• Features

    Lit Century

    On Arnold Lobel’s Preoccupation With Solitude in Frog and Toad

    By Lit Century   November 24, 2020
    Time to Eat the Dogs

    Arctic Fever and the Creation of the Hyper-Masculine Explorer

    By Time to Eat the Dogs   November 24, 2020
    New Books Network

    How and Why We Cut Ourselves Off from the Natural World

    By New Books Network  November 24, 2020
    Lit Hub Radio

    The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk, Read by Moira Quirk

    By Behind the Mic   November 24, 2020
    Literary History

    When Adrienne Rich Refused The National Book Award

    By Hilary Holladay  November 23, 2020
    Letters

    A Young V.S. Naipaul Writes to His Dad About Wanting to Fit in at School

    By V.S. Naipaul  November 23, 2020
    On Craft

    The Uncertainty of the Future Has Made Storytellers of Us All

    By Nancy Star  November 23, 2020
    Audiobooks

    Danger and Depth in Literary Thrillers: This Month’s Audiobook Recommendations

    By James Tate Hill  November 23, 2020
    Music history

    Like Jazz, Bowling, and Old Hollywood Hairdos?
    Thank Insects.

    By Edward D. Melillo  November 23, 2020
    The History of Literature

    What Happened to the Classic Western? It Got Better

    By History of Literature  November 23, 2020
    Keen On

    This Isn’t an Election Crisis—It’s a Crisis of Trump

    By Keen On  November 23, 2020
    Dance

    Ntozake Shange on Sun Ra and How She Came to Have Her Name

    By Ntozake Shange  November 23, 2020
    Diaries

    Writing and Parenting in the Pandemic Blur of
    Day to Day Life

    By Ellen O'Connell Whittet  November 23, 2020
    Emergence Magazine

    CMarie Fuhrman: On Encountering a Trapped Coyote

    By Emergence Magazine  November 23, 2020
    Poetry

    “Strand”

    By Fiona Sze-Lorrain  November 23, 2020
    Your Week in Virtual Book Events

    Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Nov. 23rd to Nov. 29th

    By Kiki Nicole  November 23, 2020
    First Draft

    Yishai Sarid on the Haunting Questions That Propelled His New Book

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 23, 2020
    New Books Network

    The Madness of Majesty of America’s Last King

    By New Books Network  November 23, 2020
    Behind the Mic

    We Are Not Free by Traci Chee, Read by a Full Cast

    By Behind the Mic   November 23, 2020
    Film

    On the Women Lucky Enough to Survive Horror Films

    By Alyssa Pelish  November 20, 2020
    Languages

    The Language Police Were Terrifyingly Real. My Grandfather Was One.

    By Martin Puchner  November 20, 2020
    Indigenous Voices

    The Writer Who Uncovered Crimes Against His Native Ancestors

    By David Grann  November 20, 2020
    Reading Women

    Why the Video Game Scenes in Raven Leilani’s Luster Are So Important

    By Reading Women  November 20, 2020
    Storytelling

    Bill T. Jones on the Uneasy Liaison Between Storytellers and Listeners

    By Bill T. Jones  November 20, 2020
    Bookable

    Ayad Akhtar and Cathy Park Hong: Is the Personal
    Always Political?

    By Bookable   November 20, 2020
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