There's No Place Like Home—Except the Beach: Visual Stories of Montauk, New York

There's No Place Like Home—Except the Beach: Visual Stories of Montauk, New York

Rufus Wainwright and Jörn Weisbrodt: "The beach is the divide between one world, the dry, and another, the wet. It is a mythical place of transformation."

By Rufus Wainwright and Jörn Weisbrodt | May 22, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"A study of limbo and stasis that nonetheless speaks of great movement and change."

By Book Marks | May 22, 2025

None of Your Business: Why Writers Shouldn't Feel Obligated to Share Too Much

None of Your Business: Why Writers Shouldn't Feel Obligated to Share Too Much

Debbie Urbanski on the Invasive Expectations of Book Publicity and Their Unintended Consequences

By Debbie Urbanski | May 22, 2025

You See? Generative AI is Bad At Doing My Job

You See? Generative AI is Bad At Doing My Job

Maris Kreizman on the AI Hallucinations That Made it to the Book Review Section

By Maris Kreizman | May 22, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Alison Bechdel Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Alison Bechdel Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Sarah Schulman, Urvashi Vaid, Joan Didion, and Others

By Diana Arterian | May 22, 2025

Writing Towards the Future: Searching for Realism In an Increasingly Surreal World

Writing Towards the Future: Searching for Realism In an Increasingly Surreal World

Fred Lunzer on the Impact of Contemporary Problems on Literary and Science Fiction

By Fred Lunzer | May 21, 2025

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Donal Ryan on Embracing the Evolution of Language While Preserving Its Essence

By Donal Ryan | May 21, 2025

The Fact and the Fiction of Philly: Writing Place From Research, Memory and Intuition

By Naomi Xu Elegant | May 21, 2025

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Five Novels Involving Destructive Relationships

By Meg Serino | May 21, 2025

Saying No to Cop City: Reviving a Radical Black Liberation Movement in Atlanta and Beyond

Saying No to Cop City: Reviving a Radical Black Liberation Movement in Atlanta and Beyond

Curtis Duncan on George Floyd, Police Brutality, Community Organizations, and More

By Curtis Duncan | May 21, 2025

Why Are We So Obsessed With Avocados?

Why Are We So Obsessed With Avocados?

Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons Track the Evolution of America's Fixation

By Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons | May 21, 2025

The Eye of the Storm: Karie Fugett on What Draws Us to Danger in Our Relationships

The Eye of the Storm: Karie Fugett on What Draws Us to Danger in Our Relationships

"I couldn’t have known then that this was only the beginning. Soon, I would carry so much more than I ever asked to hold."

By Karie Fugett | May 21, 2025

A Question of Free Will: Inside the Final Days of Katherine Mansfield

A Question of Free Will: Inside the Final Days of Katherine Mansfield

Allison Buccola Complicates Some of Popular Culture's Common Narratives About Cults

By Allison Buccola | May 20, 2025

Richard Bausch Thinks You Can Never Permanently Ruin a Piece of Writing (And Other Tidbits)

Richard Bausch Thinks You Can Never Permanently Ruin a Piece of Writing (And Other Tidbits)

The Author of "The Fate of Others" Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | May 20, 2025

Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Face Pies, Holiday Turkeys, Finger-Feeding Critics: The Five Best Food Scenes in Literature

Adam Roberts Recommends Culinary Moments from Nora Ephron, Charles Dickens, Bryan Washington, and More

By Adam Roberts | May 20, 2025

Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

Eating Your Words: In Defense of Writing Without a Recipe

Daria Lavelle on the Joys of Experimenting With Food and Fiction

By Daria Lavelle | May 20, 2025

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