Your week in book news, in Venn diagrams.

Your week in book news, in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | June 6, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Joan Didion’s Privacy, Writers Beware, and Wes Anderson

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Joan Didion’s Privacy, Writers Beware, and Wes Anderson

featuring Evelyn McDonnell, Kate McKean, Brittany K. Allen, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | June 6, 2025

Karen Leeder and Durs Grünbein have won the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize.

Karen Leeder and Durs Grünbein have won the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize.

By Literary Hub | June 5, 2025

There Are Too Many Books: What Happened to Publishing’s Summer Break?

There Are Too Many Books: What Happened to Publishing’s Summer Break?

Maris Kreizman Will Never, Ever Catch Up on Her Reading

By Maris Kreizman | June 5, 2025

Writer Edmund White has died at 85.

Writer Edmund White has died at 85.

By James Folta | June 4, 2025

Ocean Vuong: “This is where we must always return... pure possibility undergirded by pure humility.”

Ocean Vuong: “This is where we must always return... pure possibility undergirded by pure humility.”

From His Keynote Speech from the 2025 Whiting Awards Ceremony

By Ocean Vuong | June 4, 2025

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On the Lit Hub Podcast: Fighting Words and Magical Romance

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On the Lit Hub Podcast: Summer Reading and Writing Buddies

By The Lit Hub Podcast | May 23, 2025

Michael Crummey’s The Adversary has won the 2025 Dublin Literary Award.

By James Folta | May 22, 2025

The winners of the 2025 International Booker Prize are breaking boundaries.

The winners of the 2025 International Booker Prize are breaking boundaries.

By Brittany Allen | May 22, 2025

You See? Generative AI is Bad At Doing My Job

You See? Generative AI is Bad At Doing My Job

Maris Kreizman on the AI Hallucinations That Made it to the Book Review Section

By Maris Kreizman | May 22, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Real Literary Hoaxes and the Abrams Union Drive

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Real Literary Hoaxes and the Abrams Union Drive

Featuring Nathan Connolly, James Folta, Shea Dunlop, Sarah Robbins, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | May 16, 2025

Oh good, Audible is planning to start using AI narrators and translators.

Oh good, Audible is planning to start using AI narrators and translators.

By James Folta | May 14, 2025

Here are the guest editors (and covers) for the Best American Series 2025.

Here are the guest editors (and covers) for the Best American Series 2025.

By Literary Hub | May 14, 2025

In a new lawsuit, the Authors Guild is going toe to toe with DOGE.

In a new lawsuit, the Authors Guild is going toe to toe with DOGE.

By Brittany Allen | May 13, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Pulitzer Intrigue, Sinners and Vampires, and the NEA

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Pulitzer Intrigue, Sinners and Vampires, and the NEA

Featuring Marie-Helene Bertino, Meg Reid, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | May 9, 2025

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