Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania

Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania

Ed Simon Considers the Many Different Ways an Obsession Can Manifest

By Ed Simon | November 24, 2025

What Our Continual Desire For Transformation Reveals About Ourselves

What Our Continual Desire For Transformation Reveals About Ourselves

Oren Harman Explores the Philosophical and Literary Side of Metamorphosis

By Oren Harman | November 24, 2025

The Innocenti: The Renaissance-Era Orphanage in Florence

The Innocenti: The Renaissance-Era Orphanage in Florence

Joseph Luzzi on the Abandoned Children of 1400s Italy

By Joseph Luzzi | November 24, 2025

Creating New Tongues: On Language as Adaptation and Resistance

Creating New Tongues: On Language as Adaptation and Resistance

Maria B. Olujic Considers the Role of Neologisms and Idioms in Croatia’s Linguistic Landscape

By Maria B. Olujic | November 24, 2025

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | November 21, 2025

Here’s what’s making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | November 21, 2025

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Can “adversarial poetry” save us from AI?

By James Folta | November 21, 2025

Our favorite Literary Twitter moments: James Folta on the Paris Review Tweet.

By James Folta | November 21, 2025

What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Day 5*

By Literary Hub | November 21, 2025

Giving Up on <em>The New York Times</em> and Remembering Literary Twitter on The Lit Hub Podcast

Giving Up on The New York Times and Remembering Literary Twitter on The Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring Peter Coviello, James Folta, Oliver Scialdone, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | November 21, 2025

On the Death of Tech Idealism (and Rise of the Homeless) in Northern California

On the Death of Tech Idealism (and Rise of the Homeless) in Northern California

“It’s as though the city feels it’s been invaded by the unhoused. But turn San José inside out and it’s a giant homeless camp being invaded by a city.”

By Brian Barth | November 21, 2025

On the Many—and Contradictory—Histories of Mt. Rushmore

On the Many—and Contradictory—Histories of Mt. Rushmore

Matthew Davis Explores the Contested Meanings Behind a Famous American Monument

By Matthew Davis | November 21, 2025

Outdoor Manual: Benjamin Wood on Taking It Outside

Outdoor Manual: Benjamin Wood on Taking It Outside

“Moved outdoors, my novel finds its purpose and momentum.”

By Benjamin Wood | November 21, 2025

Our favorite Literary Twitter moments: Drew Broussard on

Our favorite Literary Twitter moments: Drew Broussard on "come over at do bring coke now"

By Literary Hub | November 20, 2025

What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Day 4*

What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Day 4*

The friends we made along the way

By Literary Hub | November 20, 2025

Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival

Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival

“Books are not fact-checked. Books are the perfect medium for grifters.”

By Maris Kreizman | November 20, 2025

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