• Literary Criticism

    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
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  November 1, 2024
    Poetry

    From Ghostly Forests to “Zombie Vomit Mad Libs.” Seven Poetry Books to Read in November

    By Rebecca Morgan Frank  November 1, 2024
    Children's Literature

    Reading Aloud and Together: Ten New Children’s Books To Read Now

    By Caroline Carlson  November 1, 2024
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of November

    By AudioFile Magazine  November 1, 2024
    The Hub

    Meet the real literary witches of the 20th century.

    By Brittany Allen  October 31, 2024
    Folklore

    Exhuming Dracula’s Ancestors: What Vampires Reveal About Our Latent Fears

    By Ed Simon  October 31, 2024
    Horror

    Why Horror Needs Humor

    By Tyler Malone  October 31, 2024
    Scary Stories

    “It Will Be One of the Most Ghastly Short Stories Ever Written.” When Dylan Thomas Tried to Get Spooky

    By Nick Ripatrazone  October 31, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    October’s Best Reviewed Fiction

    By Book Marks  October 31, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    October’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

    By Book Marks  October 31, 2024
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    I Really Want to Call Out My Friend For Bragging About How Much YA She Reads: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    By Kristen Arnett  October 31, 2024
    Paperbacks

    Roxane Gay! Tom Wolfe! Love in the time of apocalypse! 24 books out in paperback this November!

    By Gabrielle Bellot  October 31, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Jess Walter on the Election

    By Fiction Non Fiction  October 31, 2024
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Mike Fu is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  October 30, 2024
    Influences

    Channeling Curiosity Into Language: How a Diverse Array of Influences Feeds Poetic Development

    By Mónica de la Torre  October 29, 2024
    Philosophy

    Philosopher of Change: How Henri Bergson’s Radical View of Reality Came to Be

    By Emily Herring  October 29, 2024
    On Reading

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

    By Nick Hornby  October 29, 2024
    On Translation

    Why Close Reading is An Essential Part of Literary Translation

    By Damion Searls  October 29, 2024
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