• News and Culture

    Letters Home

    Letter From Oakland: Black Motherhood in Sleepless Times

    By Idrissa Simmonds-Nastili  June 9, 2020
    Poverty

    Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II on the Politics of Rejecting
    the Poor

    By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II  June 9, 2020
    Reparations

    The Function of Shame
    in Literature

    By Marina Endicott  June 9, 2020
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

    By Teddy Wayne  June 9, 2020
    Trees

    From One Tree, Many: On the Ancient Art of Coppicing

    By William Bryant Logan  June 9, 2020
    Queer Literature

    Writing Across Time and Queer Generations

    By Literary Hub  June 9, 2020
    Film

    Lessons for 2020 From the Films of Studio Ghibli

    By Susan Napier  June 9, 2020
    The Hub

    #PublishingPaidMe reveals stark disparities between payment of white writers and writers of color.

    By Jonny Diamond  June 8, 2020
    The Hub

    Here’s the shortlist for the £30,000 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award.

    By Katie Yee  June 8, 2020
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: A call for action from Arundhati Roy: “We need a reckoning.”

    By Jonny Diamond  June 8, 2020
    The Hub

    Book workers are striking today in a day of solidarity against racist violence and discrimination.

    By Corinne Segal  June 8, 2020
    The Hub

    Indie bookstore Tattered Cover thinks speaking out is “a slippery slope.” Twitter does not agree.

    By Emily Temple  June 8, 2020
    The Hub

    Danez Smith, Ocean Vuong, and more demand that the Poetry Foundation do more to support Black poets.

    By Jessie Gaynor  June 8, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Passion and Patience: On the Timeless Virtues of Marguerite Yourcenar’s Hadrian

    By Dave Lucas  June 8, 2020
    Letters Home

    Letter from Minneapolis: Why the Rebellion Had to Begin Here

    By Su Hwang  June 8, 2020
    Film

    The Latest Incarnation of Shirley Jackson on the Big Screen is Basically Fan Fiction

    By Emily Temple  June 8, 2020
    Publishing

    How Women Are Changing the Face of African Publishing

    By Emeka Joseph Nwankwo  June 8, 2020
    Indigenous Peoples

    The Making of an Indigenous Land Activist

    By Nina Lakhani  June 8, 2020
    Feminism

    A Brief Feminist History of Bike-Riding

    By Hannah Ross  June 8, 2020
    Refugees

    The Costs—and Rewards—of a Treacherous Search for Asylum

    By Joe Meno  June 8, 2020
    Travel

    The Journey is the Plot: A Reading List for Traveling Beyond the Home

    By Mary Morris  June 8, 2020
    The Hub

    Five years before the protests, Tracy K. Smith and Nikole Hannah-Jones spoke about art and politics.

    By Aaron Robertson  June 5, 2020
    The Hub

    Independent bookstore owner invests in online bookstore famous for destroying independent bookstores.

    By Jonny Diamond  June 5, 2020
    Letters Home

    Letter From Los Angeles: On a Generational Uprising

    By Héctor Tobar  June 5, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    The Elderly and Covid-19: On the Frontlines of a Pandemic

    By Maya Alexandri  June 5, 2020
    Page 508 of 763

    • We Need Your Help:

    Become a Lit Hub Supporting Member

    Lit Hub has always brought you the best of the book world for free—no paywall. But our future relies on you. In return for your contribution, you'll get an ad-free site experience, editors' picks, and our Joan Didion tote bag. Most importantly, you'll keep independent book coverage alive and thriving.