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

How Colette Was Inspired By Her Many Cats

How Colette Was Inspired By Her Many Cats

Susannah Fullerton on the French Writer’s Feline Muses

By Susannah Fullerton | December 9, 2025

The Far Side of Disaster: <br>On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel <em>To the Lighthouse</em>

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

Colin Dickey: “It reminds me that others have struggled with how to write through the end of the world.”

By Colin Dickey | December 9, 2025

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s <em>Berlin Shuffle</em>

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s Berlin Shuffle

Philip Boehm Considers the Contemporary Relevance of a Tale of 1920s Germany

By Philip Boehm | December 9, 2025

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

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

By James Folta | December 8, 2025

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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

By Gyles Brandreth | December 8, 2025

Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?

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

Here’s what’s making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | December 5, 2025

On this Krampus Night, revisit the scariest Christmas book of all.

On this Krampus Night, revisit the scariest Christmas book of all.

By James Folta | December 5, 2025

Short Story Advent Calendars & Remembering Tom Stoppard on The Lit Hub Podcast

Short Story Advent Calendars & Remembering Tom Stoppard on The Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring Brittany K. Allen, Michael Hingston, Calvin Kasulke, Natalie Olsen, Olivia Rutigliano, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | December 5, 2025

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