In Defense of Books Lists (but Not Literary Assholes): Introducing the Lit Hub Podcast

In Defense of Books Lists (but Not Literary Assholes): Introducing the Lit Hub Podcast

Host Drew Broussard Gets the Inside Scoop from the Lit Hub Staff

By The Lit Hub Podcast | September 13, 2024

Turning Peasants Into Pinions: At a Child’s Grave in Mousehold Heath, Near Norwich

Turning Peasants Into Pinions: At a Child’s Grave in Mousehold Heath, Near Norwich

Ben Ehrenreich on the Riots of Northern England, Then and Now

By Ben Ehrenreich | September 13, 2024

The Hidden Story of Black History and Black Lives Before the Civil Rights Movement

The Hidden Story of Black History and Black Lives Before the Civil Rights Movement

From Dylan C. Penningroth Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Before the Movement”

By Dylan C. Penningroth | September 13, 2024

Language, Love and Visibility: Looking Back on an Immigrant Childhood

Language, Love and Visibility: Looking Back on an Immigrant Childhood

Daisy Hernández: “I knew from my own experience that being seen is a powerful way to be loved.”

By Daisy Hernández | September 13, 2024

Here’s the shortlist for the 2024 BBC National Short Story Award.

Here’s the shortlist for the 2024 BBC National Short Story Award.

By Literary Hub | September 12, 2024

Here’s the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

Here’s the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

By Literary Hub | September 12, 2024

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What to do about that embarrassing Deathly Hallows tattoo.

By Brittany Allen | September 12, 2024

Here’s the longlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry.

By Literary Hub | September 12, 2024

Thomas Frank on How the Harris-Walz Ticket Can Win Red State Voters 

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 12, 2024

Posting Truth to Power: In Praise of a Publishing Gossip Site

Posting Truth to Power: In Praise of a Publishing Gossip Site

Maris Kreizman on the Important Role of Xoxopublishinggg

By Maris Kreizman | September 12, 2024

More Guns, More Money: How America Turned Weapons Into a Consumer Commodity

More Guns, More Money: How America Turned Weapons Into a Consumer Commodity

From Andrew C. McKevitt's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Gun Country”

By Andrew C. McKevitt | September 12, 2024

On the Yemeni Jewish Tradition of Musical Storytelling

On the Yemeni Jewish Tradition of Musical Storytelling

Ayelet Tsabari Finds Her Literary Voice Through Her Ancestors

By Ayelet Tsabari | September 12, 2024

Ten Books That Reveal Myanmar for the Complex Mosaic It Is

Ten Books That Reveal Myanmar for the Complex Mosaic It Is

Elizabeth Shick Recommends Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint, Karen Connelly, Charmaine Craig and More

By Elizabeth Shick | September 12, 2024

There was no better reader than James Earl Jones.

There was no better reader than James Earl Jones.

By James Folta | September 11, 2024

Indigenous Agency: How Native Americans Put Limits on European Colonial Domination

Indigenous Agency: How Native Americans Put Limits on European Colonial Domination

From Kathleen DuVal's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “Native Nations”

By Kathleen DuVal | September 11, 2024

Loving White Boys While Black: On Beauty, Desire and Learning Self-Love

Loving White Boys While Black: On Beauty, Desire and Learning Self-Love

Lester Fabian Brathwaite Considers the Literary and Cultural Socialization of Young Black Queer Men

By Lester Fabian Brathwaite | September 11, 2024

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