Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • BUY A HAT
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
  • Reading Challenge
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
  • Fiction and Poetry
  • News and Culture
  • Lit Hub Radio
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Log In
Laura van den Berg on the Possibilities of Setting

Laura van den Berg on the Possibilities of Setting

"Place is ... a powerful generator of tone and atmosphere."

By Laura van den Berg | July 30, 2021

Interview With an Indie Press: Black Ocean

Interview With an Indie Press: Black Ocean

On Growing Slowly and Loving “Stunning” Books

By Corinne Segal | July 30, 2021

Kathie Klarreich: How Working with Incarcerated People Has Changed My Life

Kathie Klarreich: How Working with Incarcerated People Has Changed My Life

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | July 30, 2021

<em>Castle Shade</em> by Laurie R. King, Read by Jenny Sterlin

Castle Shade by Laurie R. King, Read by Jenny Sterlin

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in Transylvania

By Behind the Mic | July 30, 2021

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on Navigating the Starkly Gendered World of<br> Horseback Riding

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on Navigating the Starkly Gendered World of
Horseback Riding

“I decided that because girl wasn’t a word for me, horse couldn’t be, either.”

By Alex Marzano-Lesnevich | July 29, 2021

How the Oversimplified “Gentrification Narrative” Was Born

How the Oversimplified “Gentrification Narrative” Was Born

Bo McMillan on the Novels of L.J. Davis and What Certain Kinds of Stories Reveal About Cities

By Bo McMillan | July 29, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Glyph
  • Dog Days
  • All Them Dogs
  • A Perfect Hand
  • Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter
  • Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old

How Much Did the History of American Chattel Slavery Shape William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!?

By W. Ralph Eubanks | July 29, 2021

What is the Point of Children’s Books About the Climate Crisis?

By Megan Otto | July 29, 2021

Introducing the New Editor of the Oxford American: Danielle A. Jackson

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 29, 2021

An Evening of Comics: Kristen Radtke in Conversation with Mira Jacob and Malaka Gharib

An Evening of Comics: Kristen Radtke in Conversation with Mira Jacob and Malaka Gharib

Hosted by Greenlight Bookstore

By The Virtual Book Channel | July 29, 2021

Love Affairs with Dead Composers: How Discovering Chopin Saved Mena Suvari

Love Affairs with Dead Composers: How Discovering Chopin Saved Mena Suvari

The American Beauty Actor on the Power of Music and the Challenges of Belonging

By Mena Suvari | July 29, 2021

Tahmima Anam on the Marriage of Rom-Com and Satire

Tahmima Anam on the Marriage of Rom-Com and Satire

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 29, 2021

Being Seen: 5 Great Books That Capture the Essence of Coming of Age

Being Seen: 5 Great Books That Capture the Essence of Coming of Age

Contributors to the New Anthology Up All Night Recommend Stephen King, K. Ancrum, and More

By Laura Silverman | July 29, 2021

Why Be a Critic? Laura Miller on Reading, Listening to, and Writing About Books

Why Be a Critic? Laura Miller on Reading, Listening to, and Writing About Books

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 29, 2021

Shaping Hunger Into Practice: On the Creative Relationship Between Writers and Visual Artists

Shaping Hunger Into Practice: On the Creative Relationship Between Writers and Visual Artists

Sally Cabot Gunning Talks Painting the Light and Books that Spotlight Women Artists

By Sally Cabot Gunning | July 29, 2021

Patrick Wyman on the “Great Divergence” Between Western Europe and the Rest of the Globe

Patrick Wyman on the “Great Divergence” Between Western Europe and the Rest of the Globe

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 29, 2021

« First‹ Previous773774775776777778779780781Next ›Last »
Page 777 of 1573
    • Kerri Hakoda on the Symbolic Power of Rivers in MysteryMay 26, 2026 by Kerri Hakoda
    • 10 Brilliant Thrillers Set in the Near FutureMay 26, 2026 by Perrin Pring
    • The Top 10 Animal Sleuths (Plus Honorable Mentions)May 26, 2026 by Kit Gray
    • Glyph
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "In her feisty graceful em Glyph em Ali Smith mulls writing and language among other…"
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member

  • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.