Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • Become A Member
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
  • Fiction and Poetry
  • News and Culture
  • Lit Hub Radio
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Log In
5 Novels That Embody the Lived Experience of Womanhood

5 Novels That Embody the Lived Experience of Womanhood

From Elena Ferrante to Weike Wang, Life is in the Details

By Jana Casale | August 30, 2018

Deborah Eisenberg:

Deborah Eisenberg: "It Might Be Time To Rely More Heavily On Our Irrational Capacities"

The Author of Your Duck Is My Duck in Conversation With Paul Holdengraber

By Literary Hub | August 30, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: August 29, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: August 29, 2018

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | August 29, 2018

We Know Much Less About Evolution Than We Thought

We Know Much Less About Evolution Than We Thought

The Tree of Life is a Freaky Tree

By David Quammen | August 29, 2018

Kristen Arnett: Ain't No Party Like a Library Party

Kristen Arnett: Ain't No Party Like a Library Party

There's Something For Everyone at Your Local Library (and If There Isn't, Just Ask)

By Kristen Arnett | August 29, 2018

White Artists Need to Start Addressing White Supremacy in Their Work

White Artists Need to Start Addressing White Supremacy in Their Work

Those Who Benefit From Racism Should Be on the Front Lines Fighting It

By Angela Pelster | August 29, 2018

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Stations
  • West of Loveland
  • Castles: A Fortified History of the World
  • Sweet Pea
  • The Pen: A Human History
  • Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
  • Gloria Don't Speak
  • The Heights
  • The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film

On the Kidnapped African Boy Who Became a German Philosopher

By Kwame Anthony Appiah | August 29, 2018

When Art Imitates Art: Portraits of Literary Characters by Famous Artists

By Emily Temple | August 29, 2018

When the Government Tried (and Failed) to Come for a Japanese-American Journalist

By James Matsumoto Omura and Arthur Hansen | August 29, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: August 28, 2018

Lit Hub Daily: August 28, 2018

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

By Lit Hub Daily | August 28, 2018

This Wanting Business: On the Cost and Labor of Writing

This Wanting Business: On the Cost and Labor of Writing

Just How Expensive Can the Writing Life Be?

By Melissa Chadburn | August 28, 2018

Rebecca Solnit: Why the President Must Be Impeached

Rebecca Solnit: Why the President Must Be Impeached

The Swamp is Not Going to Drain Itself

By Rebecca Solnit | August 28, 2018

9 Books That Destroy New York City As We Know It

9 Books That Destroy New York City As We Know It

Light Reading For When Escape is Not an Option

By Emily Temple | August 28, 2018

5 Mid-Century Commonwealth Writers You Should Read

5 Mid-Century Commonwealth Writers You Should Read

From Barbara Pym to Barbara Comyns Patrick DeWitt Picks His Favorites

By Patrick DeWitt | August 28, 2018

How a Background in Human Rights Reporting Shaped My Novel

How a Background in Human Rights Reporting Shaped My Novel

Time and Memory, News and Rumor, Began to Bleed into Each Other

By Preti Taneja | August 28, 2018

On the Cruelty and Tenderness of Isaac Babel

On the Cruelty and Tenderness of Isaac Babel

Jerome Charyn Meets the Daughter of a Master

By Jerome Charyn | August 28, 2018

« First‹ Previous138913901391139213931394139513961397Next ›Last »
Page 1393 of 1641
    • 10 New Books Coming Out This WeekNovember 9, 2026 by CrimeReads
    • The Queens Public Library system is being held for ransomNovember 9, 2026 by Olivia Rutigliano
    • Art, syrup, a legendary stone: Maxie Dara's 3 favorite heists of the last centuryNovember 9, 2026 by Maxie Dara
    • Stations
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "Extraordinary and indeed bittersweet There s a lived-in circumspection to Kennedy s work ennedy has…"
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member

  • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.