• Features

    In Conversation

    Through the Lens of Love: Nicholas Boggs on His New Biography of James Baldwin

    By Literary Hub  August 25, 2025
    Rereadings

    Sheila Heti on the Profound Influence of Jane Bowles on Her Writing—and Life

    By Sheila Heti  August 25, 2025
    Poetry

    Richard Siken on the Most Fundamental Poetic Device There Is

    By Literary Hub  August 25, 2025
    On Translation

    Blurring Genre, Gender: The Rich Challenges of Translating Kim de l’Horizon’s Wild Fiction

    By Jamie Lee Searle  August 25, 2025
    First Draft

    Rachel Cockerell on the Voices Speaking for Themselves

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   August 25, 2025
    Write-minded

    Victoria Chang and Carvell Wallace on Emotions and Memoir

    By Memoir Nation   August 25, 2025
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    The Lit Hub Podcast Slows Down With Some Nice Things

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   August 22, 2025
    American West

    The Making of America’s Frontier Mythology Was the Making of America

    By Paul Andrew Hutton  August 22, 2025
    Literary Trends

    Desperately Seeking Bygone Media

    By Ginny Hogan  August 22, 2025
    Iran

    Between Myth and Modernity: On Persian Stories, Identity, and the US-Iran Divide

    By Ryan Bani Tahmaseb  August 22, 2025
    The Craft of Writing

    Yiming Ma on the Benefits of Writing Blind

    By Yiming Ma  August 22, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

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

    By Book Marks  August 22, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  August 21, 2025
    Am I the Literary Asshole?

    Am I the Asshole For Wanting to Cheat on My “Literary” Novel?

    By Kristen Arnett  August 21, 2025
    Lesbian Literature

    On the Past and Future of Lesbian Pulp

    By Trish Bendix  August 21, 2025
    Criticism

    Katie Kitamura on the Power of Voice in Uzodinma Iweala’s Beasts of No Nation

    By Katie Kitamura  August 21, 2025
    On Translation

    On Discovering My Aunt Eleni’s Place in Queer Greek Literature

    By Natalie Bakopoulos  August 21, 2025
    Style

    Not Just a Fashion Statement: How Purses Are Used as Political Tools

    By Kathleen B. Casey  August 21, 2025
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Khadijah Queen Is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  August 21, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Nicholas Boggs on James Baldwin’s Love Stories

    By Fiction Non Fiction  August 21, 2025
    On Poetry

    Ilya Kaminsky on Discovering Poetry as a Deaf Child in Ukraine

    By Ilya Kaminsky  August 20, 2025
    Climate Catastrophe

    Embracing Ethical Pessimism in the Face of Near-Certain Climate Doom

    By Roy Scranton  August 20, 2025
    Children's Literature

    A Talent for Trouble: A Brief History of Paddington Bear

    By Daniel Horowitz  August 20, 2025
    Disasters

    Reading the River: How to Measure the Frequency of Flooding

    By Ellen Wohl  August 20, 2025
    World War II

    Crossing the Atlantic During Britain’s Darkest Hour in World War II

    By Doug Most  August 20, 2025
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