After the Rooster Crows: Dispatch from a Poet in Exile

After the Rooster Crows: Dispatch from a Poet in Exile

Oliver Baez Bendorf: “There are moments when a place you live stops being livable. Sometimes that arrives slowly, like a leak. Sometimes all at once.”

By Oliver Baez Bendorf | May 5, 2025

The week's book news, in Venn diagrams.

The week's book news, in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | May 2, 2025

Here are the things that are making us happy this week.

Here are the things that are making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | May 2, 2025

From MLMs to Nuclear War: <br>10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in May

From MLMs to Nuclear War:
10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in May

Featuring Work by Bridget Read, Amanda Hess, Robert Macfarlane, and More

By Literary Hub | May 2, 2025

One great short story to read today: GennaRose Nethercott's

One great short story to read today: GennaRose Nethercott's "Sundown at the Eternal Staircase"

By Drew Broussard | May 2, 2025

New on the Lit Hub Podcast: Leaving Twitter, Publishing Poetry, and... Men Who Read?

New on the Lit Hub Podcast: Leaving Twitter, Publishing Poetry, and... Men Who Read?

Featuring Eric Amling, Jonny Diamond, James Folta, Sarah Jean Grimm, Calvin Kasulke, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | May 2, 2025

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  • The Keeper
  • The Life You Want
  • The News from Dublin: Stories
  • Kutchinsky's Egg: A Family's Story of Obsession, Love, and Loss
  • Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People's Team
  • A Good Person

“I Hope You Don’t Mind That I’ve Shared You.” Arianna Rebolini on Writing About Your Kid

By Arianna Rebolini | May 2, 2025

Canisia Lubrin has won the 2025 Carol Shields Prize.

By Literary Hub | May 2, 2025

An unsettling AI Agatha Christie is here to teach you how to write.

By James Folta | May 1, 2025

A brief literary history of May Day.

A brief literary history of May Day.

Happy International Worker's Day!

By Brittany Allen | May 1, 2025

Why Lit Hub is no longer on Twitter

Why Lit Hub is no longer on Twitter

By Jonny Diamond | May 1, 2025

One great short story to read today: Franz Kafka's

One great short story to read today: Franz Kafka's "In the Penal Colony"

By Emily Temple | May 1, 2025

Writing (and Riding) the Waves: Inside the History of “Surf Lit”

Writing (and Riding) the Waves: Inside the History of “Surf Lit”

Dan Reiter on the Intersection of the Athletic and the Artistic in the World of Surfing

By Dan Reiter | May 1, 2025

Portraits of Power: Inside the Legacy Left by Ancient Rome’s Most Famous Emperors

Portraits of Power: Inside the Legacy Left by Ancient Rome’s Most Famous Emperors

Tom Holland on the Lasting Influence of “The Lives of the Caesars”

By Tom Holland | May 1, 2025

Unfree Minds: How Nazi Germany Perfected the Art of Inducing Fear

Unfree Minds: How Nazi Germany Perfected the Art of Inducing Fear

Charlotte Beradt on the Effects of Totalitarian Terror on the Human Psyche

By Charlotte Beradt | May 1, 2025

In Praise of the Dark and Innovative Genre-Bending of <em>Twin Peaks</em>

In Praise of the Dark and Innovative Genre-Bending of Twin Peaks

Lauren Haddad Shares the Lynchian Influences That Shaped Her Debut Novel

By Lauren Haddad | May 1, 2025

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