• Literary Criticism

    What If?

    Double, Double: On the Unsettling Power of Doppelganger Stories

    By Padma Viswanathan  November 14, 2024
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Ishion Hutchinson Is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  November 14, 2024
    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Among the Ash Heaps and Millionaires: How The Great Gatsby Changed the Landscape of New York City

    By John Marsh  November 13, 2024
    Filipino Literature

    A Love Song to the Philippines: The Revolutionary Power of Jessica Hagedorn’s Dogeaters

    By Patrick Rosal  November 13, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    Didion and Babitz! John Berger! Sylvia Plath! 24 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  November 12, 2024
    Black Activism

    Must the Professor Crusade? W. Ralph Eubanks on the Connection Between Black Writing and Black Resistance

    By W. Ralph Eubanks  November 12, 2024
    Poetry

    The Poet of the Revolution: Read Newly Translated Work by One of Egypt’s Most Prominent Poets, Mostafa Ibrahim

    By Literary Hub  November 12, 2024
    In Conversation

    Marguerite Sheffer on Crafting a Collection of Century-Spanning Speculative Fiction

    By Jane Ciabattari  November 12, 2024
    Rereadings

    Ann Patchett on Annotating Her Award-Winning Novel Bel Canto Twenty Years Later

    By Ann Patchett  November 11, 2024
    In Conversation

    On Poetry as Historical Record, the Legacy of Colonialism, and Depicting Disaster in Verse

    By Literary Hub  November 11, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  November 7, 2024
    Publishing

    The Book News is Generally… Good?

    By Maris Kreizman  November 7, 2024
    Poets

    “A Chubby-Cheeked, Shabby-Blazered Colossus.” How Dylan Thomas Influenced Generations of Poets

    By Dai George  November 7, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Jennifer Maritza McCauley on Puerto Ricans, Trump, and the Election

    By Fiction Non Fiction  November 7, 2024
    Letters

    In Search of a Time Lost: A Selection of Proust’s Letters Translated by Lydia Davis

    By Literary Hub  November 6, 2024
    On Identity

    How a Novel by Mildred D. Taylor Helped Glory Edim Understand Being Black in the South

    By Glory Edim  November 6, 2024
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Ryan Chapman Predicts the Booker Prize

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   November 6, 2024
    Mysteries

    Among the Sleuths: Looking for Answers at the Nancy Drew Convention

    By Jadie Stillwell and Nicole Blackwood  November 5, 2024
    literary criticism

    Visions of Apocalypse: How Gravity’s Rainbow Embodied America’s Post-War Fears

    By Jonathan Rosenbaum  November 5, 2024
    Profanity

    A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World

    By Jesse Sheidlower  November 5, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    Oliver Sacks! Dante! Queer folktales! 20 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  November 5, 2024
    Politics

    The 10 Best Formally Inventive Queer Memoirs 

    By Catherine Habgood  November 4, 2024
    Children's Literature

    You Can Quote Me on That: On Finding Inspiration in the Language of Children’s Books

    By Amy Gash  November 4, 2024
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Magical Birds, Small Fortunes, and Time Loops: November’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Natalie Zutter  November 1, 2024
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Celebrating 20 Years of n+1

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   November 1, 2024
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