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What Happens When Gen Z Encounters Catullus’s Filthiest Poem?

What Happens When Gen Z Encounters Catullus’s Filthiest Poem?

“Reading wakes us up to love, culture, grief, war, a range of possibilities too vast to name, and also to great discomfort.”

By Rachel DeWoskin | December 10, 2025

The Publishing Industry is Capricious... Gamble on Yourself

The Publishing Industry is Capricious... Gamble on Yourself

A. Natasha Joukovsky on Why the Sole Aim For Any Novelist Should Probably Be a Posthumous House Museum

By A. Natasha Joukovsky | December 10, 2025

Studies in Unmeaning: On Thomas Pynchon’s Detective Fictions

Studies in Unmeaning: On Thomas Pynchon’s Detective Fictions

Adrian McKinty Reads Pynchon’s Hardboiled Trilogy

By Adrian McKinty | December 10, 2025

One Man’s Trash: Reflections on a Failed Novel

One Man’s Trash: Reflections on a Failed Novel

Sheldon Costa on Trash Bashing, Working With His Hands, and Extricating His Writing from His Self-Worth

By Sheldon Costa | December 10, 2025

On the Haunted History of Apartheid in South Africa

On the Haunted History of Apartheid in South Africa

Nadia Davids Spends Time in the Company of Ghosts

By Nadia Davids | December 10, 2025

The 29 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2025

The 29 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2025

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By Literary Hub | December 9, 2025

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Why Joan Didion Hated the Police

By Scott Saul | December 9, 2025

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

By Teddy Wayne | December 9, 2025

The Far Side of Disaster:
On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel To the Lighthouse

By Colin Dickey | December 9, 2025

Adam Morgan, John Berryman, Tilar J. Mazzeo, and more: 11 new books out today!

Adam Morgan, John Berryman, Tilar J. Mazzeo, and more: 11 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | December 9, 2025

Beyond Winnie-the-Pooh: On A.A. Milne’s Romance Novels

Beyond Winnie-the-Pooh: On A.A. Milne’s Romance Novels

Gyles Brandreth Explores the Adult Side of an Iconic Children’s Author

By Gyles Brandreth | December 8, 2025

Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?

Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?

Brendan Mac Evilly on Figuring Out How To Be an Artist

By Brendan Mac Evilly | December 8, 2025

#ReadingAfrica: Three Literary Artists Celebrate African Visual Storytelling

#ReadingAfrica: Three Literary Artists Celebrate African Visual Storytelling

Anthony Silverston Talks to Mark Modimola, Lisa Maria Burgess and Deena Mohamed

By Literary Hub | December 8, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Olga Tokarczuk, Sudhir Hazareesingh, Matthew Pearl, and More

By Book Marks | December 5, 2025

What Writers in the Diaspora Miss About the Plurality of African Literature

What Writers in the Diaspora Miss About the Plurality of African Literature

Itoro Bassey on How We Write About Africa

By Itoro Bassey | December 5, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There is a sense, in this biography, of him tending his own flame while attempting to urinate upon it at the same time.”

By Book Marks | December 4, 2025

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