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
  • 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
    • 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
  • 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
A Daughter of the Samurai: On the Strength, Tradition, and Rebellion of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

A Daughter of the Samurai: On the Strength, Tradition, and Rebellion of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto

Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi Discuss the Memoir of an Extraordinary Life

By Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi | July 6, 2021

The Gateway to Friendship: How and—Why—I Befriended a Wild Fox

The Gateway to Friendship: How and—Why—I Befriended a Wild Fox

Catherine Raven on Interspecies Empathy and an Unexpected Furry Companion

By Catherine Raven | July 6, 2021

You Are Not Your Pain: On Depression, Self-Sabotage, and Emotional Resilience

You Are Not Your Pain: On Depression, Self-Sabotage, and Emotional Resilience

Matt Haig Considers the Downfalls of Binary Thinking

By Matt Haig | July 6, 2021

Gina Rae La Cerva: The Life Story of a Family Recipe

Gina Rae La Cerva: The Life Story of a Family Recipe

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 6, 2021

Beauty After Brutality: On Healing and Reclaiming My Existence in the Wake of Racial Trauma

Beauty After Brutality: On Healing and Reclaiming My Existence in the Wake of Racial Trauma

Anita Sethi Takes a Journey of Self-Discovery Through the Pennines

By Anita Sethi | July 2, 2021

Extractor of Secrets, Discloser of Secrets: On the Complex Role of the Biographer

Extractor of Secrets, Discloser of Secrets: On the Complex Role of the Biographer

Debra Dean Considers the Therapeutic Effects of Telling Our Stories

By Debra Dean | July 1, 2021

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

In Praise of Famous Losers: On Kurt Cobain, Beck, and the Idols Who Mythologized a Subculture

By Benjamin Villegas | June 30, 2021

Thanks to the Plumber Who Slept in My Bed: How a Surprising Trespasser Inspired My First Novel

By Beck Dorey-Stein | June 29, 2021

How Domestic Violence Victims’ Advocacy Works in an Insular Island Community

By Hanna Halperin | June 29, 2021

Hebe Uhart: A Brief Account of the Zoos I Cannot Forget

Hebe Uhart: A Brief Account of the Zoos I Cannot Forget

On the Habits of Animals in Captivity

By Hebe Uhart | June 25, 2021

Writing My Dead Sister Through Fact and Fiction

Writing My Dead Sister Through Fact and Fiction

Brian Phillip Whalen on Finding Resolution in Storytelling

By Brian Phillip Whalen | June 25, 2021

Learning to Write About Your Own Children

Learning to Write About Your Own Children

Wayne Miller on Poetry, Consent, and Empathetic Imagination

By Wayne Miller | June 24, 2021

Magnificent Obsession: On Black Humor and the Necessary Lessons I Learned as a Cartoonist

Magnificent Obsession: On Black Humor and the Necessary Lessons I Learned as a Cartoonist

Charles Johnson Recalls His Personal Journey from Unpublished Hopeful to Professional Artist and Celebrated Author

By Charles Johnson | June 24, 2021

The Gift and Curse of Being a Truth-Teller: On Receiving an Autism Diagnosis as an Adult

The Gift and Curse of Being a Truth-Teller: On Receiving an Autism Diagnosis as an Adult

Michelle Gallen on Heroic Honesty, The Emperor's New Clothes, and Writing Her Debut Novel

By Michelle Gallen | June 24, 2021

Iconic Blues Musician Bobby Rush Remembers His Rocky Relationship With James Brown

Iconic Blues Musician Bobby Rush Remembers His Rocky Relationship With James Brown

”If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”

By Bobby Rush | June 24, 2021

Sports Are Sad: On Winning and Losing (i.e. Living and Dying)

Sports Are Sad: On Winning and Losing (i.e. Living and Dying)

Emily Thomas Mani on Grief and Ephemerality

By Emily Thomas Mani | June 23, 2021

« First‹ Previous858687888990919293Next ›Last »
Page 89 of 156
    • 10 New Books Coming Out This WeekOctober 20, 2025 by CrimeReads
    • Behind the Screams: Ashley Cullins Unmasks Your Favorite Scary Movie FranchiseOctober 20, 2025 by John B. Valeri
    • Lost Literature: On "Picket Line," Elmore Leonard's Remarkable, Long-Unpublished NovellaOctober 20, 2025 by C.M. Kushins
    • Joyride: A Memoir
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "Might be the best craft book on writing you will ever read It s not…"
  • 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