“It’s Okay But It’s Also Really Not.” When Dystopian Fiction is No Longer a Thought Experiment

“It’s Okay But It’s Also Really Not.” When Dystopian Fiction is No Longer a Thought Experiment

Yume Kitasei Explores the Different Forms Dystopias Can Take, On and Off the Page

By Yume Kitasei | October 6, 2025

Kwame Alexander on Saying Yes!

Kwame Alexander on Saying Yes!

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

By Memoir Nation | October 6, 2025

Ada Limón on Opening Awareness

Ada Limón on Opening Awareness

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 6, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Lily King, Mariana Enriquez, Souvankham Thammavongsa, and More

By Book Marks | October 3, 2025

The Art of Board Books and Psychedelic Magazines on The Lit Hub Podcast

The Art of Board Books and Psychedelic Magazines on The Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring Hillary Brenhouse, Jon Klassen, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | October 3, 2025

Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Tending to the Garden of American Democracy is Hard and Thankless Work

Andrew Ervin Looks for Answers (to Impossible Questions) in Recent Books by Luke Kemp and Richard Mabey

By Andrew Ervin | October 3, 2025

Best Reviewed
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  • The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
  • Repetition
  • Night Night Fawn
  • El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory
  • Gunk
  • The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary

Alex Niemi on the Process of Translation and the Rhythm of Language

By Sarah Viren | October 3, 2025

Sarah Mesle on the Power of Picturing Your Desired Reader

By Sarah Mesle | October 3, 2025

“Inhabiting the Poem.” Seven Poetry Collections to Read This October

By Christopher Spaide | October 3, 2025

Am I the Asshole For Being Sick to Death of All the Mediocre Speculative Fiction Out There?

Am I the Asshole For Being Sick to Death of All the Mediocre Speculative Fiction Out There?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 2, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A magnificent and lovable work—both page-turning and coolly visionary.”

By Book Marks | October 2, 2025

Lily King on Campus Novels, Time Jumps, and Having Fun While Writing

Lily King on Campus Novels, Time Jumps, and Having Fun While Writing

Emma Straub Talks to the Author of “Heart the Lover”

By Emma Straub | October 2, 2025

A View with a Room: How Poetry Can Save the Human Brain

A View with a Room: How Poetry Can Save the Human Brain

Kate Colby on Finding Inspiration in Edward Hopper’s “Cape Cod Morning”

By Kate Colby | October 2, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anton Hur Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anton Hur Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Han Kang, Irenosen Okojie, Siang Lu, and Others

By Diana Arterian | October 2, 2025

Re(se)a(r)ching For Connection: Navigating the Fact and Fiction of Alien Abduction Stories

Re(se)a(r)ching For Connection: Navigating the Fact and Fiction of Alien Abduction Stories

Ilana Masad: “It’s in trying to reach beyond our limited selves that we are, I believe, most human.”

By Ilana Masad | October 2, 2025

Yiming Ma on the Future of Censorship

Yiming Ma on the Future of Censorship

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 2, 2025

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