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Small Rebellions: Erika L. Sánchez on Writing the Characters She Wanted to Read

Small Rebellions: Erika L. Sánchez on Writing the Characters She Wanted to Read

”I rarely found portrayals of anyone like me—bookish and poor and surly and Brown—in the art that I enjoyed.”

By Erika L. Sánchez | July 14, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Rumaan Alam on Elif Batuman, Brandon Taylor on Teddy Wayne, Alexandra Kleeman on K-Ming Chang, and more

By Book Marks | July 14, 2022

Amy B. Reid on Translating the Very Book She Needed to Read

Amy B. Reid on Translating the Very Book She Needed to Read

On Mutt-Lon's The Blunder

By Amy B. Reid | July 14, 2022

Lydia Conklin on Discarding the Conventions of Queer Storytelling

Lydia Conklin on Discarding the Conventions of Queer Storytelling

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | July 13, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Chris Belcher is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Chris Belcher is Reading Now and Next

A New (at Lit Hub) Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | July 13, 2022

What Culture Shock Taught Me About Sci-Fi and Fantasy Storytelling

What Culture Shock Taught Me About Sci-Fi and Fantasy Storytelling

Alex Jennings on the Experience of Otherness, and Learning to Ask Questions

By Alex Jennings | July 13, 2022

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Books at the Bar: A Reading List of Fictional Bars, Bartenders, and Bar Flies

By Natalka Burian | July 13, 2022

Was Helen Gurley Brown the Jane Austen of Her Era?

By Lit Century | July 12, 2022

Writers Love the World’s Oldest (and Most Obvious) Metaphor

By Zain Khalid | July 12, 2022

The Ocean is a Lesbian: Notes on Queer Women and Water

The Ocean is a Lesbian: Notes on Queer Women and Water

"What is it with these lesbians and why are they all so wet?"

By Julia Armfield | July 12, 2022

On the Life of Czech Sci-Fi Author Karel Čapek, the Man Who Coined the Term “Robot”

On the Life of Czech Sci-Fi Author Karel Čapek, the Man Who Coined the Term “Robot”

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 12, 2022

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Sopan Deb, David Santos Donaldson, and More!

By Teddy Wayne | July 12, 2022

In Praise of the Greatest Book About Swimming Ever Written

In Praise of the Greatest Book About Swimming Ever Written

Daniel Shailer on Charles Sprawson’s Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero

By Daniel Shailer | July 11, 2022

Changing the Conversation: Five Audiobooks By Authors With Disabilities

Changing the Conversation: Five Audiobooks By Authors With Disabilities

James Tate Hill Recommends Emily Maloney, Elsa Sjunneson, and More

By James Tate Hill | July 11, 2022

On the Personalization of Craft; Or, We’re All Going to Die Soon Anyway

On the Personalization of Craft; Or, We’re All Going to Die Soon Anyway

Diksha Basu Wonders What We Really Mean by “Writing Rules”

By Diksha Basu | July 11, 2022

Shelf Talkers: Booksellers From Porter Square Books Share Their Favorites

Shelf Talkers: Booksellers From Porter Square Books Share Their Favorites

What They’re Reading in Cambridge, Mass.

By Literary Hub | July 11, 2022

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