Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • BUY A HAT
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
  • Fiction and Poetry
  • News and Culture
  • Lit Hub Radio
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Log In
Resisting the Badge of ‘Resilience’ in the Wake of a Devastating Loss

Resisting the Badge of ‘Resilience’ in the Wake of a Devastating Loss

Emily Rapp Black Considers a Ubiquitous—and Inexact—Description

By Emily Rapp Black | January 20, 2021

Writing Through the Silences of a Lost Family History

Writing Through the Silences of a Lost Family History

Jonathan Lichtenstein on Unearthing the WWII Past of His Father

By Jonathan Lichtenstein | January 20, 2021

Remembering Deborah Orr with a Reading of Her Memoir, <em>Motherwell</em>

Remembering Deborah Orr with a Reading of Her Memoir, Motherwell

From Damian Barr's Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | January 20, 2021

Conflagration and Catastrophe: On Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Doom of COVID-19

Conflagration and Catastrophe: On Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Doom of COVID-19

Daniel Allen Cox: "Symbolism allows us to avoid thinking about the thing itself."

By Daniel Allen Cox | January 19, 2021

Living That Van Life, Before It <br>Was a Hashtag

Living That Van Life, Before It
Was a Hashtag

Amanda Mei Kim on Her Itinerant California Childhood

By Amanda Mei Kim | January 15, 2021

Trying to Teach English Literature in the Wake of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

Trying to Teach English Literature in the Wake of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

Kim Echlin on Morality, Mythology, and the Double Life of Totalitarianism

By Kim Echlin | January 15, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Transcription
  • London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
  • Attention: Writing on Life, Art, and the World
  • The Oyster Diaries
  • Yesteryear
  • Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund

How Honest is Too Honest? 6 Books That Straddle That Line

By Michael Leviton | January 15, 2021

In Favor of Speed:
Write Fast, Fix Later

By Mateo Askaripour | January 14, 2021

On Putting the Most Vulnerable Parts of Yourself on the Page

By Justine Cowan | January 14, 2021

Trouble for Your Thoughts: On Reported Creative Nonfiction

Trouble for Your Thoughts: On Reported Creative Nonfiction

Kenneth R. Rosen Recommends Nine Books To Better Understand Our Place in the World

By Kenneth R. Rosen | January 13, 2021

On Discovering Zimbabwean Literature as a Zimbabwean Writer

On Discovering Zimbabwean Literature as a Zimbabwean Writer

Siphiwe Ndlovu Charts the Path to Her Debut Novel

By Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu | January 13, 2021

On Navigating the Intricacies of Race and the Violence of Antiblackness in America

On Navigating the Intricacies of Race and the Violence of Antiblackness in America

Nadia Owusu Reflects on Her Years in America as a Young Adult

By Nadia Owusu | January 12, 2021

Am I Argentine? On Identity, Tradition and Finding Ties to One's Homeland

Am I Argentine? On Identity, Tradition and Finding Ties to One's Homeland

Daniel Loedel Charts the Origins of His Debut Novel

By Daniel Loedel | January 12, 2021

Paul Lisicky Performs an Excerpt from His Memoir <em>Later</em>

Paul Lisicky Performs an Excerpt from His Memoir Later

From Our Radio Theater Podcast, Storybound

By Storybound | January 12, 2021

On Imagining Gatsby<br> Before Gatsby

On Imagining Gatsby
Before Gatsby

Michael Farris Smith on the Origins of Nick

By Michael Farris Smith | January 11, 2021

<em>The Color Purple</em> and the Language of Healing from Trauma

The Color Purple and the Language of Healing from Trauma

Salamishah Tillet on Giving Voice to Survivors

By Salamishah Tillet | January 11, 2021

« First‹ Previous133134135136137138139140141Next ›Last »
Page 137 of 205
    • What's New to Streaming This Weekend: April 10, 2026April 10, 2026 by Radha Vatsal
    • Queerness and Visibility in Body HorrorApril 10, 2026 by Carly Racklin
    • The Best Paperback Releases of April 2026April 10, 2026 by CrimeReads
    • Transcription
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "There is so much silence in this novel so much air A novel speaks yes…"
  • 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.