• Craft and Criticism

    On Race

    Diversity Syndrome: On Publishing’s Relentless Pigeonholing of Black Writers

    By Naomi Day  January 9, 2025
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Want to Write About This Jerk Who Ghosted Me: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  January 9, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Ream Shukairy on Syria After Assad

    By Fiction Non Fiction  January 9, 2025
    Climate Crisis

    What Will You Save When the Climate Crisis Comes For You?

    By Eiren Caffall  January 8, 2025
    On Race

    Arrested for Driving While Black: The Effortless Racism of America’s Criminal Justice System

    By Irvin Weathersby Jr.  January 8, 2025
    On Reading

    From the Wakefield Twins to Claudia Kishi: How We See and Don’t See Ourselves in What We Read

    By Gloria L. Huang  January 8, 2025
    On Writing

    It’s Not My Job to Understand Agents or the Marketplace. My Job is to Write.

    By Kevin Maloney  January 8, 2025
    literary criticism

    Judith Shakespeare, Grinning Literary Ghost: Lauren Groff on the Nuances of A Room of One’s Own

    By Lauren Groff  January 7, 2025
    2025 Preview

    Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2025

    By Literary Hub  January 7, 2025
    Writing the Novel

    Bylines and Big Edits: How a Career in Journalism Taught Elizabeth Harris the Techniques of Fiction

    By Elizabeth Harris  January 7, 2025
    In Conversation

    Adam Ross on Chronicling a Reagan-Era New York City Childhood

    By Jane Ciabattari  January 7, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Zora Neale Hurston! The real-life Hester Prynne! Y2K! 27 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  January 7, 2025
    First Draft

    Amitava Kumar and Claire Messud on Literary Friendship

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 6, 2025
    Write-minded

    Forrest Gander on the Poem as Novel

    By Write-minded   January 6, 2025
    Gardening

    Trees of Life and Knowledge: Jamaica Kincaid on Colonialism, Gardening, and Worshipping Her Plants

    By Sandra Guzmán  January 3, 2025
    Paperbacks

    Deer! Dystopia! Patrick Stewart! MLK’s definitive bio! 21 books out in paperback this January.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  January 3, 2025
    Publishing

    Fighting for Book Workers’ Rights, Battling Book Bans, and Other Literary Resolutions For 2025

    By Maris Kreizman  January 2, 2025
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    20 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2025

    By Natalie Zutter  January 2, 2025
    Poetry

    A Constant Reinvention of Language: Looking Ahead to 2025 in Poetry

    By Literary Hub  January 2, 2025
    Children's Literature

    The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of 2025

    By Caroline Carlson  January 2, 2025
    First Draft

    Boyce Upholt on Finding Hope in Dark Times

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   December 30, 2024
    Best of 2024

    The Best (Old) Books We Read in 2024

    By Emily Temple  December 24, 2024
    Best of 2024

    50 Contemporary Poets on the Best Poems they Read in 2024

    By Brittany Cavallaro  December 24, 2024
    Best of 2024

    The 167 Best Book Covers of 2024

    By Emily Temple  December 24, 2024
    Best of 2024

    Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories from 2024

    By Literary Hub  December 24, 2024
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