Kafka’s doodles, having survived the fire, reveal his inability to draw a horse.

Kafka’s doodles, having survived the fire, reveal his inability to draw a horse.

By Jonny Diamond | October 29, 2021

There are now 455 new words in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, including

There are now 455 new words in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, including "TBH" and "dad bod."

By Emily Temple | October 29, 2021

Pamela Paul on the Internet As Both Lifeline and Reflection of What We’ve Lost

Pamela Paul on the Internet As Both Lifeline and Reflection of What We’ve Lost

“It has opened up the world to us, but it has also made that world feel small.”

By Pamela Paul | October 29, 2021

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in November

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in November

Get Cozy, It’s Time

By Emily Temple | October 29, 2021

Do Motives Matter When It Comes to Movie Horror?

Do Motives Matter When It Comes to Movie Horror?

Tyler Malone on Psycho, Michael Myers, and Psychologism in Cinematic Horror

By Tyler Malone | October 29, 2021

Reconsidering Thoreau in a Burning World

Reconsidering Thoreau in a Burning World

Megan Marshall on Living Through Loss in the California Wildfires

By Megan Marshall | October 29, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Ghostly Taboos: Superstitious Rules and Gendered Restrictions

By Aimee Parkison | October 29, 2021

“Poem”

By Louise Gluck | October 29, 2021

“The Way the Tides”

By Rickey Laurentiis | October 29, 2021

What Therapists Are Reading to Get Through the Many Crises of the Moment

What Therapists Are Reading to Get Through the Many Crises of the Moment

Chaya Bhuvaneswar on How Books Sustain Mental Health Professionals

By Chaya Bhuvaneswar | October 29, 2021

“Nature’s Own Repair Kit.” On the CRISPR Challenge

“Nature’s Own Repair Kit.” On the CRISPR Challenge

This Week on the Radio Open Source Podcast

By Open Source | October 29, 2021

Jonathan Reisman on the Secrets of the Human Body

Jonathan Reisman on the Secrets of the Human Body

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 29, 2021

Ian Rosenberg on Understanding Contemporary Free Speech Issues in America

Ian Rosenberg on Understanding Contemporary Free Speech Issues in America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 29, 2021

David Byrne and Open Mike Eagle on Sampling, Anime, and Gatekeeping in the Music Industry

David Byrne and Open Mike Eagle on Sampling, Anime, and Gatekeeping in the Music Industry

This Week from FUSE: A BOMB Podcast

By FUSE: A BOMB Podcast | October 29, 2021

How the Everyday Becomes Mythic Through Fiction

How the Everyday Becomes Mythic Through Fiction

“There’s a ghost deer where I live.”

By Andrew Siegrist | October 29, 2021

Victoria Chang on the Real Questions that Power Stories

Victoria Chang on the Real Questions that Power Stories

"I easily go down deep rabbit holes."

By Victoria Chang | October 29, 2021

Page 458 of 1029

  • 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