• Features

    Criticism

    Camille Paglia on the Iconic Cover of Patti Smith’s Horses

    By Camille Paglia  March 22, 2017
    Excerpts

    How a Dictionary Got Into the Marriage Equality Debate

    By Kory Stamper  March 22, 2017
    Conversations

    Airea D. Matthews: Texting with Anne Sexton

    By Peter Mishler  March 22, 2017
    Feature

    Writers Respond to Defunding the NEA and NEH

    By Literary Hub  March 22, 2017
    Feature

    How Many Books Will You Read Before You Die?

    By Emily Temple  March 22, 2017
    Personal Essay

    What My Grandfather’s Displacement Taught Me About the Refugee Crisis

    By Georgia Hunter  March 22, 2017
    Craft

    Putting the “I” in Biography

    By John Kaag  March 22, 2017
    Features

    Lit Hub Daily: March 21, 2017

    By Lit Hub Daily  March 21, 2017
    Conversations

    Patrick Cottrell: Writing is Not Therapeutic in Any Way

    By Claire Luchette  March 21, 2017
    Criticism

    Presidential Politics As Reality TV and Realist Fiction

    By Emma Lieber  March 21, 2017
    Profile

    Elif Batuman on Fictionalizing Her Life, and Learning to Fact Check

    By Dylan Foley  March 21, 2017
    Excerpts

    Unlearnable Lessons on My Father’s Deathbed

    By Marina Benjamin  March 21, 2017
    What to Read

    10 Transgressive Fairy Tales for Grown-Ups

    By Emily Temple  March 21, 2017
    Excerpts

    How a Husband’s Loving Biography Ruined His Wife’s Reputation

    By Richard Holmes  March 21, 2017
    In Memoriam

    Literary Voices on the Legendary Brilliance of Robert Silvers

    By Emily Temple  March 21, 2017
    What to Read

    5 Books Making News This Week: Murder, Manifestos & Math Students

    By Jane Ciabattari  March 21, 2017
    Features

    Lit Hub Daily: March 20, 2017

    By Lit Hub Daily  March 20, 2017
    Advice

    The Writing Wisdom of Derek Walcott

    By Emily Temple  March 20, 2017
    In Memoriam

    Derek Walcott: Poet of Twilight, Poet of the Caribbean

    By Gabrielle Bellot  March 20, 2017
    Excerpts

    Take Heart: Shakespeare’s Drafts Were Pretty Damn Rough

    By J.P. Romney and Rebecca Romney  March 20, 2017
    Conversations

    Pankaj Mishra: We Committed Intellectual Suicide After 9/11

    By Rafia Zakaria  March 20, 2017
    Design

    Zora Neale Hurston: The College Years

    By Peter Bagge  March 20, 2017
    Deep Dive

    Just How Partisan is the Supreme Court?

    By Melvin I. Urofsky  March 20, 2017
    Personal Essay

    The Wild, Weird Criminal Side of Florida

    By Dwyer Murphy  March 20, 2017
    Features

    Lit Hub Weekly: March 13 – 17, 2017

    By Lit Hub Daily  March 18, 2017
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