“Sent to the Monk” <br> A Poem by Mary Ruefle

“Sent to the Monk”
A Poem by Mary Ruefle

From Dunce

By Mary Ruefle | September 1, 2019

Good Sentences Are Why <br>We Read

Good Sentences Are Why
We Read

Joe Moran (and Other Writers) on the Basic Building Blocks of Writing

By Joe Moran | August 30, 2019

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Geminis are so easy to pick for this month.

By Emily Temple | August 30, 2019

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

The Best Writing at the Site in August

By Emily Firetog | August 30, 2019

My Child Lives On in My Imperfect Memories

My Child Lives On in My Imperfect Memories

Naja Marie Aidt on Time, Grief, and Her Late Son, Carl Emil

By Naja Marie Aidt | August 30, 2019

What John Stuart Mill Can Teach Us About Democracy

What John Stuart Mill Can Teach Us About Democracy

Richard Reeves, Author of Dreams Hoarders
Talks to Andrew on Keen On

By Keen On | August 30, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

The Day My Mother Vanished
as a Child

By Laura Cumming | August 30, 2019

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in New Orleans

By Colleen Rothman | August 30, 2019

Where the Amateur Reader Ends, and the Professional Critic Begins

By Tom Lutz | August 30, 2019

The Sealey Challenge: An Expansive Way of Reading Poetry

The Sealey Challenge: An Expansive Way of Reading Poetry

On Reading 31 Books in 31 Days

By Laura Buccieri | August 30, 2019

Ayşe Papatya Bucak on Researching Her Own Past

Ayşe Papatya Bucak on Researching Her Own Past

The Trojan War Museum Author on The Literary Life
with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | August 30, 2019

The 12 Best Book Covers<br> of August

The 12 Best Book Covers
of August

Or, Fun with Text and Cutouts

By Emily Temple | August 29, 2019

The Virtues of the Semicolon; or, Rebellious Punctuation

The Virtues of the Semicolon; or, Rebellious Punctuation

It Cares Not for Your Rules

By Cecelia Watson | August 29, 2019

Jenny Odell: Our Vision of 'Productivity' is Way Too Narrow

Jenny Odell: Our Vision of 'Productivity' is Way Too Narrow

The Author of How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy on Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | August 29, 2019

What Data-Driven Corporate Medicine Has Wrought

What Data-Driven Corporate Medicine Has Wrought

Terrence Holt Revisits Paul Starr's Classic, The Social Transformation of American Medicine

By Terrence Holt | August 29, 2019

Bob Eckstein Draws His Way Through the Writer's Digest Annual Conference

Bob Eckstein Draws His Way Through the Writer's Digest Annual Conference

Classes! Advice! A Pitch Slam!

By Bob Eckstein | August 29, 2019

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