The Women’s Prize for Fiction has announced their 2024 shortlist.

The Women’s Prize for Fiction has announced their 2024 shortlist.

By James Folta | April 24, 2024

Crash Again, Crash Better: A Brief History of Failed Attempts at Human Flight

Crash Again, Crash Better: A Brief History of Failed Attempts at Human Flight

Joe Fassler Ponders Our Innate Desire to Rise Above It All

By Joe Fassler | April 24, 2024

Survival of the Wealthiest: Joseph E. Stiglitz on the Dangerous Failures of Neoliberalism

Survival of the Wealthiest: Joseph E. Stiglitz on the Dangerous Failures of Neoliberalism

In Which “the Intellectual Handmaidens of the Capitalists” Are Taken to Task

By Joseph E. Stiglitz | April 24, 2024

How Prohibition Forever Changed Women’s Cultural Relationship with Alcohol

How Prohibition Forever Changed Women’s Cultural Relationship with Alcohol

Nicola Nice on the Hostess Langston Hughes Called the “Joy Goddess of Harlem”

By Nicola Nice | April 24, 2024

When Writing Your Novel (Maybe) Manifests Your Breakup

When Writing Your Novel (Maybe) Manifests Your Breakup

Hazel Hayes on Seeing Her Characters’ Relationship Problems Mirror Her Own

By Hazel Hayes | April 24, 2024

The Creators of a Bicycle-Powered Library Reflect on Its Humble Beginnings

The Creators of a Bicycle-Powered Library Reflect on Its Humble Beginnings

Laura Moulton and Ben Hodgson on Bringing Books to Underserved Communities

By Laura Moulton and Ben Hodgson | April 24, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

Read China Miéville's powerful letter rejecting a German fellowship.

By Dan Sheehan | April 23, 2024

Please welcome the 2024-25 class of Cullman fellows.

By Brittany Allen | April 23, 2024

Sad about Pitchfork? Try one of these classic collections of music writing.

By Brittany Allen | April 23, 2024

Yan Lianke Wants You to Stop Describing Him As China’s Most Censored Author

Yan Lianke Wants You to Stop Describing Him As China’s Most Censored Author

On State Censorship, Artistic Integrity, and the Market Forces Behind Local and Global Publishing

By Yan Lianke | April 23, 2024

Torn Dresses, Frank Sinatra, Ghosts in the Loo: Judi Dench on a Lifetime of Playing Shakespeare

Torn Dresses, Frank Sinatra, Ghosts in the Loo: Judi Dench on a Lifetime of Playing Shakespeare

Judi Dench and the Actor and Director Brendan O'Hea in Conversation from Their New Book "Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent"

By Literary Hub | April 23, 2024

On America’s Two-Party System... And the Damage It Has Done

On America’s Two-Party System... And the Damage It Has Done

Gabrielle Bellot Tries to Think Beyond the Red/Blue Binary That Makes Enemies of Neighbors

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 23, 2024

Sasha Vasilyuk on the Price of Secrecy in Russia and Ukraine

Sasha Vasilyuk on the Price of Secrecy in Russia and Ukraine

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Your Presence Is Mandatory”

By Jane Ciabattari | April 23, 2024

What would <em>Spy</em> magazine think of Graydon Carter’s new store?

What would Spy magazine think of Graydon Carter’s new store?

By James Folta | April 22, 2024

The PEN America Literary Awards have been cancelled.

The PEN America Literary Awards have been cancelled.

By Dan Sheehan | April 22, 2024

Dorothy Allison: “In the Stories We Share and Those We Have Not Yet Crafted—We Live Forever”

Dorothy Allison: “In the Stories We Share and Those We Have Not Yet Crafted—We Live Forever”

From Her Publishing Triangle’s Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement Speech

By Dorothy Allison | April 22, 2024

Page 117 of 1015

  • 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