Writing Toward the Void: Larissa Pham on Facing Your Fears in Fiction

Writing Toward the Void: Larissa Pham on Facing Your Fears in Fiction

“Whenever I felt stuck in the writing, I looked to the most unknown corner and asked: What if?”

By Larissa Pham | January 20, 2026

Julian Barnes, Jeanette Winterson, Jennette McCurdy, and more: 24 new books out today!

Julian Barnes, Jeanette Winterson, Jennette McCurdy, and more: 24 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | January 20, 2026

Ashley Shelby on Her Fictional Climate-Grief Drug

Ashley Shelby on Her Fictional Climate-Grief Drug

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 20, 2026

Suzette Partido on Holding On to Hope and Possibility

Suzette Partido on Holding On to Hope and Possibility

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

By Memoir Nation | January 20, 2026

<em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em> Anticipates!

The Lit Hub Podcast Anticipates!

featuring McKayla Coyle, Jonny Diamond, James Folta, Olivia Rutigliano, Dan Sheehan, Emily Temple, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | January 16, 2026

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 Daniyal Mueenuddin, Jung Chang, Madeline Cash, and More

By Book Marks | January 16, 2026

Best Reviewed
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  • They
  • This Is Not About Us
  • Eradication: A Fable
  • The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief
  • The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg—And the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema
  • End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America

On Lidia Yuknavitch’s “Anti-Memoir” The Chronology of Water

By Asha Dore | January 16, 2026

Containment and Freedom: In Praise of the Boarding School Novel

By Madeleine Dunnigan | January 16, 2026

Kathleen Boland on Getting Lost (as a Writing Practice)

By Kathleen Boland | January 16, 2026

The All-Of-It-Ness of Motherhood: Five Books to Read in the Early Days of Parenting

The All-Of-It-Ness of Motherhood: Five Books to Read in the Early Days of Parenting

Catherine Pierce Recommends Rivka Galchen, Mira Jacob, Beth Ann Fennelly and More

By Catherine Pierce | January 16, 2026

Novelist Van Jensen Talks With His Mother, Acclaimed Painter Jean Jensen, About Art and Family

Novelist Van Jensen Talks With His Mother, Acclaimed Painter Jean Jensen, About Art and Family

Van and Jean discuss their collaboration on a special edition print to celebrate the release of Van’s new novel, Godfall

By Van Jensen | January 16, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A novel is a minor conspiracy unto itself, a frenzied assembly of story and figures and motivations.”

By Book Marks | January 15, 2026

Questions and Crimes: Golan Haji on Art and Letters in the New Syria

Questions and Crimes: Golan Haji on Art and Letters in the New Syria

Translated and Introduced by Fady Joudah

By Golan Haji | January 15, 2026

Against Generative AI: Is Art the Last Refuge of Our Humanity?

Against Generative AI: Is Art the Last Refuge of Our Humanity?

Nick Ripatrazone on the Importance of the Creative Ego

By Nick Ripatrazone | January 15, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Having a Huge Crush on My Editor?

Am I the Asshole For Having a Huge Crush on My Editor?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About
Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | January 15, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniyal Mueenuddin Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniyal Mueenuddin Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring James Joyce, Susan Orlean, Lauren Groff, and More

By Diana Arterian | January 15, 2026

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