11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (But Should)

11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (But Should)

The Literary Hub Staff Recommends Their Undersung Favorites

By Emily Temple | September 9, 2020

Daniel Mendelsohn Makes a Powerful Case for the<br> Art of Digression

Daniel Mendelsohn Makes a Powerful Case for the
Art of Digression

The Author of Three Rings talks to John Freeman About Homer, Storytelling, and More

By John Freeman | September 9, 2020

Five Years Later: On the Enduring Legacy of <em>All American Boys</em>

Five Years Later: On the Enduring Legacy of All American Boys

And Why Its Authors, Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely Wish It Would Go Out of Print

By Katy Hershberger | September 9, 2020

What if Medicine is Not About Preserving Life, But About Humanity?

What if Medicine is Not About Preserving Life, But About Humanity?

Why Dr. Rachel Clarke on Facing the End of Life Every Day

By Rachel Clarke | September 9, 2020

WATCH: Rhett Miller Covers the Great American Songbook

WATCH: Rhett Miller Covers the Great American Songbook

Episode Seven of the Mighty SONG Writers Video Series

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2020

On Albery Allson Whitman, Radical Black Poet of the Reconstruction

On Albery Allson Whitman, Radical Black Poet of the Reconstruction

A 19th-Century Vision of Black and Native American Resistance

By Matt Sandler | September 9, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • 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
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

Before the Essay, the Lecture: Nonfiction's Lost Performative

By Mary Cappello | September 9, 2020

Mychal Denzel Smith on Believing In a Future That Doesn't Sacrifice Lives to Pandemics

By Thresholds | September 9, 2020

12 Books You Should Read
in September

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2020

Is 2020 the Year Tech Companies Take Over the Global Economy?

Is 2020 the Year Tech Companies Take Over the Global Economy?

Sir Martin Sorrell in Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | September 9, 2020

Zinzi Clemmons on Cutting Away the Obvious

Zinzi Clemmons on Cutting Away the Obvious

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | September 9, 2020

Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle on Writing Place Without Invoking Stereotypes

Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle on Writing Place Without Invoking Stereotypes

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on
the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | September 9, 2020

The Magic of Everyday Life is Preserved in Ganda Folklore

The Magic of Everyday Life is Preserved in Ganda Folklore

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi on the Rich Oral Traditions
of Her People

By Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi | September 9, 2020

"Overnight Snow"

A Poem by Ted Kooser

By Ted Kooser | September 9, 2020

Heidi James Reads from <br><em>The Sound Mirror</em>

Heidi James Reads from
The Sound Mirror

From Damian Barr's Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | September 9, 2020

How Paper Money Shaped American Capitalism

How Paper Money Shaped American Capitalism

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | September 9, 2020

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