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The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2023

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2023

“Yes, it’s her world and after reading her book I just wish I could move off-planet.”

By Book Marks | December 23, 2023

The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

At Least 2023 is Over Now

By Literary Hub | December 23, 2023

The 38 Best Books We Read in 2023

The 38 Best Books We Read in 2023

Lit Hub Staffers on the Year’s Best Reading Experiences

By Literary Hub | December 23, 2023

Blake Butler on (Not) Finding Your Voice

Blake Butler on (Not) Finding Your Voice

“Your only job is to find a way to secure enough time to keep throwing yourself into the void.”

By Blake Butler | December 22, 2023

“Dead Cats Continue to Meow.” A Poem by Nasser Rabah

“Dead Cats Continue to Meow.” A Poem by Nasser Rabah

“One morning, we didn’t find homes, just heaps of red words piled like dirty clothes on sidewalks...”

By Nasser Rabah | December 22, 2023

David James Duncan on Choosing Between Art and Activism

David James Duncan on Choosing Between Art and Activism

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 22, 2023

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We Are All Witches: Elizabeth Willis and Nancy Bowen on the Contemporary Echoes of Centuries-Old Fears

By E. Tracy Grinnell | December 21, 2023

All of Us Strangers Confronts the Dangers of Spinning Trauma Into Art

By Andrew Quintana | December 21, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Sabrina Orah Mark Is Reading Now and Next

By Diana Arterian | December 21, 2023

Lydia Kiesling on Making the Lists—or Not

Lydia Kiesling on Making the Lists—or Not

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 21, 2023

Tyriek White on Juxtaposing Brooklyn's History With Lived Experience

Tyriek White on Juxtaposing Brooklyn's History With Lived Experience

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | December 21, 2023

How Long Will <em>Schindler’s List</em> Endure as a Public Memorial to The Holocaust?

How Long Will Schindler’s List Endure as a Public Memorial to The Holocaust?

Paul Morton Revisits Spielberg’s Controversial Film, 30 Years Later

By Paul Morton | December 20, 2023

Between Anxiety and Hope: On the Cautious Optimism of Lewis Thomas

Between Anxiety and Hope: On the Cautious Optimism of Lewis Thomas

Sukhada Tatke Remembers the Essayist and His Scientific and Creative Vision

By Sukhada Tatke | December 20, 2023

The Complicated Experience of Reading a Late Friend’s Novel

The Complicated Experience of Reading a Late Friend’s Novel

“I learned later that he had left a piece of paper with four stark words on it: ’Suicide notes are tacky.‘”

By Matthew Hays | December 20, 2023

Mythologized Impartiality: A Conversation About the Supreme Court's Checkered Past and Future

Mythologized Impartiality: A Conversation About the Supreme Court's Checkered Past and Future

Daniel Kiel and Lori Ringhand Speak with Stanford University Press

By Literary Hub | December 20, 2023

Andrew Pettegree on Books and War

Andrew Pettegree on Books and War

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | December 20, 2023

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