• Features

    Criticism

    How Should a Male Writer Be? On the Toxic Competitiveness of Writers

    By Alex Gilvarry  September 11, 2017
    Personal Essay

    Hanging Out with Pennywise and My Grandmother’s Ghost

    By Kayla Rae Whitaker  September 11, 2017
    Poets

    A New Poem by Nicole Sealey

    By Nicole Sealey  September 11, 2017
    Events

    The Ebullient Joy of the Inaugural Well-Read Black Girl Festival

    By Kyle Lucia Wu  September 11, 2017
    Excerpts

    Balzac Tried to Buy a Waistcoat for Every Day of the Year (and Other Revelations of Parisian Fashion)

    By Valerie Steele  September 11, 2017
    Excerpts

    Audre Lorde: We Must Learn to Use Our Power

    By Audre Lorde  September 11, 2017
    Features

    Lit Hub Weekly: September 5 – 8, 2017

    By Lit Hub Daily  September 9, 2017
    Features

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    Memoir

    Can the New York Times’ Modern Love Column Change a Writer’s Life?

    By Andrea Jarrell  September 8, 2017
    Essay

    “He Comes for the Girls.” Philip Roth on Getting Kicked Out of Prague

    By Philip Roth  September 8, 2017
    Feature

    I Watched the Entire Hot Shakespeare Show So You Don’t Have To

    By Eric Thurm  September 8, 2017
    What to Read

    5 Great August Books You May Have Missed

    By Bethanne Patrick  September 8, 2017
    What to Read

    5 Essential Linked Story Collections That Are Better Than Novels

    By Baird Harper  September 8, 2017
    Excerpts

    At Ellis Island, Imagining My Father’s Journey to America

    By Jane Lazarre  September 8, 2017
    Criticism

    Rebel in the Rye is Bad for Writers

    By Emily Temple  September 8, 2017
    Awards

    Announcing the 2017 Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist for Non-Fiction

    By Literary Hub  September 7, 2017
    Features

    Lit Hub Daily: September 7, 2017

    By Lit Hub Daily  September 7, 2017
    Art

    The Magic and Risk of a Handwritten Letter

    By Meghan Forbes  September 7, 2017
    Music

    Playlist for a Classic Novel: The Lover

    By Emily Temple  September 7, 2017
    Advice

    How Academics Survive the Writing Grind: Some Anecdotal Advice

    By Helen Sword  September 7, 2017
    Personal Essay

    One Decade, Two Writers, Many Actors, and Finally My Book Became a Movie

    By Mark Haskell Smith  September 7, 2017
    Excerpts

    Scenes from an Emergency Clinic in the Sonoran Desert

    By Lee Sandusky  September 7, 2017
    Features

    Lit Hub Daily: September 6, 2017

    By Lit Hub Daily  September 6, 2017
    Personal Essay

    A Difficult Balance: Am I a Writer or a Teacher?

    By Kyoko Mori  September 6, 2017
    What to Read

    10 College Courses to Read Along With This Semester (From Your Couch)

    By Emily Temple  September 6, 2017
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