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Why Are We Obsessed with Onscreen Bloodletting?

Why Are We Obsessed with Onscreen Bloodletting?

A Brief History of Gore, Splatter, and the Art of Fake Blood

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2017

9 Off-the-Beaten Path Horror Books to Read this Halloween

9 Off-the-Beaten Path Horror Books to Read this Halloween

From Comics Anthologies to Genre-Bending Novels and More

By Cassidy Foust | October 31, 2017

The Day My VW Beetle Morphed Into a Hot Rod

The Day My VW Beetle Morphed Into a Hot Rod

For Freeman's, David Searcy Recalls Younger Days

By David Searcy | October 31, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Rita Williams-Garcia

Meet National Book Award Finalist Rita Williams-Garcia

The author of Clayton Byrd Goes Underground on music in life and writing

By Emily Temple | October 31, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Erika L. Sánchez

Meet National Book Award Finalist Erika L. Sánchez

The author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter loves Larry Levis

By Emily Temple | October 31, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week: Politics and Poets

5 Books Making News This Week: Politics and Poets

Linda Gordon, Victor Sebestyen, James Blunk, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | October 31, 2017

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Palaver
  • Helm
  • Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
  • Cursed Daughters
  • Indignity: A Life Reimagined
  • We Did OK, Kid: A Memoir

Take a Literary World Tour Alongside Paul Manafort’s Dirty Money!

By Dwyer Murphy | October 30, 2017

Lit Hub Daily: October 30, 2017

By Lit Hub Daily | October 30, 2017

In Mid-Life, The Wonderful Non-Deliverance of Ayahuasca

By Tal Abaddy | October 30, 2017

Absences and Inhumanity: 5 Works of Abstract Horror

Absences and Inhumanity: 5 Works of Abstract Horror

Clarice Lispector, Dennis Cooper, and More

By Gary J. Shipley | October 30, 2017

How to Skewer a Novel: Éric Chevillard on Florian Zeller

How to Skewer a Novel: Éric Chevillard on Florian Zeller

A Legendary French Critic Weighs in on "a book to laugh at and then forget."

By Eric Chevillard | October 30, 2017

Against the

Against the "Melting Pot" Metaphor

On Arguments Over Americanization and Homogenized Culture

By Mike Wallace | October 30, 2017

Science vs. Religion: Travels in the Great American Divide

Science vs. Religion: Travels in the Great American Divide

Dinty W. Moore Tries to Find the Mythical Middle Ground

By Dinty W. Moore | October 30, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Elana K. Arnold

Meet National Book Award Finalist Elana K. Arnold

The author of What Girls Are Made Of on teen girls, twitter, and Agatha Christie

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Robin Benway

Meet National Book Award Finalist Robin Benway

The author of Far from the Tree on family, Joni Mitchell, and writer's block

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2017

Lit Hub Weekly: October 23 - 27, 2017

Lit Hub Weekly: October 23 - 27, 2017

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | October 28, 2017

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