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
Otis Redding Records an All-Time Great Song a Month Before His Death

Otis Redding Records an All-Time Great Song a Month Before His Death

The Story of an American Classic, "The Dock of the Bay"

By Jonathan Gould | May 31, 2017

Classic Jessica Hopper:

Classic Jessica Hopper: "Emo Comes Off Like Rimbaud at the Food Court"

One of America's Great Rock Critics on a Half-Century of Sexist Rock n' Roll

By Jessica Hopper | May 22, 2017

Prince's Death Brought Snowfall in April

Prince's Death Brought Snowfall in April

Ben Greenman Remembers the Sadness, the Aftermath, and the Endless Tributes

By Ben Greenman | April 21, 2017

You Gotta See Bruce Live; Then You'll Understand

You Gotta See Bruce Live; Then You'll Understand

On Meeting the Boss in 1984

By Carter Alan | April 10, 2017

Playlist for a Classic Novel: <em>To the Lighthouse</em>

Playlist for a Classic Novel: To the Lighthouse

10 songs for Virginia Woolf's classic (the First in a Series)

By Emily Temple | March 31, 2017

How I Came to the Church of Rock and Roll

How I Came to the Church of Rock and Roll

Darcey Steinke on Finding Faith in America’s Great Religion

By Darcey Steinke | March 10, 2017

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Mass Mothering
  • Autobiography of Cotton
  • Good People
  • Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
  • The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet
  • Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink, and Deviant Desire

Dusty Springfield, Reluctant Queen of Blue-Eyed Soul

By Jack Hamilton | March 3, 2017

Field Recordings from the Inside

By Lit Hub Excerpts | February 22, 2017

On Falling Out of Love with Punk (and in Love with Books)

By Mariah Stovall | January 27, 2017

An Incomplete List of Virginia Woolf Puns in Pop Culture

An Incomplete List of Virginia Woolf Puns in Pop Culture

On the 135th anniversary of her birth

By Emily Temple | January 25, 2017

Three Unpublished Poems by Johnny Cash That Should Be Songs

Three Unpublished Poems by Johnny Cash That Should Be Songs

Three Chords, a Melody, and Away We Go

By Johnny Cash | November 15, 2016

Cohen Dies, Trump Wins, and We Will Sing About These Dark Times

Cohen Dies, Trump Wins, and We Will Sing About These Dark Times

Summer Brennan Discovers Solidarity Amid Despair

By Summer Brennan | November 14, 2016

The Words and Work of Leonard Cohen

The Words and Work of Leonard Cohen

A Great Poet of the 20th Century is Dead

By Emily Temple | November 11, 2016

Leonard Cohen at the End of the World

Leonard Cohen at the End of the World

Erin Somers Awaits the Apocalypse at a Concert in Brooklyn

By Erin Somers | November 11, 2016

Interview with a Gatekeeper: Wave Books' Matthew Zapruder

Interview with a Gatekeeper: Wave Books' Matthew Zapruder

On Music, Translation, and How he Came to Understanding Poetry

By Kerri Arsenault | November 10, 2016

Patti Smith on How She Writes a Song

Patti Smith on How She Writes a Song

Allen Ginsberg told me, “If you have trouble writing, just write what you mean.”

By Paul Zollo | November 8, 2016

« First‹ Previous28293031323334Next ›
Page 32 of 34
    • What can family curses tell us about inheritance and self-fulfilling prophecy?February 12, 2026 by Carmella Lowkis
    • The Death of a Mafia Hit ManFebruary 12, 2026 by Michael Cannell
    • Scammers' Delight: Christopher Farnsworth on Living in the Golden Age of GriftFebruary 12, 2026 by Christopher Farnsworth
    • Mass Mothering
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "Dark richly layered That is what reading em Mass Mothering em is like using storytelling…"
  • 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