Lori Carlson-Hijuelos on Honoring Her Husband’s Literary Legacy

Lori Carlson-Hijuelos on Honoring Her Husband’s Literary Legacy

“It has been more than a writing exercise for me. It has been an unexpected pilgrimage to the heart of our union.”

By Lori Carlson-Hijuelos | May 12, 2026

What’s with all the nostalgia for Obama-era New York?

What’s with all the nostalgia for Obama-era New York?

Why the 2000s are dominating books, music, and movies today.

By Brittany Allen | May 11, 2026

What Our Ideas About Ugliness Reveal About Our Anxieties Surrounding Gender

What Our Ideas About Ugliness Reveal About Our Anxieties Surrounding Gender

Stephanie Fairyington Considers How the Stigmatization of Queerness Influences Beauty Standards

By Stephanie Fairyington | May 8, 2026

How My Mother Made Magic Happen

How My Mother Made Magic Happen

Perdita Finn Remembers a Childhood of Spectacular Halloween Costumes

By Perdita Finn | May 8, 2026

On the Aftermath of Conversion Therapy

On the Aftermath of Conversion Therapy

Davin Malasarn in Conversation With Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez

By Davin Malasarn | May 7, 2026

Where I End, the Writing Begins: What Undergoing Surgery Taught Me About Transcendence

Where I End, the Writing Begins: What Undergoing Surgery Taught Me About Transcendence

Diane Les Becquets: “And I watched those moments unfold before me, as if in real time, and I felt everything.”

By Diane Les Becquets | May 7, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Etna
  • Triage
  • The Amateur
  • The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
  • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
  • Sunrise
  • A Tender Age
  • Don't Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech
  • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
  • The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

“No One Talked.” On Growing Up Under Brazil’s Military Dictatorship

By Juliet Faithfull | May 6, 2026

Violaine Huisman on Confronting a Father and Grandfather’s Legacy of Infidelity

By Violaine Huisman | May 6, 2026

Deafness Should Be Allowed to Be Unremarkable

By Sara Nović | May 5, 2026

How Being a Mediocre Scientist Helped Me Become a Better Novelist

How Being a Mediocre Scientist Helped Me Become a Better Novelist

Vincent Yu on the Creative Lessons He Learned From His Stint In Evolutionary Biology

By Vincent Yu | May 5, 2026

Grave Years and the Undead Woman: On the Chilling Erasure of Mothers’ Needs

Grave Years and the Undead Woman: On the Chilling Erasure of Mothers’ Needs

Tiffany Tsao Explores the Effects of the Stigmatization of Less-Than-Perfect Motherhood

By Tiffany Tsao | May 5, 2026

Saying Yes to the Book is Just Like Saying Yes to the Dress

Saying Yes to the Book is Just Like Saying Yes to the Dress

Jocelyn Jane Cox on Writing a Story About Figure Skating, Dementia, and Zebras

By Jocelyn Jane Cox | May 4, 2026

Satire Isn’t Dead, We Just Misunderstand It

Satire Isn’t Dead, We Just Misunderstand It

Erin Van Der Meer on What We Get Wrong About Satire

By Erin Van Der Meer | May 1, 2026

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in May

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in May

Including Books by Siri Hustvedt, Zayd Ayers Dohrn, Todd Smith, and More

By Literary Hub | April 30, 2026

Mother Tongues: How Family History Plays a Part in Language and Translation

Mother Tongues: How Family History Plays a Part in Language and Translation

Chenxin Jiang: “Which is my mother tongue and which an other tongue?”

By Chenxin Jiang | April 29, 2026

Leila Chatti on the Many Ways to Be (and Not to Be) a Mother

Leila Chatti on the Many Ways to Be (and Not to Be) a Mother

“IVF is a kind of miracle, but doctors are not gods.”

By Leila Chatti | April 29, 2026

Page 6 of 212

  • 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.