What Jane Austen’s Possessions Reveal About Her Literary Ethos

What Jane Austen’s Possessions Reveal About Her Literary Ethos

Kathryn Sutherland Explores the Iconic Author’s Life and Work Through the Most Seemingly Mundane Objects

By Kathryn Sutherland | August 4, 2025

A Happy One-Trick Multi-Book Pony: On Writing Novels About Art History

A Happy One-Trick Multi-Book Pony: On Writing Novels About Art History

B.A. Shapiro Follows Her Literary Footsteps Through Storied Museums

By B.A. Shapiro | August 4, 2025

How Witi Ihimaera’s <em>The Whale Rider</em> Helped Introduce Maori Literature to the World

How Witi Ihimaera’s The Whale Rider Helped Introduce Maori Literature to the World

Shilo Kino on the Novel That Represented and Reconnected New Zealand’s Indigenous People

By Shilo Kino | August 4, 2025

Ed Park on Trusting the Generative Mind

Ed Park on Trusting the Generative Mind

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 4, 2025

Jane Alison and Jeannine Ouellette on Craft and Form

Jane Alison and Jeannine Ouellette on Craft and Form

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | August 4, 2025

Talking <em>Lapham’s Quarterly</em> and Socialist Gothics on The Lit Hub Podcast

Talking Lapham’s Quarterly and Socialist Gothics on The Lit Hub Podcast

Pluse the Sealey Challenge, the Sameer Project, the Booker Longlist, and More!

By The Lit Hub Podcast | August 1, 2025

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Robot Ghost Kitchens and Memory Capitalism: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

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Aymann Ismail on Asking the Right Questions (at the Right Time)

Aymann Ismail on Asking the Right Questions (at the Right Time)

“Memoirs ought to interrogate certainties.”

By Aymann Ismail | August 1, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Amy Silverberg Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Amy Silverberg Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Rita Bullwinkel, Rebecca Lee, Marie-Helene Bertino, and Others

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Unimprovable Penis-Forward Poems and More! Seven Poetry Books to Read This August

Unimprovable Penis-Forward Poems and More! Seven Poetry Books to Read This August

Christopher Spaide Recommends Taylor Byas, Heather Christle, bruno darío and More

By Christopher Spaide | August 1, 2025

Audre Lorde! Elizabeth Strout! Oscar Wilde! 25 books out in paperback this August.

Audre Lorde! Elizabeth Strout! Oscar Wilde! 25 books out in paperback this August.

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 1, 2025

On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)

On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)

Meg Pillow Unpacks an Archetype and Tells Her Own Story

By Meg Pillow | July 31, 2025

<em>Vanity Fair</em>’s Dan Adler on Jeffrey Epstein and What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows

Vanity Fair’s Dan Adler on Jeffrey Epstein and What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows

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

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July’s Best Reviewed Fiction

July’s Best Reviewed Fiction

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By Dan Sheehan | July 31, 2025

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