Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • BUY A HAT
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
  • Fiction and Poetry
  • News and Culture
  • Lit Hub Radio
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Log In
When Life Gives You Lemons, It's a Status Symbol: On the Evolving Literary and Cultural History of Citrus

When Life Gives You Lemons, It's a Status Symbol: On the Evolving Literary and Cultural History of Citrus

Jean Huang Considers Little Women, Citrus as Currency, and Changing Social Norms

By Jean Huang | October 1, 2021

On the Ebb and Flow of 21st-Century Maritime Piracy

On the Ebb and Flow of 21st-Century Maritime Piracy

Bruce Jones Traces the Recent History of Lawlessnes on the High Seas

By Bruce Jones | October 1, 2021

On the First Modern Person to Enter King Tutankhamun’s Tomb

On the First Modern Person to Enter King Tutankhamun’s Tomb

Gill Paul in Conversation with CP Lesley on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | October 1, 2021

On the History of Powhatan Culture and Colonization: A Reading List

On the History of Powhatan Culture and Colonization: A Reading List

Brian Swann Shares His Archival Research

By Brian Swann | October 1, 2021

New and Noteworthy Nonfiction to Read This October

New and Noteworthy Nonfiction to Read This October

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2021

Anne-Marie Slaughter on Radical Honesty as a Key to Growth

Anne-Marie Slaughter on Radical Honesty as a Key to Growth

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 29, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Permanence
  • No Way Home
  • Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
  • Small Town Girls: A Writer's Memoir
  • Last Night in Brooklyn
  • If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation

This year's literary MacArthur fellows on the best writing advice they've received (and more).

By Corinne Segal | September 28, 2021

The New Weapons of War: Disinformation, Economic Coercion, and Online Disruption

By Seth G. Jones | September 28, 2021

How Should Nations Handle the Human Aftermath of Disasters?

By Robert A. Jensen | September 28, 2021

Joseph Weisberg on Russia and America, the Very Best of Enemies

Joseph Weisberg on Russia and America, the Very Best of Enemies

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 28, 2021

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Featuring a George Washington Travelogue, a Holocaust Story of Survival, a History of Cuba, and More

By Book Marks | September 28, 2021

We Owe Our Entire Existence to a Bunch of Long-Necked Mouth-Breathers

We Owe Our Entire Existence to a Bunch of Long-Necked Mouth-Breathers

Elsa Panciroli Looks Deep Into the Fossil Gap

By Elsa Panciroli | September 27, 2021

Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

Lauren Arrington on the Poets of Rapallo and Women’s Forgotten Involvement

By Lauren Arrington | September 27, 2021

Bathsheba Demuth on the Changing Landscapes of the Arctic Circle

Bathsheba Demuth on the Changing Landscapes of the Arctic Circle

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | September 27, 2021

I'm still thinking about the boy who legally changed his name to “Trout Fishing in America.”

I'm still thinking about the boy who legally changed his name to “Trout Fishing in America.”

By Walker Caplan | September 24, 2021

Here's how Pablo Neruda's funeral became a left-wing demonstration.

Here's how Pablo Neruda's funeral became a left-wing demonstration.

By Dan Sheehan | September 24, 2021

« First‹ Previous146147148149150151152153154Next ›Last »
Page 150 of 285
    • What's New To Streaming: April 30, 2026May 1, 2026 by Radha Vatsal
    • How Some Crime Writers Are Finding a New Path to PublishingMay 1, 2026 by Keith Roysdon
    • Lynn Cahoon on Choosing Whether to Set Cozies in Real or Fictional PlacesMay 1, 2026 by Lynn Cahoon
    • Permanence
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "Mackintosh has a spare and confident hand Her work is sometimes described as dreamlike certainly…"
  • 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

  • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.