June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Griffin Dunne, Joni Mitchell, Olivia Laing, and More

By Book Marks | June 28, 2024

June’s Best Reviewed Fiction

June’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles by Sarah Perry, Joseph O’Neill, Rachel Cusk, and More

By Book Marks | June 28, 2024

Julia Phillips on the Writing Lessons of Fairy Tales

Julia Phillips on the Writing Lessons of Fairy Tales

"Close the circle—even if your characters suffer, your readers will remember it."

By Julia Phillips | June 28, 2024

Ann Beattie! Mysterious Korean SF! Colin Channer! 26 books out in paperback this July.

Ann Beattie! Mysterious Korean SF! Colin Channer! 26 books out in paperback this July.

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 28, 2024

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of June

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of June

The Month in Literary Listening

By Audiofile Magazine | June 28, 2024

Beauty in Discomfort: In Defense of the Trauma Narrative

Beauty in Discomfort: In Defense of the Trauma Narrative

Emily Usher on the Enduring Importance of Writing About Pain

By Emily Usher | June 28, 2024

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New Mythologies of the Frontier: A Neo-Western Reading List

By Kent Wascom | June 27, 2024

Am the Literary Asshole For Wanting to Tell People Their Writing Sucks?

By Kristen Arnett | June 27, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Tara M. Stringfellow Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Tara M. Stringfellow Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Warsan Shire, Ann Patchett, Melissa Mogollon, and Others

By Diana Arterian | June 27, 2024

Akwaeke Emezi Doesn’t Outline Books and Waits for Their Cat to Sleep Before Writing

Akwaeke Emezi Doesn’t Outline Books and Waits for Their Cat to Sleep Before Writing

The Author of “Little Rot” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | June 27, 2024

Maxim Loskutoff on the Unabomber and the Myth of the American West

Maxim Loskutoff on the Unabomber and the Myth of the American West

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Matt Gallagher on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 27, 2024

How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

Adam Smyth on Nancy Cunard, the Woman Who First Discovered the Future Nobel Laureate

By Adam Smyth | June 26, 2024

Generation Franchise: <br>Why Writers Are Forced to Become Brands (and Why That’s Bad)

Generation Franchise:
Why Writers Are Forced to Become Brands (and Why That’s Bad)

Jess Row on the Ubiquity of the Digital Persona, From Child Stars to Disney Adults

By Jess Row | June 26, 2024

Helen Fielding on <em>Bridget Jones</em> and the Subtle Art of Diary Keeping

Helen Fielding on Bridget Jones and the Subtle Art of Diary Keeping

Considering the Place of the Confessional Narrative in the Literary Landscape on the Book's 25th Anniversary

By Helen Fielding | June 26, 2024

Intertwined in Madness: On Turning Yourself into a Character in a Novel

Intertwined in Madness: On Turning Yourself into a Character in a Novel

Alana Saab on Sharing a Mental Breakdown With Your Protagonist

By Alana Saab | June 26, 2024

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