Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • BUY A HAT
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
  • Fiction and Poetry
  • News and Culture
  • Lit Hub Radio
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Log In
Warts and All: In Praise of the Unauthorized Biography

Warts and All: In Praise of the Unauthorized Biography

Brendan O’Meara Offers Some Advice to Writers and Journalists Seeking to Go Beyond the Sanitized

By Brendan O’Meara | June 23, 2025

Diana Arterian on Agrippina the Younger, Writing Historical Women, and Poetry as Liberty

Diana Arterian on Agrippina the Younger, Writing Historical Women, and Poetry as Liberty

The Author of “Agrippina the Younger” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | June 23, 2025

Lori Ostlund on Finding Endings

Lori Ostlund on Finding Endings

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | June 23, 2025

Jennifer Croft on Illustrations and Photos in Memoir

Jennifer Croft on Illustrations and Photos in Memoir

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

By Memoir Nation | June 23, 2025

Pep Talks That I Give to Authors That I Will Now Give to Myself

Pep Talks That I Give to Authors That I Will Now Give to Myself

In Which Maris Kreizman Attempts to Take Her Own Advice

By Maris Kreizman | June 20, 2025

“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter

“Politics is Everywhere.” A Close and Highly Critical Reading of English PEN’s Charter

From Kamila Shamsie’s English PEN Lecture

By Kamila Shamsie | June 20, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir
  • Nonesuch
  • Whidbey
  • A Scandal in Königsberg
  • The Quantity Theory of Morality
  • Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World

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

By Book Marks | June 20, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | June 20, 2025

Kate McKean on the Nuts and Bolts of the Query Letter

By Kate McKean | June 20, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Book Bans in Llano County and Community Supported Lit Mags

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Book Bans in Llano County and Community Supported Lit Mags

featuring Leila Green Little, Anthony Aycock, Benjamin Davis, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | June 20, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Catherine Lacey is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Catherine Lacey is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Jen Calleja, Tezer Özlü, Georgi Gospodinov and More

By Diana Arterian | June 20, 2025

How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous

How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous

Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott Explore the Reasoning Behind Some Very Well Known Pseudonyms

By Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott | June 20, 2025

Standing Tall: On the Value and Importance of Women Who Take Up Space

Standing Tall: On the Value and Importance of Women Who Take Up Space

Jane Smiley in Conversation with Susan Swan, Author of “Big Girls Don’t Cry”

By Jane Smiley | June 20, 2025

Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

Rambling Genealogies: Nandshankar Mehta and the Forgotten History of South Asian Cosmopolitanism

Radha Vatsal on the Contemporary Echoes of Her Ancestor’s Groundbreaking 19th-Century Novel

By Radha Vatsal | June 20, 2025

Hot, Moist, Hydrofeminist: Seven Sapphic Books with Themes of Water and Fludity

Hot, Moist, Hydrofeminist: Seven Sapphic Books with Themes of Water and Fludity

Siouxzi Connor Recommends Dylin Hardcastle, Julia Armfield, Sophie Mackintosh, and More

By Siouxzi Connor | June 20, 2025

Geoff Dyer on Homework and Play

Geoff Dyer on Homework and Play

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 20, 2025

« First‹ Previous545556575859606162Next ›Last »
Page 58 of 827
    • What to Watch This Weekend: March 13, 2026March 13, 2026 by Dwyer Murphy
    • Why Motive Matters Even More than Truth in Crime FictionMarch 13, 2026 by Nadine Matheson
    • The Best Paperback Releases of March 2026March 13, 2026 by Molly Odintz
    • In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "Moves back and forth through time as Junod tries to untangle his father s convoluted…"
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member

  • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.