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
    • 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
“Let That Dream Die.“ On Watching Tennis and (Actually) Becoming the Best Writer You Can Be

“Let That Dream Die.“ On Watching Tennis and (Actually) Becoming the Best Writer You Can Be

Veronica Roth’s Argument for Embracing the Unknown

By Veronica Roth | November 9, 2022

Hugh Bonneville on His Illustrious <em>Downton Abbey</em> Castmate, Maggie Smith

Hugh Bonneville on His Illustrious Downton Abbey Castmate, Maggie Smith

“We all knew Highclere Castle was the lead character. And we all knew that Maggie Smith ran a pretty close second.”

By Hugh Bonneville | November 9, 2022

Ben Aitken Reads from His New Memoir <em>The Marmalade Diaries</em>

Ben Aitken Reads from His New Memoir The Marmalade Diaries

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | November 9, 2022

How Stoicism Guided Me Through Opening a Small Town Bookstore in the Midst of the Pandemic

How Stoicism Guided Me Through Opening a Small Town Bookstore in the Midst of the Pandemic

Ryan Holiday on Embracing the Struggle Against the World’s Indifference

By Ryan Holiday | November 7, 2022

“I Fight to Learn What it Means to Feel Calm.” Laura van den Berg on Boxing, Vulnerability, and Process

“I Fight to Learn What it Means to Feel Calm.” Laura van den Berg on Boxing, Vulnerability, and Process

Introducing When I’m Not Writing, a Series About Writers and Their Hobbies

By Laura van den Berg | November 7, 2022

Accidental Craft: On Discovering the Right Way (For Me) to Revise

Accidental Craft: On Discovering the Right Way (For Me) to Revise

Sorayya Khan Gets a Little Messy Finding the Shape of Her Work

By Sorayya Khan | November 7, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

What’s The Crown Without a Living Queen Elizabeth II?

By Matthew Redmond | November 7, 2022

Qian Julie Wang on Zou Or, The Act of Leaving

By Qian Julie Wang | November 7, 2022

Lessons on Community From a Father Reading Dostoyevsky

By Chris Dombrowski | November 7, 2022

Theaters of War: When Performance Becomes Deadly

Theaters of War: When Performance Becomes Deadly

Lyle Jeremy Rubin on the Military’s Seductive Promises of Excitement and Danger

By Lyle Jeremy Rubin | November 4, 2022

On a Desperate Journey to Ciudad Juárez—and the Costly, Dangerous Reality of Abortion in 1968

On a Desperate Journey to Ciudad Juárez—and the Costly, Dangerous Reality of Abortion in 1968

One Woman’s Story of Pregnancy Termination

By Becca Andrews | November 4, 2022

Is Revenge-Baking a Thing?

Is Revenge-Baking a Thing?

Becca Rea-Tucker Finds Kitchen Catharsis with Black Pepper Snowballs

By Becca Rea-Tucker | November 4, 2022

Serena Burdick on Her Novel’s Seventeen-Year Journey to Publication

Serena Burdick on Her Novel’s Seventeen-Year Journey to Publication

“To survive, or at least to survive sanely, it takes a certain amount of endurance.”

By Serena Burdick | November 4, 2022

Dani Shapiro on the Fifteen Year Journey of <em>Signal Fires</em>

Dani Shapiro on the Fifteen Year Journey of Signal Fires

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | November 4, 2022

How to Go Home: On Resisting a Very English Hero’s Journey

How to Go Home: On Resisting a Very English Hero’s Journey

Ellie Robins Considers the Dangers of the Monomyth

By Ellie Robins | November 3, 2022

Navigating Life with Misophonia: “For the Past Ten Years I Have Lived Inside Music.”

Navigating Life with Misophonia: “For the Past Ten Years I Have Lived Inside Music.”

Sussie Anie on Finding Connection in Stories

By Sussie Anie | November 3, 2022

« First‹ Previous464748495051525354Next ›Last »
Page 50 of 158
    • The Best Fiction in Translation of Fall 2025November 21, 2025 by Molly Odintz
    • “Whoever Wrote this Episode Should Die": "Galaxy Quest" Is Personal, and it's Personal to MeNovember 21, 2025 by Olivia Rutigliano
    • Breaking In: A Field Guide to Heist Plot TypesNovember 21, 2025 by Norman Birnbach and Tilia Klebenov Jacobs
    • The Pelican Child: Stories
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "The stories in her hypnotic collection em The Pelican Child em are painterly and provocative…"
  • 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