

Amy Gash Considers the Timeless Wisdom of Great Kid Lit

By Amy Gash | November 4, 2024

Tracy O'Neill on Interpretation

Tracy O'Neill on Interpretation

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 4, 2024

Barbara Ridley on Centering Marginalized Characters in Your Fiction

Barbara Ridley on Centering Marginalized Characters in Your Fiction

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | November 4, 2024

Magical Birds, Small Fortunes, and Time Loops: November’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Magical Birds, Small Fortunes, and Time Loops: November’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

A Cornucopia of New Books From Carrie Vaughn, Tasha Suri, Haruki Murakami, and More

By Natalie Zutter | November 1, 2024

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Celebrating 20 Years of <em>n+1</em>

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Celebrating 20 Years of n+1

Mark Krotov and Dayna Tortorici in Conversation with Jonny Diamond

By The Lit Hub Podcast | November 1, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There are, of course, literary pleasures to be had in a sociopathic protagonist.”

By Book Marks | November 1, 2024

From Ghostly Forests to “Zombie Vomit Mad Libs.” Seven Poetry Books to Read in November

From Ghostly Forests to “Zombie Vomit Mad Libs.” Seven Poetry Books to Read in November

Rebecca Morgan Franks Recommends Albert Abonado, Kimiko Hahn, Duy Đoàn, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | November 1, 2024

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