The Literary Case for Slasher Films and the Horrors of Reality TV

The Literary Case for Slasher Films and the Horrors of Reality TV

Samantha Allen on the Trauma of Elimination, from Black Christmas to Love Island

By Samantha Allen | December 3, 2021

Paul Auster on the Poem He Can’t Get Out of His Head

Paul Auster on the Poem He Can’t Get Out of His Head

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | December 3, 2021

Lydia Davis on How Translation Opens a Writer’s Mind

Lydia Davis on How Translation Opens a Writer’s Mind

“You are ventriloquist and chameleon.”

By Lydia Davis | December 3, 2021

Eulogy for a Visionary: On the Grim Narrative Introspection of Charles Bowden

Eulogy for a Visionary: On the Grim Narrative Introspection of Charles Bowden

Leath Tonino Considers His Brief Correspondence with the Author of Murder City

By Leath Tonino | December 3, 2021

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Mel Brooks, James Hannaham, Claire Keegan, and More

By Book Marks | December 3, 2021

Behind the Birth of a Poetry Collective

Behind the Birth of a Poetry Collective

Daniel Kramb on Malika’s Poetry Kitchen

By Daniel Kramb | December 3, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

What Accounts for the Lasting Appeal of Dune?

By Michael Dirda | December 2, 2021

Fuccbois, Despots, and Nuns: 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | December 2, 2021

New and Noteworthy Nonfiction You Should Read This December

By Literary Hub | December 2, 2021

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson on the Ways We Replicate Thomas Jefferson’s Sins

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson on the Ways We Replicate Thomas Jefferson’s Sins

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 2, 2021

Rebecca Donner on Writing History in the Present Tense

Rebecca Donner on Writing History in the Present Tense

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | December 2, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Sarabande Books

Interview with an Indie Press: Sarabande Books

On What It Means to Support Experimental Work

By Corinne Segal | December 2, 2021

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Hot Books for Cold Nights

By Emily Temple | December 1, 2021

The Best Children’s Books in Our Long Year of Pandemic Reading

The Best Children’s Books in Our Long Year of Pandemic Reading

Sara B. Franklin on the Books That Mattered Most to Her Family

By Sara B. Franklin | December 1, 2021

“This Is Where My Soul Is.’ James Han Mattson on Writing About Race and Fractured Identities

“This Is Where My Soul Is.’ James Han Mattson on Writing About Race and Fractured Identities

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

By Thresholds | December 1, 2021

Mikhal Dekel on <em>Anna Karenina</em>, <em>Dubliners</em>, and <em>A Room of One's Own</em>

Mikhal Dekel on Anna Karenina, Dubliners, and A Room of One's Own

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of In the East

By Book Marks | December 1, 2021

Page 213 of 347

  • 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