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The Woman Who Invented “Dark Fantasy.” How Gertrude Barrows Bennett Popularized the Fantastic

The Woman Who Invented “Dark Fantasy.” How Gertrude Barrows Bennett Popularized the Fantastic

Lisa Yaszek on the Woman Known as Francis Stevens, an Early Female Pioneer of American Genre Fiction

By Lisa Yaszek | September 18, 2024

Against Perfectionism and Productivity: On Embracing Flaws as a Writer

Against Perfectionism and Productivity: On Embracing Flaws as a Writer

Rachel Schwartzmann Allows Herself to Write and Live More Slowly and to Learn from Her Typos

By Rachel Schwartzmann | September 18, 2024

The Ultimate Fall 2024 Reading List

The Ultimate Fall 2024 Reading List

78 Books the Critics Think You Should Read This Season

By Emily Temple | September 17, 2024

Rumaan Alam on Creating a Fictional World of the One Percent

Rumaan Alam on Creating a Fictional World of the One Percent

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Entitlement”

By Jane Ciabattari | September 17, 2024

For Tony Tulathimutte Book Piles Are “Metaphysical Constructs”

For Tony Tulathimutte Book Piles Are “Metaphysical Constructs”

The Author of “Rejection” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | September 17, 2024

Rumaan Alam! Gay Shakespeare! How Elon Musk killed Twitter! 26 new books out today.

Rumaan Alam! Gay Shakespeare! How Elon Musk killed Twitter! 26 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | September 17, 2024

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Summers in New England: On Building a Community of Writers in Vermont

By Nicholas Delbanco | September 16, 2024

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

By Book Marks | September 13, 2024

In Defense of Books Lists (but Not Literary Assholes): Introducing the Lit Hub Podcast

By The Lit Hub Podcast | September 13, 2024

Why We Need More (and Better) Depictions of Older People in Literature

Why We Need More (and Better) Depictions of Older People in Literature

Anna Johnston on How to Write Aging Characters without Valorizing Youth

By Anna Johnston | September 13, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“She will not let us have the happy ending we might prefer.”

By Book Marks | September 12, 2024

Ten Books That Reveal Myanmar for the Complex Mosaic It Is

Ten Books That Reveal Myanmar for the Complex Mosaic It Is

Elizabeth Shick Recommends Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint, Karen Connelly, Charmaine Craig and More

By Elizabeth Shick | September 12, 2024

Why Aimie K. Runyan Spent Her First Literary Paycheck on a Coffee Mug

Why Aimie K. Runyan Spent Her First Literary Paycheck on a Coffee Mug

The Author of “Mademoiselle Eiffel” Reflects on the Self-Gift From Her Book Advance that Keeps Her Going

By Aimie K. Runyan | September 11, 2024

Finding the Strangeness in the Everyday: A Conversation With Srikanth Reddy

Finding the Strangeness in the Everyday: A Conversation With Srikanth Reddy

Peter Mishler Talks to the Author of “Underworld Lit”

By Peter Mishler | September 11, 2024

17 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

17 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

Reading Recommendations from the Lit Hub Staff

By Emily Temple | September 10, 2024

Timeless and Urgent: On Ha Jin’s <em>Waiting</em> and the Mercy of the Arbitrary

Timeless and Urgent: On Ha Jin’s Waiting and the Mercy of the Arbitrary

Rachel Khong: “We can’t help but wonder about the arbitrary demands and strictures placed on these individuals: What was it all for?”

By Rachel Khong | September 10, 2024

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