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
  • BUY A HAT
  • 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
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • 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
  • BUY A HAT
  • 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
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
Cutting Class: On the Myth of the Middle Class Writer

Cutting Class: On the Myth of the Middle Class Writer

Alissa Quart Reckons With the Precarity of the Writing Life

By Alissa Quart | April 15, 2024

The Literary Outsider: How Barbara Comyns Wrote Her Way to <em>The Juniper Tree</em>

The Literary Outsider: How Barbara Comyns Wrote Her Way to The Juniper Tree

Sarah McClung on the Author’s Lifelong Creative Development

By Sarah McClung | April 15, 2024

How To Write Egoless Prose, At Least For a Little While

How To Write Egoless Prose, At Least For a Little While

Steve Almond Offers Some Strategies to Help Make Writer’s Block Work For You

By Steve Almond | April 15, 2024

How Ordinary Irish Citizens Got Caught Up in the Violence of the Troubles

How Ordinary Irish Citizens Got Caught Up in the Violence of the Troubles

Henry Hemming on Bloody Sunday, Frank Hegarty, and Life in the IRA

By Henry Hemming | April 15, 2024

Considering the Lessons of the Cold War for the Next Great Power Rivalry

Considering the Lessons of the Cold War for the Next Great Power Rivalry

Adam E. Casey on America, China, and the Future of Revolutionary Rule

By Adam E. Casey | April 15, 2024

How Colonial Powers Fought for Economic Dominance in North America

How Colonial Powers Fought for Economic Dominance in North America

Hampton Sides on Britain’s Generations-Long Search for the Northwest Passage

By Hampton Sides | April 15, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Julia Alvarez on Mortality

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | April 15, 2024

John McMurtrie on the State of the Book Review

By Memoir Nation | April 15, 2024

Why I’m Using My PEN Nomination to Protest for Palestine

By Sarah Cypher | April 12, 2024

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

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

Featuring New Titles by Leigh Bardugo, Alexandra Fuller, Anne Lamott, and More

By Book Marks | April 12, 2024

How Deregulation Destroyed Indie Rock Across America

How Deregulation Destroyed Indie Rock Across America

Tom Maxwell on the Corporate Capture of Regional Radio Stations

By Tom Maxwell | April 12, 2024

Yes, But Can You Really Explain the Difference Between Morals and Ethics?

Yes, But Can You Really Explain the Difference Between Morals and Ethics?

Eli Burnstein on the Subtle Nuances of the English Language

By Eli Burnstein | April 12, 2024

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

Kelly E. Hill on Women Defying Societal Norms in the Nineteenth Century

By Kelly E. Hill | April 12, 2024

Busting Genre, in Style: Geoff Dyer on the Joy of Writing “Unpublishable” Books

Busting Genre, in Style: Geoff Dyer on the Joy of Writing “Unpublishable” Books

George Makari Talks to the Author of “The Last Days of Roger Federer: And Other Endings”

By George Makari | April 11, 2024

There Are Too Many Books; Or, Publishing Shouldn’t Be All About Quantity

There Are Too Many Books; Or, Publishing Shouldn’t Be All About Quantity

Maris Kreizman on the Dangers of Mass Production

By Maris Kreizman | April 11, 2024

What Obituaries Can Tell Us About How the World Views Artists

What Obituaries Can Tell Us About How the World Views Artists

Jim Moske Explores the Met Archives For Posthumous Stories Lost to Time

By Jim Moske | April 11, 2024

« First‹ Previous136137138139140141142143144Next ›Last »
Page 140 of 1210
    • Eli Frankel: I Was the Last Person to Interview the Black Dahlia Murder Witness.November 11, 2025 by Eli Frankel
    • David Baldacci on Pushing Your Characters Into the UnknownNovember 11, 2025 by David Baldacci
    • Eric Heisserer on Filmmaking, Reincarnation, and Writing His First NovelNovember 11, 2025 by Alex Dueben
    • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"
  • 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