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    In Praise of CliffsNotes Study Guides in the Age of AI

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    Did Anthropic AI steal your book? You can sign up for updates on the class action suit.

    By James Folta  August 27, 2025
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    C-SPAN is starting a (very “patriotic”) book club.

    By Brittany Allen  August 25, 2025
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    This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

    By James Folta  August 22, 2025
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    The Lit Hub Podcast Slows Down With Some Nice Things

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    Children's Literature

    A Talent for Trouble: A Brief History of Paddington Bear

    By Daniel Horowitz  August 20, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
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    Six reissued classics to get hyped for this fall.

    By Brittany Allen  August 19, 2025
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    The tired Millennial’s guide to a few of the Cambridge Dictionary’s brand new words.

    By Brittany Allen  August 18, 2025
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    On the Lit Hub Podcast: Publishers Marketplace 101, Maris Kreizman Burns It Down, and More

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    Travel

    Here’s Obama’s 2025 summer reading list.

    A "close" read of the president's beach reads.

    By Brittany Allen  August 27, 2025
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    The Associated Press is ending its regular book coverage.

    By Brittany Allen  August 12, 2025
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    Half of the Polari Book Prize’s longlist have withdrawn in protest of John Boyne’s nomination.

    By James Folta  August 11, 2025
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    This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

    By James Folta  August 8, 2025
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    Here’s everything that made us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  August 8, 2025
    The Lit Hub Podcast

    On the Lit Hub Podcast: Brad Lander Talks Sonnets; What Happens When a Small Press Wins the Booker

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   August 8, 2025
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    James Patterson is writing a book about Luigi Mangione.

    By James Folta  August 7, 2025
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    Please welcome the National Association of Black Bookstores.

    By Brittany Allen  August 6, 2025
    Small Presses

    On the Future of Small Presses in the Aftermath of the NEA Grant Chaos

    Elizabeth Cook Breaks Down the “Uncertainty, Disrespect, and Bullying” of the Federal Government

    By Elizabeth Kaye Cook  August 6, 2025
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    Get ready for too many books by right-wing Justices.

    By James Folta  August 5, 2025
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    Talking Lapham’s Quarterly and Socialist Gothics on The Lit Hub Podcast

    By The Lit Hub Podcast   August 1, 2025
    Travel

    Books to drive the groupchat wild. (Summer edition!)

    By Brittany Allen  July 31, 2025
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    Here are the 2025 recipients of the $50k Academy of American Poets Fellowship prize.

    By Literary Hub  July 31, 2025
    Politics

    An Open Letter to the Portland Book Festival

    By Literary Hub  July 29, 2025
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    Here’s the 2025 Booker Prize longlist.

    By Literary Hub  July 29, 2025
    Publishing

    Why the Supreme Court Shouldn’t Make Millions From Publishing Books

    By Maris Kreizman  August 14, 2025
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