Our Favorite Literary Hub Stories of 2019

Our Favorite Literary Hub Stories of 2019

The Best Writing at the Site in the Year That Was

By Literary Hub | December 20, 2019

The (Quiet) Death of a Legendary Parisian Bookstore

The (Quiet) Death of a Legendary Parisian Bookstore

Inside the Last Days of Le Pont Traversé

By Lenka Hudakova | December 20, 2019

The Dawn of the Era of Feminine Excess

The Dawn of the Era of Feminine Excess

As Patriarchy Fights to the Death, a Cultural Shift is Stirring

By Rachel Vorona Cote | December 20, 2019

The Ubiquity of <em>Little Women</em>: 11 Books Inspired by the March Family

The Ubiquity of Little Women: 11 Books Inspired by the March Family

If You Weren't Excited Enough About the Movie...

By Elise Hooper | December 20, 2019

Notable Literary Deaths in 2019

Notable Literary Deaths in 2019

A Last Goodbye to the Writers, Editors, and Booksellers We Lost This Year

By Emily Temple | December 20, 2019

How to Break in to Publishing If You're a Smalltown Brazilian Mayor in the 1930s

How to Break in to Publishing If You're a Smalltown Brazilian Mayor in the 1930s

Novelist Graciliano Ramos's Reports to the Governor of Alagoas Are Literature Unto Themselves

By Padma Viswanathan and Graciliano Ramos | December 20, 2019

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Eating Squirrels, Fearing Tigers, and Avoiding the Wrath of Spirits

By Lisa Lee Herrick | December 20, 2019

The Romantic, Uncompromising, Audacious Life of Lhasa de Sela

By Fred Goodman | December 20, 2019

Chef Allen Susser on What It Means to Create Sustainable Cuisine

By The Literary Life | December 20, 2019

Letter from a Bookseller Upon the Death of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison

Letter from a Bookseller Upon the Death of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison

Sheryl Cotleur of Copperfield's Books Remembers
an Icon We Lost This Year

By Sheryl Cotleur | December 20, 2019

Rabih Alameddine: The Oddest Books I Read This Year

Rabih Alameddine: The Oddest Books I Read This Year

The Author of The Angel of History Alternative to the
Endless 'Best of' Lists

By Rabih Alameddine | December 19, 2019

Lynda Barry: A Comic Exercise in Building Character

Lynda Barry: A Comic Exercise in Building Character

Create Your Characters and Build Their World in Less Than an Hour

By Lynda Barry | December 19, 2019

When Classical Music Was a Cold War Battleground

When Classical Music Was a Cold War Battleground

Jonathan Rosenberg on the Time Shostakovich Came to America

By Jonathan Rosenberg | December 19, 2019

The Difficulty of Making Close Friends As You Get Older

The Difficulty of Making Close Friends As You Get Older

Lane Moore on the Anxieties of Grown-Up Loneliness

By Lane Moore | December 19, 2019

Susan Orlean: 'We Expect Librarians to Be Everything to Everybody'

Susan Orlean: 'We Expect Librarians to Be Everything to Everybody'

The Library Book Author on The Maris Review

By The Maris Review | December 19, 2019

On the Wars and Intrigues of the Aztec Empire

On the Wars and Intrigues of the Aztec Empire

From Camilla Townsend's Cundill Prize-Nominated Fifth Sun

By Camilla Townsend | December 19, 2019

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