Something to Celebrate: In Praise of Awards Season

Something to Celebrate: In Praise of Awards Season

Maris Kreizman on the Importance of Recognizing Art That Matters

By Maris Kreizman | September 11, 2025

Sally Mann on the Crushing, Lifelong Reality of Artistic Rejection

Sally Mann on the Crushing, Lifelong Reality of Artistic Rejection

“Just my life’s work there that you’re tossing around like scrap paper.”

By Sally Mann | September 11, 2025

How Adam Zagajewski “Accidentally“ Wrote the Definitive 9/11 Poem

How Adam Zagajewski “Accidentally“ Wrote the Definitive 9/11 Poem

Elaine L. Wang on “Try to Praise the Mutilated World”

By Elaine L. Wang | September 11, 2025

How Photographer Frank S. Matsura Challenged White America’s Hegemonic View of the West

How Photographer Frank S. Matsura Challenged White America’s Hegemonic View of the West

Glen Mimura on the Groundbreaking Work of the Japanese Photographer Who Made Washington State His Home

By Glen Mimura | September 11, 2025

The Link Between Trauma, Drug Use, and Our Search to Feel Better

The Link Between Trauma, Drug Use, and Our Search to Feel Better

“As capitalism has invented ever more ways to be miserable, so too has it invented ever more specific ways to ease that misery.”

By P.E. Moskowitz | September 11, 2025

Why you should get (back) into RSS curation.

Why you should get (back) into RSS curation.

By James Folta | September 10, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Transcription
  • London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
  • Attention: Writing on Life, Art, and the World
  • The Oyster Diaries
  • Yesteryear
  • Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund

Here’s the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

By Literary Hub | September 10, 2025

Here’s the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry.

By Literary Hub | September 10, 2025

No one’s reading for fun, apparently. Here’s a reading list to fix that.

By James Folta | September 10, 2025

Why Everyone—Yes, Everyone—Should Join a Book Club

Why Everyone—Yes, Everyone—Should Join a Book Club

Linda-Marie Barrett on the Pleasures of Reading in Community

By Linda-Marie Barrett | September 10, 2025

On the Conservatism of Contemporary Literary Fiction

On the Conservatism of Contemporary Literary Fiction

Nathaniel Moore Reads Patricia Lockwood, Rachel Yoder, and Charlotte Wood

By Nathaniel Moore | September 10, 2025

What Money Really Means in Jane Austen’s Work

What Money Really Means in Jane Austen’s Work

“Talk of money in Austen is always dramatic, never just informative.”

By John Mullan | September 10, 2025

Spells, Skepticism, and Surrender: What Happens When the Agent Becomes the Author

Spells, Skepticism, and Surrender: What Happens When the Agent Becomes the Author

Samantha Browning Shea on Breaking Her Own Rules

By Samantha Browning Shea | September 10, 2025

Here’s the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

Here’s the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2025

Everything you need to know about the Powell's AI slop snafu—and what we can all learn from it.

Everything you need to know about the Powell's AI slop snafu—and what we can all learn from it.

By Brittany Allen | September 9, 2025

Here’s the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

Here’s the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2025

Page 68 of 1322

  • 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

    • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.