• Craft and Criticism

    Children's Literature

    Reading Aloud and Together: Ten New Children’s Books To Read Now

    By Caroline Carlson  November 1, 2024
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of November

    By AudioFile Magazine  November 1, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Leonard Cassuto on Taking Care of Your Reader

    By Leonard Cassuto  November 1, 2024
    The Hub

    Meet the real literary witches of the 20th century.

    By Brittany Allen  October 31, 2024
    Folklore

    Exhuming Dracula’s Ancestors: What Vampires Reveal About Our Latent Fears

    By Ed Simon  October 31, 2024
    Horror

    Why Horror Needs Humor

    By Tyler Malone  October 31, 2024
    Scary Stories

    “It Will Be One of the Most Ghastly Short Stories Ever Written.” When Dylan Thomas Tried to Get Spooky

    By Nick Ripatrazone  October 31, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    October’s Best Reviewed Fiction

    By Book Marks  October 31, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    October’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

    By Book Marks  October 31, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Really Want to Call Out My Friend For Bragging About How Much YA She Reads: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  October 31, 2024
    Paperbacks

    Roxane Gay! Tom Wolfe! Love in the time of apocalypse! 24 books out in paperback this November!

    By Gabrielle Bellot  October 31, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Jess Walter on the Election

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 31, 2024
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Mike Fu is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  October 30, 2024
    Influences

    Channeling Curiosity Into Language: How a Diverse Array of Influences Feeds Poetic Development

    By Mónica de la Torre  October 29, 2024
    Philosophy

    Philosopher of Change: How Henri Bergson’s Radical View of Reality Came to Be

    By Emily Herring  October 29, 2024
    On Reading

    Nick Hornby: The Older You Get, the Less Time You Have for Bad Books

    By Nick Hornby  October 29, 2024
    On Translation

    Why Close Reading is An Essential Part of Literary Translation

    By Damion Searls  October 29, 2024
    Climate Change

    Our Burning Era: Reading George Stewart’s Fire in Fire Season

    By Ben Woollard  October 29, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    Brothers Grimm! Gilmore Girls! Glory Edim! 18 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  October 29, 2024
    Language

    How New York City Became a Haven For Endangered Languages

    By Ross Perlin  October 28, 2024
    First Draft

    Charles Baxter on the Realm of Possibility

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   October 28, 2024
    Write-minded

    Edwidge Danticat on Being Fascinated and Daunted

    By Memoir Nation   October 28, 2024
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    Indie Booksellers and Lying Liars: This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   October 25, 2024
    The Sea

    Consider the Shipwreck: Ten Books on Maritime Disasters and Ecological Collapse

    By Eiren Caffall  October 25, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Julie Sedivy on Amplifying the Pleasure of Language

    By Julie Sedivy  October 25, 2024
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