• Features

    New in Nonfiction

    On Life and Death and the Oldest Living Thing in Pennsylvania

    By Barbara Hurd  June 10, 2019
    News and Culture

    Cover Reveal: Freeman’s California Issue

    By Literary Hub  June 10, 2019
    Celebrity

    On the 18th-Century Origins of Celebrity Worship

    By Sharon Marcus  June 10, 2019
    New in Nonfiction

    The American Myths of Westward Expansion That Just Won’t Die

    By Lauren Markham  June 10, 2019
    Bookselling

    Books to Immerse Yourself in the Bookselling Life

    By Andrea Lawlor  June 10, 2019
    Disappearing Archives

    Disappearing Archives: Sun Ra and Henry Dumas, Recorded in Conversation

    By Harmony Holiday  June 10, 2019
    Trauma

    In the Aftermath of a Plane Crash

    By Eduardo Strauch and Mireya Soriano  June 10, 2019
    Art History

    Michel Leiris on the Details That Make Great Art

    By Michel Leiris  June 10, 2019
    Science fiction

    Why We Write About This Thing Called the Future

    By Naomi Alderman  June 7, 2019
    Soccer

    Despite Its Popularity, Women’s Soccer Still Struggles for Institutional Support

    By Joshua Nadel  June 7, 2019
    Dystopias

    With Apologies to Orwell, We’ve Gone Way Past 1984

    By Dorian Lynskey  June 7, 2019
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    5 Books You May Have Missed in May

    By Bethanne Patrick  June 7, 2019
    American History

    5 Undersung Moments in History You Probably Didn’t Learn About in Class

    By Christopher Klein  June 7, 2019
    Literary Brooklyn

    Trying to Get Beyond the Cliches of Literary Brooklyn

    By Richard Kreitner  June 7, 2019
    Ghosts!

    Mamta Chaudhry on What Ghosts Can Access That the Rest of Us Can’t

    By The Literary Life  June 7, 2019
    Literary History

    Jack London, Rags to Riches and Back Again

    By Joy Lanzendorfer  June 7, 2019
    New in Nonfiction

    The Case Against R. Kelly is
    a Case Against Us

    By Treva Lindsey  June 6, 2019
    Weddings

    What to Actually Read at
    Your Wedding

    By Emily Temple  June 6, 2019
    Grief

    Kim Hooper on the Heavy Toll of Miscarriage on a Marriage

    By Kim Hooper  June 6, 2019
    Soccer

    Meet Britain’s First Woman Soccer Player, Nettie J. Honeyball

    By Gemma Clarke  June 6, 2019
    New in Nonfiction

    When We Read the Bible as Literature, Do We Retain Its Truths?

    By Jay Parini  June 6, 2019
    Immigration

    Nicole Dennis-Benn on Problematic Fantasies of Jamaica and America

    By The Maris Review  June 6, 2019
    Poets in Conversation

    “I Am Black and Reflective.” Keith S. Wilson Talks to Jericho Brown

    By Literary Hub  June 6, 2019
    Dissidents

    Selahattin Demirtaş Writes From a High Security Turkish Prison

    By Selahattin Demirtaş  June 6, 2019
    Democracy

    Why Cities Lose in Winner-Takes-All Elections

    By Jonathan A. Rodden  June 6, 2019
    Page 683 of 910

    • 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.