Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2021

Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2021

The Best Writing at the Site This Year, According to Us

By Emily Temple | December 23, 2021

Jane Smiley on Her Writing Process, Beloved Pets, and Writing in Paris

Jane Smiley on Her Writing Process, Beloved Pets, and Writing in Paris

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | December 23, 2021

Migrants with Wings: On Flying Reindeer and the Inevitability of Migration

Migrants with Wings: On Flying Reindeer and the Inevitability of Migration

Jill Stoner Considers the Artificiality of Borders in a World Full of Crossings

By Jill Stoner | December 23, 2021

The 8 Best Book Covers of December

The 8 Best Book Covers of December

A Last-Ditch Attempt to Brighten Your Bookshelves

By Emily Temple | December 23, 2021

Jen Spyra on the Art of Comedic Escalation

Jen Spyra on the Art of Comedic Escalation

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | December 23, 2021

How Jane Austen Created a Shakespearean World in <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>

How Jane Austen Created a Shakespearean World in Pride and Prejudice

The Late Harold Bloom on the Delights of the Beloved 1813 Novel and the Joys of Rereading

By Harold Bloom | December 23, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Rest of Our Lives
  • Call Me Ishmaelle
  • Homeschooled: A Memoir
  • The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB
  • Watching Over Her
  • American Reich: A Murder in Orange County, Neo-Nazis, and a New Age of Hate

Bathsheba Demuth on the Environmental History of the Bering Strait

By Keen On | December 23, 2021

Nikita Lalwani on the Art of Eavesdropping

By Nikita Lalwani | December 23, 2021

Delving Into New Dreams: Finding Morocco in Books and Films

By Helen Ranger | December 23, 2021

Liam Campling and Alejandro Colás on How the Sea Shaped Capitalism

Liam Campling and Alejandro Colás on How the Sea Shaped Capitalism

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 23, 2021

Piercing the Veil of Silence: How the Outbreak of COVID-19 Impacted the Writing of My Book

Piercing the Veil of Silence: How the Outbreak of COVID-19 Impacted the Writing of My Book

Wallis Wilde-Menozzi on Completing Silence and Silences During a Global Pandemic

By Wallis Wilde-Menozzi | December 23, 2021

“I’m Black and I’m Proud.” On a Half a Century of Black Anthems (and More!)

“I’m Black and I’m Proud.” On a Half a Century of Black Anthems (and More!)

Randall Kennedy, Author of Say It Out Loud, is on Radio Open Source

By Open Source | December 23, 2021

<em>We Have Ways of Making You Talk</em> on Japan’s Role in the Second World War

We Have Ways of Making You Talk on Japan’s Role in the Second World War

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | December 23, 2021

Greed and Skullduggery: Andrea Penrose Discusses Her Latest Title in the Wrexford & Sloane Mystery Series

Greed and Skullduggery: Andrea Penrose Discusses Her Latest Title in the Wrexford & Sloane Mystery Series

In Conversation with C.P. Lesley on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | December 23, 2021

<em>Riccardino</em> by Andrea Camilieri, Translated by Stephen Sartarelli, Read by Grover Gardner

Riccardino by Andrea Camilieri, Translated by Stephen Sartarelli, Read by Grover Gardner

The Final Inspector Montalbano Mystery

By Behind the Mic | December 23, 2021

Michael Kimmage on the Western Ideals That Once Shaped America

Michael Kimmage on the Western Ideals That Once Shaped America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 23, 2021

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