Why It’s Good News That Bad Mothers Are All the Rage on the Page and the Screen

Why It’s Good News That Bad Mothers Are All the Rage on the Page and the Screen

Emma Knight on Finding the Reality of Motherhood Represented in Fiction

By Emma Knight | May 6, 2022

Trieste vs. Milan, Poetry vs. Plot: Beppe Severgnini on the Italian Love—And Need—For Poetry

Trieste vs. Milan, Poetry vs. Plot: Beppe Severgnini on the Italian Love—And Need—For Poetry

“Poetry belongs not only to those who write it but also to those who read it and listen to it.”

By Beppe Severgnini | May 6, 2022

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 Colin Barrett, Ali Smith, Antonia Fraser, Monica Ali, and more

By Book Marks | May 6, 2022

<em>Westworld</em> Meets Edgar Allan Poe: Sara M. Mueller on Creating the World of <em>The Bone Orchard</em>

Westworld Meets Edgar Allan Poe: Sara M. Mueller on Creating the World of The Bone Orchard

In Conversation with Gabrielle Martin on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | May 6, 2022

How Did James Baldwin Become a 21st-Century Influencer?

How Did James Baldwin Become a 21st-Century Influencer?

Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster on the Blessing and Curse of Shareability on Twitter

By Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster | May 5, 2022

What It Means to Anthologize the Literature of Abortion

What It Means to Anthologize the Literature of Abortion

Annie Finch, Editor of Choice Words: Writers on Abortion, in Conversation with Some Contributors

By Literary Hub | May 5, 2022

Best Reviewed
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  • Awake Awake
  • Etna
  • Triage
  • The Amateur
  • The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
  • The Story of Your Life: How Social Media Shapes the Way We Experience Everything
  • The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis
  • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
  • The Blue Flame

In Memoriam: Sergio Chejfec

By Heather Cleary | May 5, 2022

Empathizing with the Mother Figures of Peter Pan

By Liz Michalski | May 5, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | May 5, 2022

Alex George on the “Absolutely Extraordinary Journey” of Running a Book Festival

Alex George on the “Absolutely Extraordinary Journey” of Running a Book Festival

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 5, 2022

On the Post-Apocalyptic Landscape of Walter Kappacher’s <em>Palace of Flies</em>

On the Post-Apocalyptic Landscape of Walter Kappacher’s Palace of Flies

Michael P. Steinberg Locates Echoes and Ghosts in a Broken Austria

By Michael P. Steinberg | May 5, 2022

<em>Guerre</em>, a Louis-Ferdinand Celine manuscript once thought lost, will be published in France.

Guerre, a Louis-Ferdinand Celine manuscript once thought lost, will be published in France.

By Jonny Diamond | May 4, 2022

The Girl Who Left, The Woman Who Stayed: Finding Georgia O’Keeffe in a Small Southern Town

The Girl Who Left, The Woman Who Stayed: Finding Georgia O’Keeffe in a Small Southern Town

Megan Mayhew Bergman on Where We Find Our Home

By Megan Mayhew Bergman | May 4, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Renee Gladman is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Renee Gladman is Reading Now and Next

A New (at Lit Hub) Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | May 4, 2022

Memoirs with Benefits: A Reading List of Hybrid Narratives

Memoirs with Benefits: A Reading List of Hybrid Narratives

Courtney Maum Recommends Memoirs That Seesaw from Past to Present, Personal to Universal

By Courtney Maum | May 4, 2022

Why Queer Stories Deserve Happy Endings

Why Queer Stories Deserve Happy Endings

Susie Dumond on Positive Role Models

By Susie Dumond | May 4, 2022

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