• Literary Criticism

    Windham-Campbell Prizes

    Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place

    By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   May 29, 2024
    Reading Lists

    The Narrative Pleasures of Social Discomfort: A Reading List of School Reunion Stories

    By Elise Juska  May 29, 2024
    Queer Literature

    A Queer, Carnivalesque Vision of Chile’s Independence Day from Pedro Lemebel

    By Pedro Lemebel  May 29, 2024
    In Memoriam

    Remembering Paul Auster

    By Literary Hub  May 28, 2024
    The Critic and Her Publics

    Doreen St. Félix on Using Pop Culture to Consider Society

    By The Critic and Her Publics   May 28, 2024
    Sex Scenes

    You’ll Need More Than That Reverse Cowgirl: The Craft of Writing (Actually) Good Sex Scenes

    By Yael van der Wouden  May 28, 2024
    On Translation

    The Special Challenges of Attempting a New Translation of Kafka

    By Mark Harman  May 28, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    Sally Wen Mao! Emma Copley Eisenberg! A critical history of swole-ness (yes)! 19 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  May 28, 2024
    Reading Lists

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

    By Book Marks  May 24, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Ursula K. Le Guin on How to Become a Writer

    By Ursula K. Le Guin  May 24, 2024
    Jazz

    In Honor of Duke Ellington: Here Are 15 Great Books About Jazz

    By Ed Simon  May 24, 2024
    Harlem Renaissance

    Respectability Be Damned: How the Harlem Renaissance Paved the Way for Art by Black Nonbelievers

    By Anthony B. Pinn  May 24, 2024
    Publishing

    “It’s Out of Africa Meets Pretty Woman!” On the Problem With Comp Titles

    By Maris Kreizman  May 23, 2024
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Miranda July Recommends the Best Way to Procrastinate

    By Miranda July  May 23, 2024
    Reading Lists

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 23, 2024
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Zoë Bossiere Is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  May 23, 2024
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Monica Youn on PEN, Activism at Literary Awards, and Gaza

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 23, 2024
    Poetry

    “To Become a Poet is to Step Into the Void.” Brian Henry on Slovenian Poet Tomaž Šalamun

    By Literary Hub  May 22, 2024
    craft advice

    On the Joys of Following Literary Instinct Wherever It Leads

    By Leah Hager Cohen  May 22, 2024
    The Cosmic Library

    The Cosmic Library on Stories and Sleep

    By The Cosmic Library   May 22, 2024
    Fame

    Oprah’s Book Club and… Dying? How Do Writers Get Famous

    By Cass R. Sunstein  May 21, 2024
    Book Recommendations

    Kevin Kwan on His Love of Classics (Even if He’s Still Never Read Middlemarch)

    By Kevin Kwan  May 21, 2024
    Rereadings

    Jessie Gaynor on Rereading The Corrections While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

    By Jessie Gaynor  May 21, 2024
    African American Literature

    “Splintered beyond recognition.” Yogita Goyal on the Difficulty of Categorizing Contemporary African American Literature

    By Yogita Goyal  May 21, 2024
    In Conversation

    R.O. Kwon on Writing Her Way Into a Book’s Most Truthful Version

    By Jane Ciabattari  May 21, 2024
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