At last night's Authors Guild benefit, calls to support authors in a troubled democracy.

At last night's Authors Guild benefit, calls to support authors in a troubled democracy.

By Corinne Segal | May 16, 2019

Discovering an Iconic Literary Character Was Based on Your Grandfather

Discovering an Iconic Literary Character Was Based on Your Grandfather

Did Joseph Heller Base Catch-22's John Yossarian on Julius Fish?

By Brian Birnbaum | May 16, 2019

On Robert Caro, Great Men, and the Problem of Powerful Women in Biography

On Robert Caro, Great Men, and the Problem of Powerful Women in Biography

Caroline Fraser: “Power and ambition in women are often hidden, buried, shrouded, disguised, crushed, thwarted, mocked, warped, punished, or excoriated.”

By Caroline Fraser | May 16, 2019

Announcing the 100th Annual O. Henry Prize

Announcing the 100th Annual O. Henry Prize

Read Five of the Winning Stories

By Literary Hub | May 16, 2019

Of Course, Samuel Johnson Met James Boswell in a Bookstore

Of Course, Samuel Johnson Met James Boswell in a Bookstore

Where Else Do Men of Letters Pal Around?

By Leo Damrosch | May 16, 2019

In a Refugee's No Man's Land at the Thai-Burmese Border

In a Refugee's No Man's Land at the Thai-Burmese Border

Pibulsak Lakonpol with a Dispatch from the Far North of Thailand

By Pibulsak Lakonpol | May 16, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • 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

Dani Shapiro on Unraveling Her Family's History

By Michele Filgate | May 16, 2019

Win an organic farm in upstate New York by... writing an essay?

By Corinne Segal | May 15, 2019

Good for publishing, bad for our souls: Michael Wolff has written a sequel to Fire and Fury.

By Emily Temple | May 15, 2019

Hungover and happy at Minnesota's new book festival, Wordplay.

Hungover and happy at Minnesota's new book festival, Wordplay.

By Ryan Chapman | May 15, 2019

Is Masculinity a Terrorist Ideology?

Is Masculinity a Terrorist Ideology?

Lacy Johnson on Rachel Louise Snyder and the Ways We Name Violence

By Lacy M. Johnson | May 15, 2019

How Winona Ryder Took <em>Girl, Interrupted</em> From Page to Screen

How Winona Ryder Took Girl, Interrupted From Page to Screen

Rebecca Renner on the Making of a 90s Classic

By Rebecca Renner | May 15, 2019

Which Writers Have Won the Most Major Prizes?

Which Writers Have Won the Most Major Prizes?

A Ranking by the Most Absurd Metric

By Emily Temple | May 15, 2019

Inside San Francisco's Plague-Ravaged Chinatown, c. 1900

Inside San Francisco's Plague-Ravaged Chinatown, c. 1900

A City on the Edge

By Julia Flynn Siler | May 15, 2019

The Bay Area Book Festival in Three Acts

The Bay Area Book Festival in Three Acts

Jane Ciabattari Reports From the Best Fest in the West

By Jane Ciabattari | May 15, 2019

Gabriel García Márquez on<br> Life in 1950s Paris

Gabriel García Márquez on
Life in 1950s Paris

City of Light, City of Darkness

By Gabriel García Márquez | May 14, 2019

Page 1089 of 1319

  • 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

    • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.