Marion Winik on Marrying a Gay Man, Telling Secrets, and Writing Fiction Versus Nonfiction

Marion Winik on Marrying a Gay Man, Telling Secrets, and Writing Fiction Versus Nonfiction

“I did my best to present Tony in a way that would make readers fall in love with him just as I had, and forgive his mistakes, just as I did.”

By Marion Winik | December 10, 2025

On Trying to Write About Disordered Eating in the Age of Millennial Therapy Culture

On Trying to Write About Disordered Eating in the Age of Millennial Therapy Culture

Anna Rollins Wonders If Mothers Get Too Much of the Blame

By Anna Rollins | December 10, 2025

The year’s best literary podcasts.

The year’s best literary podcasts.

By Brittany Allen | December 9, 2025

Announcing the winner of the Restless Books 2025 Kellman Prize for New Immigrant Writing.

Announcing the winner of the Restless Books 2025 Kellman Prize for New Immigrant Writing.

By Literary Hub | December 9, 2025

Here are the winners of the Whiting Foundation’s 2025 Nonfiction Grant.

Here are the winners of the Whiting Foundation’s 2025 Nonfiction Grant.

By Literary Hub | December 9, 2025

Why Joan Didion Hated the Police

Why Joan Didion Hated the Police

Scott Saul on a Little-Known Essay by California’s Famed Chronicler of the Counterculture

By Scott Saul | December 9, 2025

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How Colette Was Inspired By Her Many Cats

By Susannah Fullerton | December 9, 2025

The Far Side of Disaster:
On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel To the Lighthouse

By Colin Dickey | December 9, 2025

You can help build the first public library in Gaza since the genocide began.

By James Folta | December 8, 2025

Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment.

Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment.

By Drew Broussard | December 8, 2025

Beyond Winnie-the-Pooh: On A.A. Milne’s Romance Novels

Beyond Winnie-the-Pooh: On A.A. Milne’s Romance Novels

Gyles Brandreth Explores the Adult Side of an Iconic Children’s Author

By Gyles Brandreth | December 8, 2025

Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?

Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?

Brendan Mac Evilly on Figuring Out How To Be an Artist

By Brendan Mac Evilly | December 8, 2025

A Young Woman and Her Literary Dreams, Caught in the Churn of German History

A Young Woman and Her Literary Dreams, Caught in the Churn of German History

Catharina Coenen on the Impact of Germany's Turbulent 20th Century on Her Grandmother’s Life

By Catharina Coenen | December 8, 2025

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | December 5, 2025

Christmas shopping in the tri-state area? Check out the estate sale selling 100,000 books.

Christmas shopping in the tri-state area? Check out the estate sale selling 100,000 books.

By Brittany Allen | December 5, 2025

The US will reinstate library grants canceled by Trump.

The US will reinstate library grants canceled by Trump.

By James Folta | December 5, 2025

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