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
On Visiting Auschwitz and Grappling with the Climate of Evil and Injustice

On Visiting Auschwitz and Grappling with the Climate of Evil and Injustice

Anna Badkhen Maps the Complexities of Personal Grief in the Context of Global Tragedy

By Anna Badkhen | December 1, 2020

On the Prosperity Gospel, the Soul of Money, and Proto-Capitalist Jesus

On the Prosperity Gospel, the Soul of Money, and Proto-Capitalist Jesus

The Paired Narrative Trajectories of Christ and Cash

By Frederick Kaufman | November 24, 2020

The Ghosts of the Trump Presidency Will Linger Longer Than We Think

The Ghosts of the Trump Presidency Will Linger Longer Than We Think

Gabrielle Bellot on the Parallel Victories of the 2020 Election

By Gabrielle Bellot | November 13, 2020

The Diaries of Imre Kertész: On Power, Revolution, and Futurity

The Diaries of Imre Kertész: On Power, Revolution, and Futurity

From The Last Inn, January 1st to November 17th, 2001

By Imre Kertész and Tim Wilkinson | November 13, 2020

Between the Cane Rows: Principles of Making in the Cycles of Power

Between the Cane Rows: Principles of Making in the Cycles of Power

Patrick Rosal on Family History, Language Ecosystems, and Life in the Cane Fields

By Patrick Rosal | November 5, 2020

Why Byzantium? Studying the Art of the Middle Ages as a Queer Latinx

Why Byzantium? Studying the Art of the Middle Ages as a Queer Latinx

Roland Betancourt on the Origins of His Latest Book

By Roland Betancourt | November 4, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Permanence
  • No Way Home
  • Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
  • Small Town Girls: A Writer's Memoir
  • Last Night in Brooklyn
  • If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation

Wonder or Horror? On the Dark Side of Our Reverence for Nature

By Tyler Malone | October 30, 2020

A Witch’s Rules of Matrimony

By Lucile Scott | October 30, 2020

Noam Chomsky on the President, the Pandemic, and the Upcoming Election

By David Barsamian | October 27, 2020

How a Rare and Ancient Manuscript Moved Me to Write a Novel

How a Rare and Ancient Manuscript Moved Me to Write a Novel

Natalka Burian on the Allure of the Voynich Manuscript

By Natalka Burian | October 19, 2020

Scenes from a Yazidi Refugee Camp, Circa 2016

Scenes from a Yazidi Refugee Camp, Circa 2016

It is a vision of hell."">Christina Lamb: "Everything seems to stop and spin.
It is a vision of hell."

By Christina Lamb | October 9, 2020

How a Scrap of Papyrus Launched a Reconsideration of Early Christianity

How a Scrap of Papyrus Launched a Reconsideration of Early Christianity

Ariel Sabar on Jesus and His Wife

By Ariel Sabar | October 6, 2020

Navigating Literary Censorship—and Worse—in Iran

Navigating Literary Censorship—and Worse—in Iran

Amir Ahmadi Arian on Creative Freedom and Sitting at the "Gate of Law"

By Amir Ahmadi Arian | September 28, 2020

Why Did Renaissance Europeans See Merpeople Everywhere?

Why Did Renaissance Europeans See Merpeople Everywhere?

Vaughn Scribner on Made-Up Monsters in the
Age of Imperial Conquest

By Vaughn Scribner | September 28, 2020

Fornicating and Fighting: A Brief History of the Ancient Cult of Aphrodite

Fornicating and Fighting: A Brief History of the Ancient Cult of Aphrodite

Bettany Hughes on Cyprus, Crossroads of Divinity

By Bettany Hughes | September 24, 2020

Linda Kay Klein on Being a Steward of Others' Stories

Linda Kay Klein on Being a Steward of Others' Stories

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | September 23, 2020

« First‹ Previous151617181920212223Next ›Last »
Page 19 of 25
    • What's New To Streaming: April 30, 2026May 1, 2026 by Radha Vatsal
    • How Some Crime Writers Are Finding a New Path to PublishingMay 1, 2026 by Keith Roysdon
    • Lynn Cahoon on Choosing Whether to Set Cozies in Real or Fictional PlacesMay 1, 2026 by Lynn Cahoon
    • Permanence
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "Mackintosh has a spare and confident hand Her work is sometimes described as dreamlike certainly…"
  • 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.