• News and Culture

    Religion

    On the Yoruba Tradition’s Complex Philosophical Heritage

    By Minna Salami  March 30, 2020
    Country Music

    The Songwriters Behind Country Music’s Biggest Hits

    By Bobbie and Bill Malone  March 30, 2020
    Sheltering

    Sheltering: Paul Lisicky on Writing an Accidentally “Timely” Book

    By The Virtual Book Channel  March 30, 2020
    The Hub

    Nobel laureate in literature releases 17 minute prose poem about JFK’s assassination.

    By Emily Temple  March 27, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Meet the Unacknowledged Hero Who Discovered That Handwashing Saves Lives

    By Liesl Schillinger  March 27, 2020
    Movies

    Read a Deleted Scene From Get Out

    By Jordan Peele  March 27, 2020
    Women's History

    The Woman Who Fought for Sing Sing’s Early Female Prisoners

    By Idanna Pucci  March 27, 2020
    Imprisoned Writers

    On Stella Nyanzi’s Fearless Political Poetry

    By Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire and Esther Mirembe  March 27, 2020
    The Literary Drinking Show

    The Literary Drinking Show: Courtney Maum

    By The Virtual Book Channel  March 27, 2020
    Coronavirus

    Romanian novelist and prominent anti-communist Paul Goma has died of coronavirus.

    By Aaron Robertson  March 26, 2020
    Sheltering

    Sheltering: Hilary Leichter on Working Remotely (and Other Synonyms for Death)

    By The Virtual Book Channel  March 26, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    This new online escape room is basically a Harry-Potter themed version of life in 2020.

    By Corinne Segal  March 26, 2020
    The Hub

    Sir Patrick Stewart is reading a Shakespeare sonnet a day on Instagram.

    By Jessie Gaynor  March 26, 2020
    The Hub

    Remember Annie’s anti-book-banning speech in Field of Dreams?

    By Katie Yee  March 26, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Will Online-Only Events Bring Book Sales? No One Knows Yet

    By Kate Dwyer  March 26, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Walking in the City Before the Bookstores Closed

    By Bill Hayes  March 26, 2020
    Trees

    Journeying into the Depths of Europe’s Oldest Primeval Forest

    By Nick Hunt  March 26, 2020
    Aliens?

    The Moment the Myth of Alien Abduction Was Born

    By David J. Halperin  March 26, 2020
    TV

    Bob Odenkirk Almost Played Michael Scott on The Office

    By Andy Greene  March 26, 2020
    Animals

    12 Great Writers on 12 Great American Birds

    By Literary Hub  March 26, 2020
    The Hub

    The Whiting Foundation awarded $50,000 to each of these emerging writers.

    By Katie Yee  March 25, 2020
    Sheltering

    Sheltering: Kate Elizabeth Russell on the Little Things Getting Her Through Isolation

    By The Virtual Book Channel  March 25, 2020
    The Hub

    Someone please tell us how we can watch Margaret Atwood’s Edgar Allan Poe puppet show.

    By Jessie Gaynor  March 25, 2020
    The Hub

    Help out the NYPL and pass the time with this New York City oral history project.

    By Corinne Segal  March 25, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Help unemployed booksellers, shop here: The Bookstore at the End of the World

    By Jonny Diamond  March 25, 2020
    Page 493 of 723

    • Become a Lit Hub Supporting Member: Because Books Matter

    For the past decade, Literary Hub has brought you the best of the book world for free—no paywall. But our future relies on you. In return for a donation, you’ll get an ad-free reading experience, exclusive editors’ picks, book giveaways, and our coveted Joan Didion Lit Hub tote bag. Most importantly, you’ll keep independent book coverage alive and thriving on the internet.

    Become a member for as low as $5/month

    Dismiss without supporting Lit Hub
    x