Rebecca Solnit on the Empty Violence of the Underachievers’ Coup

Rebecca Solnit on the Empty Violence of the Underachievers’ Coup

One Week After the Insurrection That Went Nowhere

By Rebecca Solnit | January 13, 2021

Gabriel Byrne Talks Memory, Loneliness and More With Karl Geary

Gabriel Byrne Talks Memory, Loneliness and More With Karl Geary

In Conversation About Byrne's Memoir Walking with Ghosts

By Karl Geary | January 13, 2021

6 Disorienting Reads for a Very Disorienting Time

6 Disorienting Reads for a Very Disorienting Time

Melissa Albert Suggests Susanna Clarke, Jo Walton, and More

By Melissa Albert | January 13, 2021

Bombs and Books: On Graham Greene’s Life During <br>World War II

Bombs and Books: On Graham Greene’s Life During
World War II

Richard Greene Charts How a Great Writer Navigated a Period of Destructive Tumult

By Richard Greene | January 13, 2021

On Abraham Lincoln’s Convoluted Plan For the Abolition of Slavery

On Abraham Lincoln’s Convoluted Plan For the Abolition of Slavery

James Oakes Charts the Politics Leading Up the American Civil War

By James Oakes | January 13, 2021

Trouble for Your Thoughts: On Reported Creative Nonfiction

Trouble for Your Thoughts: On Reported Creative Nonfiction

Kenneth R. Rosen Recommends Nine Books To Better Understand Our Place in the World

By Kenneth R. Rosen | January 13, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

Inside Algeria’s Early ‘Kingdom of Wine’

By Owen White | January 13, 2021

On the Uses of Boredom: Philosophical, Scientific, Literary

By Martha Cooley | January 13, 2021

What Joe Biden Can Learn from Machiavelli After the Capitol Raid

By Keen On | January 13, 2021

On Discovering Zimbabwean Literature as a Zimbabwean Writer

On Discovering Zimbabwean Literature as a Zimbabwean Writer

Siphiwe Ndlovu Charts the Path to Her Debut Novel

By Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu | January 13, 2021

<em>Silences So Deep</em> by John Luther Adams, Read by Jim Meskimen

Silences So Deep by John Luther Adams, Read by Jim Meskimen

Find Quiet in Alaska

By Behind the Mic | January 13, 2021

After protest Powell’s won’t shelve right wing performance artist Andy Ngo’s conspiracy fanfic.

After protest Powell’s won’t shelve right wing performance artist Andy Ngo’s conspiracy fanfic.

By Jonny Diamond | January 12, 2021

Here are the 2020 finalists for The Story Prize.

Here are the 2020 finalists for The Story Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka | January 12, 2021

Surprise: there's a new novel from Sally Rooney coming this fall.

Surprise: there's a new novel from Sally Rooney coming this fall.

By Emily Temple | January 12, 2021

American Legacy: When White Supremacist Mobs Threaten Democracy

American Legacy: When White Supremacist Mobs Threaten Democracy

David Zucchino on the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 and the Capitol Insurrection of 2021

By David Zucchino | January 12, 2021

George Saunders on the Songs (and Stories) He Can’t Live Without

George Saunders on the Songs (and Stories) He Can’t Live Without

A Conversation with the Author of A Swim in the Pond in the Rain

By Literary Hub | January 12, 2021

Page 604 of 1025

  • 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