Here is the shortlist for the 2026 International Booker Prize.

Here is the shortlist for the 2026 International Booker Prize.

By James Folta | March 31, 2026

Jenny Lawson Thinks It’s Okay If You’re Not For Everyone

Jenny Lawson Thinks It’s Okay If You’re Not For Everyone

The Author of How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay on Rejection Sensitivity

By Jenny Lawson | March 31, 2026

How Legendary Filmmakers Funded Their Creative Lives

How Legendary Filmmakers Funded Their Creative Lives

Mason Currey on Making a Living Through Making Art

By Mason Currey | March 31, 2026

A Brief and Essential History of the Most Important Food Ever Invented: The Pickle

A Brief and Essential History of the Most Important Food Ever Invented: The Pickle

Paul van Ravestein and Monique Mulder Explore the Evolution of Fermentation Across the Ages

By Paul van Ravestein and Monique Mulder | March 31, 2026

Ashley Nelson Levy on Female Friendship, Disappointment, and Balancing Her Writing With Running a Press

Ashley Nelson Levy on Female Friendship, Disappointment, and Balancing Her Writing With Running a Press

The Author of The Riff Talks to Meara Sharma

By Meara Sharma | March 31, 2026

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in April

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in April

For April Showers (and So On)

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2026

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On Feeling Left Out of the Anthropic Settlement (Because They Ignored My Book)

By Mary Childs | March 30, 2026

The 13 Best Book Covers of March

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2026

When Will We Begin to Listen? On the Meaning of Black Silence in a Democratic Crisis

By Candis Watts Smith | March 30, 2026

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | March 27, 2026

Take a Tour of Poet Maggie Smith’s Writing Space

Take a Tour of Poet Maggie Smith’s Writing Space

Writing Tip: Surround Yourself With Beloved Objects

By Maggie Smith | March 27, 2026

Is <em>Bridgerton</em>’s Diversity More Than Just Window Dressing?

Is Bridgerton’s Diversity More Than Just Window Dressing?

Patricia Matthew Considers the Fourth Season of the Netflix Series

By Patricia A. Matthew | March 27, 2026

19th-Century Blues: When Science Killed God and Made Some Englishmen Sad

19th-Century Blues: When Science Killed God and Made Some Englishmen Sad

Adrian McKinty on Richard Holmes’s The Boundless Deep

By Adrian McKinty | March 27, 2026

Langston Hughes: Novelist, Poet, Activist and... Translator

Langston Hughes: Novelist, Poet, Activist and... Translator

Ricardo Wilson II on the Writer’s Experience in Mexico and His Struggle to Bring Mexican and Cuban Writers to American Audiences

By Ricardo Wilson II | March 27, 2026

Spring Arrives on <em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em>!

Spring Arrives on The Lit Hub Podcast!

featuring James Folta, Calvin Kasulke, Oliver Scialdone, Casey Scieszka, Sara Yasin, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | March 27, 2026

A new podcast from M. Gessen explores an ugly family secret.

A new podcast from M. Gessen explores an ugly family secret.

By Brittany Allen | March 26, 2026

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