• Features

    Archives

    Soil As Archive: On the Work of Recognizing Alternate Forms of Sentience

    By Angie Sijun Lou  May 8, 2024
    Abortion Rights

    Punished for Pregnancy: On the Radical Power of The Millstone by Margaret Drabble in a Post-Roe World

    By Carrie Mullins  May 8, 2024
    Mexican Literature

    Why Are So Many Mexican Novels Set in Cantinas?

    By Nicolás Medina Mora  May 8, 2024
    Childhood

    “Intentional Neglect.” On the Creation of Nationalized Child Protection in Victorian England

    By Heather Montgomery  May 8, 2024
    In Memoriam

    Remembering My Friend and Agent, Richard Parks

    By Elizabeth Graver  May 8, 2024
    The Cosmic Library

    Justin Taylor on Weird Fiction

    By The Cosmic Library   May 8, 2024
    Read Smart

    Read Smart on Understanding China

    By Read Smart  May 8, 2024
    Literary Style

    Bookshelves for Your Book Selves: Monica Wood on Why She Organizes Books by Emotion

    By Monica Wood  May 7, 2024
    Jazz

    How Black Female Jazz Performers Confronted a Racist and Misogynistic World

    By Larry Tye  May 7, 2024
    Plants

    Floral Consciousness: Zoë Schlanger on What the Intelligence of Plants Can Teach Us About Ourselves

    By Lucy McKeon  May 7, 2024
    World War I

    What World War I Trench Art Tells Us About Its Creators

    By Ann Hood  May 7, 2024
    craft advice

    Writing With “Sprezz.” On the Art of Saying Just Enough

    By Magdalena Zyzak  May 7, 2024
    Latin American Literature

    What Latin American Literature Can Teach the Current Leaders of Latin America

    By Ariel Dorfman  May 6, 2024
    Motherhood

    A Daughter Becomes a Mother: On Inhabiting Both Roles in Fiction and in Life

    By Heidi Reimer  May 6, 2024
    Protest

    On Campus and Off: Documenting the Protests at Columbia University

    By Rachel Cobb  May 6, 2024
    On Race

    More Than Just Hair: Thinking About Shiva’s Dreadlocks and Black Bodily Integrity

    By Nina Sharma  May 6, 2024
    Norwegian Literature

    How Jon Fosse Teaches Us to Acknowledge Our Own Vulnerability

    By Sarah Cameron Sunde  May 6, 2024
    First Draft

    Steve Almond on the Magic and the Craft of Storytelling

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   May 6, 2024
    Write-minded

    Claire Jiménez on the Hardest Emotion to Write

    By Write-minded   May 6, 2024
    What to Watch

    Falling Hard for The Fall Guy

    By Olivia Rutigliano  May 3, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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

    By Book Marks  May 3, 2024
    Nazis

    How the German State Haphazardly Prosecuted Nazi War Criminals

    By Tobias Buck  May 3, 2024
    Poetry

    “Tunnel Vision.” A Poem by Peter Mishler

    By Peter Mishler  May 3, 2024
    Poetry

    “Designer,” a Poem by Dorothy Chan

    By Dorothy Chan  May 3, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor on Solidarity, Change, and Our Interconnected World

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 2, 2024
    Page 46 of 906

    • We Need Your Help:

    Become a Lit Hub Supporting Member

    Lit Hub has always brought you the best of the book world for free—no paywall. But our future relies on you. In return for your contribution, you'll get an ad-free site experience, editors' picks, and our Joan Didion tote bag. Most importantly, you'll keep independent book coverage alive and thriving.