“My Life is Quite Gay.” A Queer Memoir Reading List

“My Life is Quite Gay.” A Queer Memoir Reading List

John Paul Brammer on LGBTQ+ Stories That Guided
His Life and Writing

By John Paul Brammer | June 8, 2021

Private Lives, Public Faces: On What’s Revealed by Hannah Arendt’s Archives

Private Lives, Public Faces: On What’s Revealed by Hannah Arendt’s Archives

Samantha Rose Hill Considers the Importance of Marginalia in the Writing Life

By Samantha Rose Hill | June 8, 2021

The Many Fictional Afterlives of Ethel Rosenberg

The Many Fictional Afterlives of Ethel Rosenberg

Anne Sebba Reads the Rosenbergs of Plath, Doctorow, Kushner and More

By Anne Sebba | June 8, 2021

The Overwhelming Power of Beauty: Deconstructing Edith Hamilton’s <em>Mythology</em> for Modern Times

The Overwhelming Power of Beauty: Deconstructing Edith Hamilton’s Mythology for Modern Times

Kathryn Lofton on Greek and Roman Classics, Scholarship, and Religion

By Kathryn Lofton | June 8, 2021

20 hot new books coming out this week.

20 hot new books coming out this week.

By Katie Yee | June 8, 2021

On the Cultural Figure—and Lived Reality—of the Blind Writer

On the Cultural Figure—and Lived Reality—of the Blind Writer

M. Leona Godin Considers Homer, Borges, and the Large Gap Between Metaphorical and Practical

By M. Leona Godin | June 7, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Once and For All: Is Drunkenness Actually Good for Art?

By Edward Slingerland | June 7, 2021

On the Storied Life of Miguel de Cervantes and His Greatest Creation, Don Quixote

By History of Literature | June 7, 2021

WATCH: Raven Leilani in Conversation with Pandora Sykes at the Hay Festival

By The Virtual Book Channel | June 7, 2021

Matthew Clark Davison on Care, Abuse, and the Narrative Possibilities of Brotherhood

Matthew Clark Davison on Care, Abuse, and the Narrative Possibilities of Brotherhood

The Author of Doubting Thomas in Conversation with Paul Lisicky

By Paul Lisicky | June 7, 2021

What Novels Can Borrow from the Sweeping Mythology of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

What Novels Can Borrow from the Sweeping Mythology of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Benjamin Percy on Creating a New World Within the Old

By Benjamin Percy | June 4, 2021

Lili Anolik on Eve Babitz, LA, and the Myth of Objectivity in Biography

Lili Anolik on Eve Babitz, LA, and the Myth of Objectivity in Biography

This Week from the Big Table Podcast

By Big Table | June 4, 2021

Exploring the... Weirder Side of Reproduction: A Reading List

Exploring the... Weirder Side of Reproduction: A Reading List

Sara Flannery Recommends Some Sci-Fi Takes on Procreation

By Sara Flannery Murphy | June 4, 2021

Love Letters to Italy: A Reading List

Love Letters to Italy: A Reading List

Deb Caletti Recommends Marlena de Blasi, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Andrea di Robilant

By Deb Caletti | June 4, 2021

A Moment of Reckoning: Thomas P. Campbell and András Szántó on Museums and Public Trust

A Moment of Reckoning: Thomas P. Campbell and András Szántó on Museums and Public Trust

The Director at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Considers How Institutions Can Be More Inclusive

By András Szántó | June 4, 2021

Wallace Shawn on His Classic, “Why I Call Myself a Socialist”

Wallace Shawn on His Classic, “Why I Call Myself a Socialist”

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | June 4, 2021

Page 239 of 345

  • 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