• Features

    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    Ugh, I’m in My Friend’s Autofiction and I Hate It: Am I the Literary Asshole?

    Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

     
    By Kristen Arnett  January 23, 2025
    World War II

    Democracy vs. Autocracy, Cooperation vs. Conflict: How World War II Was Won

    By Hal Brands  January 23, 2025
    Poem

    “how to be a contemporary performer,” a Poem by Asha Futterman

    By Asha Futterman  January 23, 2025
    craft advice

    The Shape of a Story: On Losing (and Finding) the Plot of Your Novel

    By Emma Knight  January 23, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Sarah S. Grossman on the Los Angeles Wildfires

    By Fiction Non Fiction  January 23, 2025
    Palestinian Literature

    Betty Shamieh on the Next Generation of Palestinian Fiction

    By Betty Samieh  January 22, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Recovery

    “When I Quit Drinking I Quit Writing.” Matthew Nienow on Stumbling Back Into Poetic Vulnerability

    By Matthew Nienow  January 22, 2025
    Television

    All in the Family: Considering Television’s Orphan Plot

    By Kristen Martin  January 22, 2025
    Palestinian Literature

    Listening to Palestinian Silences: On Fady Joudah’s [. . .]

    By Eman Quotah  January 22, 2025
    On Grief

    Matter, That Curious and Complex Illusion: Grieving for the Dead in a Universe of Atoms

    Guido Tonelli on the Human Urge to Honor the Dead

    By Guido Tonelli  January 23, 2025
    Awakeners

    Adrian Matejka and Austin Araujo Are “Whole-Neighborhood” Poets

    By Awakeners   January 22, 2025
    Beyond the Page

    John Vaillant on Fire Weather

    By Sun Valley Writers' Conference  January 22, 2025
    Mutual Aid

    A Way of Living: On Direct Action and Survival Work in the Face of American Fascism

    By Madeline ffitch  January 21, 2025
    Publishing

    Trump 2.0: What the Book World Should Do Now

    An Essay Series by Josh Cook on How We Should Respond to the New Administration

    By Josh Cook  January 21, 2025
    Music history

    “I Immediately Began to Weep.” How “Both Sides Now” Made Joni Mitchell a Superstar

    By Henry Alford  January 21, 2025
    In Conversation

    Sara Sligar on Modernizing an 18th-Century Literary Cult Classic

    By Jane Ciabattari  January 21, 2025
    Spirituality

    Pico Iyer on What We Can Learn From the Monastic Life

    By Pico Iyer  January 21, 2025
    Dogs

    Canine Charms: Markus Zusak on Rescuing a Dog and Naming It After a Character in His Fiction

    How Reuben the Rottweiler Shepherd Mix Jumped from Page to Life

    By Markus Zusak  January 21, 2025
    Write-minded

    Lee Wind on Creating the Heroes You Want to See in the World

    By Write-minded   January 21, 2025
    First Draft

    David Wroblewski on Writing by Brute Force

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   January 21, 2025
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Lynch, Le Guin, and Your 2025 Book Trends!

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   January 17, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    Featuring Aria Aber, Y2K, Pico Iyer, and More

    By Book Marks  January 17, 2025
    Girlhood

    Finding the Wild Girls of Literature (and Following Them Into the Woods)

    By Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum  January 17, 2025
    American West

    “We’re Not Living Right.” On the Failed Human Efforts to Conquer the Desert

    By Kyle Paoletta  January 17, 2025
    Criminal Justice

    An Understanding Ear: How Martha Goddard Became An Advocate For Victimized Women

    By Pagan Kennedy  January 22, 2025
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