On Bourbon, Books, and Writing Your Way Out of Small-Town America

On Bourbon, Books, and Writing Your Way Out of Small-Town America

Wright Thompson Considers What It Means to Find Your Craft

By Wright Thompson | December 9, 2020

WATCH: Reyna Grande in Conversation with John Freeman

WATCH: Reyna Grande in Conversation with John Freeman

The Distance Between Us, as Featured on Alta's California Book Club

By The Virtual Book Channel | December 9, 2020

The Challenges of Translating Jean Daive’s Memoir <br>on Paul Celan

The Challenges of Translating Jean Daive’s Memoir 
on Paul Celan

Robert Kaufman and Philip Gerard Consider the Texture of Language, Poetics, and Linguistic Dispossession

By Robert Kaufman and Philip Gerard | December 9, 2020

The Best Reviewed Short Story Collections of 2020

The Best Reviewed Short Story Collections of 2020

Featuring Nicole Krauss, Stephen King, Emma Cline, Zora Neale Hurston, and more

By Book Marks | December 9, 2020

On the Particular Thrill of Visiting a Dead Writer's House

On the Particular Thrill of Visiting a Dead Writer's House

Phoebe Hamilton-Jones in Praise of Literary Tourism (Done Well)

By Phoebe Hamilton Jones | December 8, 2020

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on the Time He Met Langston Hughes<br> (and More)

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on the Time He Met Langston Hughes
(and More)

From the The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

By The Quarantine Tapes | December 8, 2020

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Finding An Unlikely Literary Figure on Tinder: Kurt Vonnegut

By Mikka Jacobsen | December 8, 2020

Real Talk: On Claudia Rankine’s Painful Conversations with Whiteness

By Shya Scanlon | December 8, 2020

On Catholicism and Doomscrolling in Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter

By Lit Century | December 8, 2020

The Best Reviewed Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror of 2020

The Best Reviewed Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror of 2020

Featuring N. K. Jemisin, Stephen King,
Susanna Clarke, Karen Russell, and more

By Book Marks | December 8, 2020

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Andrew DuBois, Emily Gould, An Yu, and More Take the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Teddy Wayne | December 8, 2020

Announcing the Winners of <em>Reading Women</em>’s 2020 Award

Announcing the Winners of Reading Women’s 2020 Award

Congrats to Carmen Maria Machado and Bernardine Evaristo!

By Reading Women | December 8, 2020

Lauren Martin on Realizing Writing Advice Applies<br> to Life, Too

Lauren Martin on Realizing Writing Advice Applies
to Life, Too

"Writing a book, I quickly found out, was a crash course in anxiety."

By Lauren Martin | December 7, 2020

Our 65 Favorite Books of the Year

Our 65 Favorite Books of the Year

We Lived Through 2020 and All We Got Were These Really Good Books

By Emily Temple | December 7, 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

Featuring Barack Obama, Natasha Trethewey, Helen Macdonald, Sylvia Plath, The Beatles, and more

By Book Marks | December 7, 2020

On Translating the Little Known Italian Novel That Anticipated the Anthropocene

On Translating the Little Known Italian Novel That Anticipated the Anthropocene

Frederika Randall Considers the Life and Solitude of Guido Morselli

By Frederika Randall | December 7, 2020

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