Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • BUY A HAT
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
  • Fiction and Poetry
  • News and Culture
  • Lit Hub Radio
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Log In
Meet Baillie Gifford Prize Finalist Mark O’Connell

Meet Baillie Gifford Prize Finalist Mark O’Connell

The author of To Be A Machine on learning to write like himself

By Emily Temple | November 13, 2017

The Greatest Ever Account of Polar Exploration

The Greatest Ever Account of Polar Exploration

On the Apsley Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey in the World

By Francis Spufford | November 10, 2017

Alan Bennett: The Time I Saw T.S. Eliot on a Train Platform

Alan Bennett: The Time I Saw T.S. Eliot on a Train Platform

The Legendary Playwright on His Brush with the Great Poet

By Alan Bennett | November 10, 2017

Why Insidious Racism is Much Harder to Navigate

Why Insidious Racism is Much Harder to Navigate

You Come to Expect it, But You Can Never Come to Accept It

By Reni Eddo-Lodge | November 10, 2017

A Holy Terror, A Common Scold, and the First Feminist Blogger

A Holy Terror, A Common Scold, and the First Feminist Blogger

On the Trial of Anne Royall, Godmother to the Muckrakers

By Jeff Biggers | November 10, 2017

Sometimes, It's Okay to Be Mean

Sometimes, It's Okay to Be Mean

Sometimes, It Keeps Us Alive

By Myriam Gurba | November 10, 2017

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • On Morrison
  • Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour
  • So Old, So Young
  • Rebel English Academy
  • A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
  • Evil Genius

Soldiers Are More Than Just Symbols

By David Abrams | November 10, 2017

9 Animals (And Unseen Gods) as Drawn by Dave Eggers

By Dave Eggers | November 9, 2017

From Midcentury Confessional Poetry to Reality TV

By Christopher Grobe | November 9, 2017

Martinis=Mean. Wine=Wise. A <em>New Yorker</em> Critic's Guide to Conversation

Martinis=Mean. Wine=Wise. A New Yorker Critic's Guide to Conversation

Anne Fadiman on Her Wine-Loving Father, Clifton

By Anne Fadiman | November 9, 2017

Eduardo Galeano: Why I Became a Writer

Eduardo Galeano: Why I Became a Writer

The Late, Great Uruguayan Speaks of the Sea to Those Who Will Never See It

By Eduardo Galeano | November 9, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Jesmyn Ward

Meet National Book Award Finalist Jesmyn Ward

The author of Sing, Unburied, Sing on Prince, Faulkner, and writing exercises

By Emily Temple | November 9, 2017

On the Vital Importance of Nonfiction in the Age of

On the Vital Importance of Nonfiction in the Age of "Fake" News

The Baillie Gifford Prize: Making a Name for Itself on Both Sides of the Atlantic

By Matt Grant | November 9, 2017

Meet National Book Award Finalist Carmen Maria Machado

Meet National Book Award Finalist Carmen Maria Machado

The author of Her Body and Other Parties tells us about her favorite stories

By Emily Temple | November 9, 2017

Ocean Vuong: Interrogating the Canon While (Literally) Riding a Bicycle with No Hands

Ocean Vuong: Interrogating the Canon While (Literally) Riding a Bicycle with No Hands

For Freeman's, the Author of Night Sky with Exit Wounds, on the Books in His Life

By Literary Hub | November 8, 2017

<em>The Autobiography of Gucci Mane</em> Sets a New High for the Celebrity Memoir

The Autobiography of Gucci Mane Sets a New High for the Celebrity Memoir

So Why isn't the Literary World Paying Attention?

By Katie Fustich | November 8, 2017

« First‹ Previous116611671168116911701171117211731174Next ›Last »
Page 1170 of 1305
    • The Process Is the Art: Ellie Alexander on Drafting and Creativity in the AI EraFebruary 25, 2026 by Ellie Alexander
    • Lindy Ryan on Slashers, Pink Horror, and the Rise of Violent Fiction by WomenFebruary 25, 2026 by Lindy Ryan
    • FBI Informant "Tipper X" on the Wild, Opulent World of Insider TradingFebruary 25, 2026 by Tom Hardin
    • On Morrison
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "This is informed accessible literary analysis that demonstrates that Morrison s true genius was as…"
  • 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.