Christ’s Craft Store, Hobby Lobby, Wouldn’t Have Survived Its First Year Without the Godless Hippies

Christ’s Craft Store, Hobby Lobby, Wouldn’t Have Survived Its First Year Without the Godless Hippies

Michael Blanding on the Origins of a Box Store Behemoth

By Michael Blanding | July 24, 2026

On the Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins’s <em>No Name</em>

On the Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins’s No Name

Is Magdalen Vanstone a Detective Using Her Acting Skills or, by Victorian Standards,... a Criminal?

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 24, 2026

On the Complexities and Contradictions of Diasporic Jewish Identity

On the Complexities and Contradictions of Diasporic Jewish Identity

Sander L. Gilman Considers the Tension Between Rootedness and Rootlessness

By Sander L. Gilman | July 24, 2026

The Queer Poetics in Writing About Past and Present Brazilian Politics

The Queer Poetics in Writing About Past and Present Brazilian Politics

Lara Norgaard on Translating Cris Judar’s They Marched Under the Sun

By Lara Norgaard | July 24, 2026

Why Americans can’t seem to quit <em>Little House on the Prairie.</em>

Why Americans can’t seem to quit Little House on the Prairie.

By Brittany Allen | July 23, 2026

Penelope Speaks: Rebecca Solnit on the Western Literary Tradition of Silencing Women

Penelope Speaks: Rebecca Solnit on the Western Literary Tradition of Silencing Women

“Classical culture is a lot of things including, literally, rape culture.”

By Rebecca Solnit | July 23, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist
  • Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis's Trans Pioneer
  • The Book of Chuck
  • The Maltese Version
  • The Song of Stork and Dromedary
  • The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
  • The Next Journalism: How the Press Must Change to Serve Democracy
  • Unprecedented Times
  • Togetherness: Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life's Greatest Collaborations

Author or Actor: Who Should Narrate Audiobooks?

By Maris Kreizman | July 23, 2026

On the Public Historians Reminding Us How Easy It Is to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past

By Jim Downs | July 23, 2026

For Marx, Capitalism Was Always Going to Destroy the Environment

By Kohei Saito | July 23, 2026

God, Sex, Porn, Art, and Aids: Revisiting the Culture Wars of the 1980s and 90s

God, Sex, Porn, Art, and Aids: Revisiting the Culture Wars of the 1980s and 90s

A Conversation With Isaac Butler and Rosa Campbell

By Isaac Butler and Rosa Campbell | July 23, 2026

On Alt Text Image Description as Literary Practice

On Alt Text Image Description as Literary Practice

M. Leona Godin Considers the Mundane, Profound Act of Translating a Picture

By M. Leona Godin | July 22, 2026

How Medical Racism Impacted the Work of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston

How Medical Racism Impacted the Work of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston

Jesse Waggoner on the Harlem Renaissance's Contributions to Modern Disability Rights

By Jesse Waggoner | July 22, 2026

A Culture of Collaboration: The Legacy of Lunigiana’s Traveling Booksellers

A Culture of Collaboration: The Legacy of Lunigiana’s Traveling Booksellers

Antonio Romani Explores the Development of Bookselling, From the Italian Countryside to the World's Great Cities

By Antonio Romani | July 22, 2026

Claire Vaye Watkins on Writing a Love Letter to the Mojave Desert

Claire Vaye Watkins on Writing a Love Letter to the Mojave Desert

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Yellow Pine

By Jane Ciabattari | July 21, 2026

What Romance Novels Taught Me About Writing Literary Fiction

What Romance Novels Taught Me About Writing Literary Fiction

Rowan Beaird on How Reading Romance Rewired Her Writing Brain

By Rowan Beaird | July 21, 2026

How Jean-Paul Sartre Attempted to Marry Marxism and Existentialism

How Jean-Paul Sartre Attempted to Marry Marxism and Existentialism

Emily Eakin Explores New Developments in French Thought After World War II

By Emily Eakin | July 21, 2026

Page 7 of 1355

  • 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.