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

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

“Reading a bad novel when you are approaching pensionable age is like taking the time left available to you and setting it on fire.”

By Nick Hornby | October 29, 2024

Why Close Reading is An Essential Part of Literary Translation

Why Close Reading is An Essential Part of Literary Translation

Damion Searls on What Emerging and Established Translators Can Learn From a Careful Examination of Texts

By Damion Searls | October 29, 2024

Our Burning Era: Reading George Stewart’s <em>Fire</em> in Fire Season

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

Ben Woollard on the Newly Reissued 1948 Novel

By Ben Woollard | October 29, 2024

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

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

By Gabrielle Bellot | October 29, 2024

How New York City Became a Haven For Endangered Languages

How New York City Became a Haven For Endangered Languages

British Academy Book Prize Winner Ross Perlin on the City’s Unique Position to Preserve Global Linguistic Diversity

By Ross Perlin | October 28, 2024

Charles Baxter on the Realm of Possibility

Charles Baxter on the Realm of Possibility

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 28, 2024

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  • House of Day, House of Night
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Edwidge Danticat on Being Fascinated and Daunted

By Memoir Nation | October 28, 2024

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

By The Lit Hub Podcast | October 25, 2024

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

By Eiren Caffall | October 25, 2024

Julie Sedivy on Amplifying the Pleasure of Language

Julie Sedivy on Amplifying the Pleasure of Language

“I feel an extra jolt of delight when I read a sentence that achieves something out of the ordinary.”

By Julie Sedivy | October 25, 2024

Love Learned Through Pain: On Why We Need to Record and Respect Grief

Love Learned Through Pain: On Why We Need to Record and Respect Grief

Ariana Reines Remembers Her Mother's Passing in a World of Increasing Technological Numbness

By Ariana Reines | October 25, 2024

Sol Yurick on Trying to Find Any Trace of His Novel, <em>The Warriors,</em> on the Big Screen

Sol Yurick on Trying to Find Any Trace of His Novel, The Warriors, on the Big Screen

“I looked for my novel on the screen. I found the skeleton of it intact. Its revolutionary content was missing.”

By Sol Yurick | October 24, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A timely, distinctive description of the haunted lives of refugees.”

By Book Marks | October 24, 2024

Simple Yet Profound: On the Timelessness of Aesop’s Fables

Simple Yet Profound: On the Timelessness of Aesop’s Fables

Robin Waterfield Explores Some Little-Known Aspects of These Ancient Bite-Sized Tales

By Robin Waterfield | October 24, 2024

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 Jeff VanderMeer, André Aciman, John le Carré, and More

By Book Marks | October 24, 2024

Stephen Markley on The Deluge to Come

Stephen Markley on The Deluge to Come

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 24, 2024

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