One great short story to read today: Percival Everett's “The Appropriation of Cultures.”

One great short story to read today: Percival Everett's “The Appropriation of Cultures.”

By Jonny Diamond | May 25, 2023

Rita Chang-Eppig on Researching Pirates for Her Debut Novel

Rita Chang-Eppig on Researching Pirates for Her Debut Novel

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | May 25, 2023

Ivy Pochoda on Writing About Violent Women (Without Making Excuses for Them)

Ivy Pochoda on Writing About Violent Women (Without Making Excuses for Them)

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 25, 2023

A More Introspective End of the World: A Reading List of Quiet Apocalypse Books

A More Introspective End of the World: A Reading List of Quiet Apocalypse Books

Jane Hennigan Recommends Rumaan Alam, Kate Sawyer, and More

By Jane Hennigan | May 25, 2023

Rising from the Ashes: Felix Salmon on the Debt Ceiling Crisis and the Surprising Resilience of the COVID Economy

Rising from the Ashes: Felix Salmon on the Debt Ceiling Crisis and the Surprising Resilience of the COVID Economy

Felix Salmon in Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 25, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"Why did a man who is probably our leading national pipsqueak decide that promoting manliness was his ticket to political power?"

By Book Marks | May 25, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

From Rarefied to Beloved: The Path from Molly Ivins to Joan Didion

By Brooke Kroeger | May 25, 2023

“The Land of the Muses.” How Sardinia Became Italy’s Island of Poets

By Jeff Biggers | May 25, 2023

Why Eccentrics Find a Natural Home in Fiction

By Carlos Fonseca Suarez | May 25, 2023

Emily Simon on Language Games, Perspective, and Inheriting a Tradition of Complaining

Emily Simon on Language Games, Perspective, and Inheriting a Tradition of Complaining

Ross Simonini Speaks with the Author of In Many Ways

By Ross Simonini | May 25, 2023

The 28 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

The 28 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

The Lit Hub Staff Recommends Books for Beaches, Benches, Backyards, and BBQs

By Emily Temple | May 24, 2023

On Jane Austen and The Lovable Unlikability of Emma Woodhouse

On Jane Austen and The Lovable Unlikability of Emma Woodhouse

Emily Harding Can't Separate the Independent Streak from the Austen Worldview

By Emily Harding | May 24, 2023

Kate Lebo on Making and Remaking Recipes On and Off the Page

Kate Lebo on Making and Remaking Recipes On and Off the Page

“Writing a recipe and reading a recipe are both acts of translation.”

By Kate Lebo | May 24, 2023

“Outside the Coordinates.” On Crafting Nonfiction That Takes Risks

“Outside the Coordinates.” On Crafting Nonfiction That Takes Risks

Laura Tillman Talks to Her Mentor and Former Teacher, Suzannah Lessard

By Laura Tillman | May 24, 2023

S.L. Wisenberg on Finding Home in Her Work

S.L. Wisenberg on Finding Home in Her Work

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | May 24, 2023

Author Susanna Kaysen Revisits <em>Girl, Interrupted</em> 30 Years After Its Publication

Author Susanna Kaysen Revisits Girl, Interrupted 30 Years After Its Publication

“There was enough blank space in it for people to insert themselves.”

By Susanna Kaysen | May 23, 2023

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