<em>There’s No Such Thing As an Easy Job</em> by Kikuko Tsumura, Read by Cindy Kay

There’s No Such Thing As an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura, Read by Cindy Kay

A Fascinating Look at Capitalism, Translated from Japanese

By Behind the Mic | June 23, 2021

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Summer (Re-)Reads

The Lit Hub Staff’s Favorite Summer (Re-)Reads

Or, the Books at the Bottoms of our Beach Bags

By Emily Temple | June 22, 2021

Brandon Taylor: Writer’s Block Is Not Tragic (It’s a Part of Life)

Brandon Taylor: Writer’s Block Is Not Tragic (It’s a Part of Life)

The Author of Filthy Animals Answers the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | June 22, 2021

What a 13th-Century Medieval Text Can Teach Us About Queerness and Gender

What a 13th-Century Medieval Text Can Teach Us About Queerness and Gender

Alex Myers on the Inspiration for His Debut Novel

By Alex Myers | June 22, 2021

How Language Limits Our Ability to Describe Smells

How Language Limits Our Ability to Describe Smells

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | June 22, 2021

How Black Writers Capture the Comedy and Dark Absurdity of Life in America

How Black Writers Capture the Comedy and Dark Absurdity of Life in America

Keenan Norris Recommends Paul Beatty, Fran Ross,
Mat Johnson, and More

By Keenan Norris | June 22, 2021

Best Reviewed
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  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
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Unmoored in a City of Ruins: On the Revelatory Power of Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren

By Joss Lake | June 22, 2021

Telling the True Stories of Ancient Greece Through Fiction

By Claire Heywood | June 22, 2021

Matt Haig Performs a Passage from The Midnight Library

By Storybound | June 22, 2021

Nichola Raihani on How Cooperation Shaped the World—and is the Only Way to Save It

Nichola Raihani on How Cooperation Shaped the World—and is the Only Way to Save It

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | June 22, 2021

The Consequences of Speaking Out Against Religious Illiberalism in Malaysia

The Consequences of Speaking Out Against Religious Illiberalism in Malaysia

Mustafa Akyol Considers the Theological Roadblocks to the Islamic Enlightenment

By Mustafa Akyol | June 22, 2021

How Racism, American Idealism, and Patriotism Created the Modern Myth of the Alamo and Davy Crockett

How Racism, American Idealism, and Patriotism Created the Modern Myth of the Alamo and Davy Crockett

Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford on the Making of a Misrepresented Narrative

By Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford | June 22, 2021

<em>Whereabouts</em> by Jhumpa Lahiri, Read by Susan Vinciotti Bonito

Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri, Read by Susan Vinciotti Bonito

Introspective, Fragmented Fiction from the Award-Winning Author

By Behind the Mic | June 22, 2021

Yan Lianke on Intoxicated Revolutionaries and the Importance of<br> “Literary Distance”

Yan Lianke on Intoxicated Revolutionaries and the Importance of
“Literary Distance”

The Hard Like Water Author Discusses His Newly Translated Novel
and the Art of Storytelling

By An Yu | June 21, 2021

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on the Rich Etymologies of Place-Names

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on the Rich Etymologies of Place-Names

Jazmine Hughes and Will Butler Speak with the Author of Names of New York

By Literary Hub | June 21, 2021

The Top 10 Things to Love About <em>Hamlet</em>

The Top 10 Things to Love About Hamlet

Laurie Frankel Guests on the History of Literature with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | June 21, 2021

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