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
  • Fiction and Poetry
  • News and Culture
  • Lit Hub Radio
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
Against Homophobic Traditionalism: The Revelations of Writing Queer Historical Fiction

Against Homophobic Traditionalism: The Revelations of Writing Queer Historical Fiction

Phil Melanson Argues on Leonardo da Vinci, Bad Reviews, and Bucking History'’s Heteronormativity

By Phil Melanson | June 16, 2025

How Medieval Monks and Scribes Helped Preserve Classical Culture

How Medieval Monks and Scribes Helped Preserve Classical Culture

Bernd Roeck on the Role of Monasteries in Laying the Intellectual Groundwork for the Renaissance

By Bernd Roeck | June 16, 2025

Power, Motherhood and Murder: On the Life and Death of Agrippina the Younger

Power, Motherhood and Murder: On the Life and Death of Agrippina the Younger

Diana Arterian Explores the All-Consuming Ancient Obsession Behind Her Latest Poetry Collection

By Diana Arterian | June 16, 2025

Ethan Rutherford on Making Something from Nothing

Ethan Rutherford on Making Something from Nothing

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | June 16, 2025

Sara Kehaulani Goo on Writing as Kuleana

Sara Kehaulani Goo on Writing as Kuleana

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | June 16, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: To Be or Not To Be? To Rec or Not to Rec?

On the Lit Hub Podcast: To Be or Not To Be? To Rec or Not to Rec?

featuring Jeremy McCarter, James Folta, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | June 13, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Becoming a Parent Changes How You Write... But Must It Change What You Write?

By Danny Lorberbaum | June 13, 2025

“The Finch Interested Me...” In Memory of Lewis H. Lapham and the Magazine He Founded

By Donovan Hohn | June 13, 2025

Finding Briseis: On Resurrecting a Forgotten Woman from Homer’s Iliad

By Emily Hauser | June 13, 2025

How Donald Trump’s Truculent Retro Masculinity Duped Working Class Men

How Donald Trump’s Truculent Retro Masculinity Duped Working Class Men

Joan C. Williams on the Economic and Emotional Factors Behind the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in America

By Joan C. Williams | June 13, 2025

Liberating Lit: Iryn Tushabe on Writing Stories of African Black Queer Joy Under Oppression

Liberating Lit: Iryn Tushabe on Writing Stories of African Black Queer Joy Under Oppression

The Author of “Everything Is Fine Here” Recalls a Seminal “This American Life” Episode

By Iryn Tushabe | June 13, 2025

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 Caroline Fraser, Jess Walter, Geoff Dyer, and More

By Book Marks | June 13, 2025

Lucas Schaefer on Troubleshooting a Problem Character

Lucas Schaefer on Troubleshooting a Problem Character

“A lackluster character was on the prowl, and he’d become the King Midas of meh.”

By Lucas Schaefer | June 13, 2025

Taking Up Space: Relationships as Sites of Social Transformation

Taking Up Space: Relationships as Sites of Social Transformation

Prentis Hemphill Encourages Us to Reevaluate Our Conceptions of Embodiment, Space and Human Connection

By Prentis Hemphill | June 13, 2025

Food as First Language: Mike Curato on the Validation of Learning to Cook Filipino Food

Food as First Language: Mike Curato on the Validation of Learning to Cook Filipino Food

The Author of “Gaysians” Rediscovers Memories of an Immigrant Childhood Through Special Dishes

By Mike Curato | June 13, 2025

Vikas Adam on His Golden Voice

Vikas Adam on His Golden Voice

in conversation with AudioFile's Jo Reed

By Behind the Mic | June 13, 2025

« First‹ Previous424344454647484950Next ›Last »
Page 46 of 1218
    • The Best Speculative Mysteries and Thrillers of 2025December 23, 2025 by Molly Odintz
    • Senior Sleuths: The Art and Appeal of Mysteries Starring Older DetectivesDecember 23, 2025 by Michelle L. Cullen
    • The Day They Jailed The BabeDecember 23, 2025 by Dean Jobb
    • House of Day, House of Night
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "Tokarczuk is an excellent storyteller She is very good at creating a 'sense of anticipation…"
  • 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