• Features

    Ancient History

    On the Dumping Grounds of Fuerteventura, the Real Isle of Dogs

    By Matthew Gavin Frank  December 17, 2019
    Tributes

    Finding Nuance and Much-Needed Relief in the Writing of Bharati Mukherjee

    By Mira Jacob  December 17, 2019
    Lit Hub Radio

    LIC Reading Series Podcast: Simeon Marsalis, Cynan Jones, Lynne Tillman

    By LIC Reading Series  December 17, 2019
    Storybound

    Matt Gallagher Reads His Short Story “Know Your Enemy: Celebrating 50 Years of the Forever War”

    By Storybound   December 17, 2019
    Film

    Here is Werner Herzog’s Eerie Prose Script for Nosferatu the Vampyre

    By Werner Herzog  December 16, 2019
    American History

    Bringing Hitler’s Hidden Army to Justice

    By Debbie Cenziper  December 16, 2019
    Criticism

    For John Berger, the Time We Feel Most Deeply Can’t Be Kept on a Clock

    By Gabrielle Bellot  December 16, 2019
    American History

    Meet a Bad Man Who Became
    a Truly Great Spy

    By Owen Matthews  December 16, 2019
    Diaries

    Scattering a Mother’s Ashes: On Grief, Intimacy, and Renewal

    By William Pierce  December 16, 2019
    Lit Hub Radio

    The Seeds of Ancestors: A Day at Soul Fire Farm

    By Emergence Magazine  December 16, 2019
    Medieval History

    Finding a Beautiful Escape in Illuminated Manuscripts

    By Christopher de Hamel  December 16, 2019
    Sun Valley

    Alexandra Fuller: Memories of an African Childhood

    By Sun Valley Writers' Conference  December 16, 2019
    First Draft

    David Quammen on Why Darwin Was Wrong About Evolution

    By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   December 16, 2019
    But That's Another Story

    Michael Frank on the Hard Work of Waiting and Making it to the Other Side

    By But That's Another Story  December 16, 2019
    Cookbooks

    The New Edition of The Joy of Cooking
    is a Family Affair

    By Bethanne Patrick  December 13, 2019
    Anthropocene

    Imagining the Anthropocene on Other Planets

    By Christopher Schaberg  December 13, 2019
    Sex

    Hosting an Orgy? This 1970s Cookbook Has You Covered

    By Lizzy Saxe  December 13, 2019
    Philosophy

    Gary Snyder on the Sacred Power of a Little Bit of Dancing

    By Gary Snyder  December 13, 2019
    Nature

    On the Irresistible Lure of
    the North Country

    By Jim Christy  December 13, 2019
    Reading Lists

    Lit Hub Recommends: Downton Abbey and Metamorphoses

    By Literary Hub  December 13, 2019
    News and Culture

    Melissa Albert on Her Icy Teen Heroine and the Resuscitation
    of Fairy Tales

    By New Books Network  December 13, 2019
    Technology

    Are Travel Subscriptions and Drone Taxis the Future of Transportation?

    By John Rossant and Stephen Baker  December 13, 2019
    Lit Hub Radio

    LIC Reading Series Podcast: Being a Writer in Queens with Nancy Agabian, Trace DePass, Meera Nair, Alex Segura

    By LIC Reading Series  December 13, 2019
    The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

    Connie Ogle of the Miami Herald on the Most Notable Books of 2019

    By The Literary Life  December 13, 2019
    Young Adult

    Rereading the Master of
    ‘Dying Teen’ Lit

    By Katy Hershberger  December 12, 2019
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