• Literary Criticism

    Journalism

    From Rarefied to Beloved: The Path from Molly Ivins to Joan Didion

    By Brooke Kroeger  May 25, 2023
    Travel

    “The Land of the Muses.” How Sardinia Became Italy’s Island of Poets

    By Jeff Biggers  May 25, 2023
    Character Studies

    Why Eccentrics Find a Natural Home in Fiction

    By Carlos Fonseca Suarez  May 25, 2023
    In Conversation

    Emily Simon on Language Games, Perspective, and Inheriting a Tradition of Complaining

    By Ross Simonini  May 25, 2023
    Summer reading

    The 28 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

    By Emily Temple  May 24, 2023
    History

    On Jane Austen and The Lovable Unlikability of Emma Woodhouse

    By Emily Harding  May 24, 2023
    Writers in Conversation

    “Outside the Coordinates.” On Crafting Nonfiction That Takes Risks

    By Laura Tillman  May 24, 2023
    Mental health

    Author Susanna Kaysen Revisits Girl, Interrupted 30 Years After Its Publication

    By Susanna Kaysen  May 23, 2023
    Talk Easy

    Ocean Vuong on the Moral Questions of Fiction

    By Talk Easy  May 23, 2023
    So Many Damn Books

    Rebecca Makkai Has Qualms with True Crime Media (and Makes That Critique in Her New Novel)

    By So Many Damn Books  May 23, 2023
    New Books Tuesdays

    25 new books out today!

    By Gabrielle Bellot  May 23, 2023
    Jane Austen

    Martin Amis on the Genius of Jane Austen (and What the Adaptations Get Wrong)

    By Martin Amis  May 22, 2023
    First Draft

    “It Can’t Be Political Propaganda, but it is Political.” Curtis Sittenfeld on Crafting a Feminist Voice in Fiction

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 22, 2023
    The History of Literature

    How Has the Turbulent History of Northern Ireland Changed the Literary Landscape?

    By History of Literature  May 22, 2023
    Freedom of Speech

    The Freedom to Imagine: Ayad Akhtar on the Importance of Salman Rushdie’s Life and Work

    By Ayad Akhtar  May 19, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Samantha Irby Refuses to Organize Her Piles of Books

    By Literary Hub  May 19, 2023
    Friendship

    It’s Very, Very Complicated: A Reading List of Friendships That Are All Over the Place

    By Ore Agbaje-Williams  May 19, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  May 19, 2023
    Screenwriters

    How Screenwriting Can Help You Write Stronger Fiction

    By Crystal Smith Paul  May 19, 2023
    Record Stores

    Why a Small-Town Record Store in Rural Pennsylvania Was My First Library

    By Jolene McIlwain  May 18, 2023
    What to Watch

    Murakami Bingo: Is Animation the Ideal Form for Adapting the “Undadaptable” Author?

    By Ryan Bedsaul  May 18, 2023
    Poetry

    Announcing the Winners of the 92 Street Y Discovery Contest

    By Literary Hub  May 18, 2023
    Lawyers

    Legally Literary: A Reading List of Lawyers (or Law Students) Turned Writers

    By Deepa Varadarajan  May 18, 2023
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 18, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Anne Berest’s Best Story Came From Deep in Her Family’s Past

    By Literary Hub  May 17, 2023
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