16 new books to check out this week.

16 new books to check out this week.

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 14, 2023

Why I Decided to Update the Language in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Children’s Books

Why I Decided to Update the Language in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Children’s Books

Literary Executor Theo Downes-Le Guin on What That Means For Readers, Past and Future

By Theo Downes-Le Guin | March 13, 2023

Why Philip Roth, Why Now?

Why Philip Roth, Why Now?

Answers from Susan Choi, Ayad Akhtar, and Other Participants of “Philip Roth Unbound: Illuminating a Literary Legacy” Festival

By Literary Hub | March 13, 2023

Talking to Joyce Carol Oates on the Way to the Airport About Fiction’s Blurry Borders

Talking to Joyce Carol Oates on the Way to the Airport About Fiction’s Blurry Borders

Jesse Lee Kercheval Tries to Figure Out Where Life Ends and Fiction Begins

By Jesse Lee Kercheval | March 13, 2023

The Female Philosophers Unjustly Excluded from the Canon

The Female Philosophers Unjustly Excluded from the Canon

Regan Penaluna on Christine de Pizan, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Anna Julia Cooper, and More

By Regan Penaluna | March 13, 2023

The Transcendence of the Clock: On Finding Clarity in Fiction and in Life

The Transcendence of the Clock: On Finding Clarity in Fiction and in Life

Samuel Ligon Explores the Function of Time in Worlds Real and Imagined

By Samuel Ligon | March 13, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Jean Hanff Korelitz on Philip Roth, The Human Stain, and a Novelist’s Right to Tell Other People’s Stories

By Keen On | March 13, 2023

9 Must-Reads for Lovers (and Haters) of The Last of Us

By Jonny Diamond | March 10, 2023

In Honor of International Women’s Day: 8 Ways to Love Little Women

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | March 10, 2023

Xiaolu Guo on Translating<br> the Self

Xiaolu Guo on Translating
the Self

“I want to talk about the possibilities of translation.”

By Xiaolu Guo | March 10, 2023

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 new titles by Eleanor Catton, Jenny Odell, Brigitte Reimann, and More

By Book Marks | March 10, 2023

The Hard Won Lessons of Lesley Arfin’s <em>Dear Diary</em> 15 Years Later

The Hard Won Lessons of Lesley Arfin’s Dear Diary 15 Years Later

Mariella Rudi on Teen Bluster and the Performative Aspect of Keeping a Diary

By Mariella Rudi | March 10, 2023

Your Literary Guide to the 2023 Oscars

Your Literary Guide to the 2023 Oscars

What to Read (and Watch) After Each Best Picture Contender

By Eliza Smith | March 10, 2023

Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After <em>Everything Everywhere All at Once</em>

Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After Everything Everywhere All at Once

Lit Hub’s Literary Countdown to the 95th Academy Awards

By Literary Hub | March 10, 2023

Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After <em>All Quiet on the Western Front</em>

Oscars Countdown: What to Read (and Watch) After All Quiet on the Western Front

Lit Hub’s Literary Countdown to the 95th Academy Awards

By Literary Hub | March 9, 2023

The Soul of a New Narrative: Another Look at Stories of Mixed Heritage

The Soul of a New Narrative: Another Look at Stories of Mixed Heritage

Sophfronia Scott on Passing, and Tracing the Boundaries of Prejudice in Biracial Characters

By Sophfronia Scott | March 9, 2023

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