From the Ashes to the Dustbin: The Making and Un-Making of a Personal Library

From the Ashes to the Dustbin: The Making and Un-Making of a Personal Library

Peter Wortsman on the Ever-Difficult Task of Saving and Discarding Beloved Books

By Peter Wortsman | July 14, 2025

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | July 11, 2025

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah has won the 2025 Inside Literary Prize.

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah has won the 2025 Inside Literary Prize.

By Literary Hub | July 11, 2025

Here's what's making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here's what's making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | July 11, 2025

Why architecture is like literature: On the Shanghai city block that went for a walk.

Why architecture is like literature: On the Shanghai city block that went for a walk.

By James Folta | July 11, 2025

It’s Anticipation Season (Again) on the Lit Hub Podcast

It’s Anticipation Season (Again) on the Lit Hub Podcast

The Lit Hub Staff Shares (Some) of Their Most Anticipated Books for the Rest of 2025

By The Lit Hub Podcast | July 11, 2025

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  • Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water
  • Whistler
  • The Dog's Gaze: A Visual History
  • 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
  • Drayton and MacKenzie
  • The Long Revolution: Creating a United States After 1776

Other Worlds, Other Futures: On Black Panther and the Dream of Escapist Emancipation

By Ekow Eshun | July 11, 2025

Edmund White: Remembering a Doyen of LGBTQ+ Literature and His Mentorship

By Michael T. Luongo | July 11, 2025

The case against Substack. (ICYMI)

By Brittany Allen | July 10, 2025

“Let Me Tell You What I Love.” Remembering Fanny Howe

“Let Me Tell You What I Love.” Remembering Fanny Howe

On One of America’s Great Poets, Gone at 84

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 10, 2025

If You Use AI in Your Writing YOU Are the Literary Asshole

If You Use AI in Your Writing YOU Are the Literary Asshole

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About (Very) Bad Literary Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | July 10, 2025

A Literary History of the Billionaire: Villain or Buffoon... Or Both?

A Literary History of the Billionaire: Villain or Buffoon... Or Both?

“When you're disgustingly wealthy, your days don’t have to be touched by banal oppressors, like the office or public transportation.”

By Brittany Allen | July 10, 2025

The Church of the Screen: A Daughter’s Reflections on an Early Cinematic Education

The Church of the Screen: A Daughter’s Reflections on an Early Cinematic Education

Joanna Howard Explores the Impact of Her Mother’s Passion For Film on Her Own Storytelling

By Joanna Howard | July 10, 2025

The Tale of Elaine Yoneda, a Jewish Woman in a Japanese American Concentration Camp

The Tale of Elaine Yoneda, a Jewish Woman in a Japanese American Concentration Camp

Tracy Slater on the Strange Fate of Mixed-Race Families in Prisons During World War II

By Tracy Slater | July 10, 2025

Margaret Atwood and Ayad Akhtar on This Wonderful, Terrible World

Margaret Atwood and Ayad Akhtar on This Wonderful, Terrible World

live at the 2024 Sun Vally Writers' Conference

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | July 10, 2025

A Virginia public library is fighting off a takeover by private equity.

A Virginia public library is fighting off a takeover by private equity.

By James Folta | July 9, 2025

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