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    An Enigma Embodied: On Monica Vitti, Italy’s Muse of Incommunicability

    Joanna Biggs Considers the Role of Feminist Agency On and Off the Silver Screen

     
    By Joanna Biggs  December 4, 2024
    Inspiration

    Contemporary Poets Respond (in Verse) to Taylor Swift

    By Kristie Frederick Daugherty  December 4, 2024
    Historical Fiction

    Tired of Today’s Tech: Writing Historical Fiction in a Technocratic American Present

    By John Brandon  December 4, 2024
    The Hub

    A little treat for Caro-heads: Bryan Cranston reads from The Power Broker.

    By James Folta  December 3, 2024
    Best Books of 2024

    Lit Hub’s 38 Favorite Books of 2024

    By Emily Temple  December 3, 2024
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Fund Drives, Merve Emre, and… Do Awards Even Matter?

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   December 3, 2024
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    ChatGPT

    On the Report of Poetry’s Death, or: What Does That AI Poetry Study Really Tell Us?

    By Jen Benka  December 3, 2024
    AIDS

    On World AIDS Day What Does It Mean to Live in a Culture Defined By Virality?

    By Heather McCalden  December 2, 2024
    Italian Literature

    A Riveting, Timeless Journey Through the Afterlife: Inside the World of Dante’s Divine Comedy

    By Michael Palma  December 2, 2024
    Book Bans

    Jacqueline Woodson on Navigating Book Bans and Staying Resilient in 2025

    Brittany K. Allen Talks to the National Book Award-Winning Author About the Struggle to Come

    By Brittany Allen  December 4, 2024
    The Hub

    Hundreds of authors have signed an open letter in support of Lisa Ko.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 27, 2024
    Interviews

    Writing Advice, Book Recommendations, and More from the Newest Literary MacArthur Fellows

    By Emily Temple  November 27, 2024
    Book Covers

    The 10 Best Book Covers of November

    By Emily Temple  November 27, 2024
    The Hub

    Authors Against Book Bans demand publishers prepare for 2025.

    By James Folta  November 26, 2024
    The Hub

    Here’s the 2024 shortlist for the Dos Passos prize.

    By James Folta  November 26, 2024
    The Hub

    Fatale is the French noir novel you need to help you vent your frustrations right now.

    By James Folta  November 26, 2024
    Small Presses

    On Small Business Saturday, Consider the Small Press

    By Casie Dodd  November 26, 2024
    Women's Rights

    “Closer To a Pet.” How Women Were Viewed by 19th-Century America

    Stephanie Gorton on the Systematic Sexism That Inspired American Women to Fight Back

    By Stephanie Gorton  November 26, 2024
    The Hub

    Announcing the winner of the 2024 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.

    By Literary Hub  November 25, 2024
    The Hub

    Tech companies, once again, are trying to do publishing.

    By James Folta  November 25, 2024
    On Reading

    In Praise of Print: Why Reading Remains Essential in an Era of Epistemological Collapse

    By Ed Simon  November 25, 2024
    Palestine

    What Young Journalists Can Learn From Ta-Nehisi Coates’s The Message

    Aaron Boehmer on Coates’s Journalistic Politic

    By Aaron Boehmer  November 25, 2024
    New York City

    “Small But Unforgettable Moments.” What E.B. White Loved About New York City

    By Martha White  November 25, 2024
    Palestine

    On the Enduring Importance of Edward Said’s The Question of Palestine

    By Alexander Durie  November 25, 2024
    The Hub

    Spending Thanksgiving Eve at a bookstore is what the Founders intended.

    By James Folta  November 27, 2024
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