A Friendship Across the Color Line: How Shared Southern Roots Brought a Black Writer and a White Editor Together

A Friendship Across the Color Line: How Shared Southern Roots Brought a Black Writer and a White Editor Together

Tess Chakkalakal on the Unlikely Literary Partnership Between Charles W. Chesnutt and Walter Hines Page

By Tess Chakkalakal | February 5, 2025

Can you read cursive? Then the National Archives wants YOU.

Can you read cursive? Then the National Archives wants YOU.

By Brittany Allen | February 4, 2025

What should the cover of <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> look like?

What should the cover of Pride and Prejudice look like?

By Emily Temple | February 4, 2025

Want to win Leonard Cohen's

Want to win Leonard Cohen's "magic writing cap?"

By Brittany Allen | February 4, 2025

What Publishing Can Do About Trump: Preserve the Independence of Our Bookstores and Libraries

What Publishing Can Do About Trump: Preserve the Independence of Our Bookstores and Libraries

“A just world starves fascism of the nutrients it needs to thrive.”

By Josh Cook | February 4, 2025

Actually, <em>Master and Commander</em> is a Domestic Fantasy About a Codependent Life Partnership!

Actually, Master and Commander is a Domestic Fantasy About a Codependent Life Partnership!

Olivia Wolfgang-Smith on the Queer Subtext of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin Series

By Olivia Wolfgang-Smith | February 4, 2025

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Allegra Goodman on the (Almost) Life-Saving Power of Audiobooks

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In a dazzling move, Simon & Schuster is dropping their blurbs requirement.

In a dazzling move, Simon & Schuster is dropping their blurbs requirement.

By James Folta | February 3, 2025

The Giller Prize has (finally) cut ties with Scotiabank.

The Giller Prize has (finally) cut ties with Scotiabank.

By Dan Sheehan | February 3, 2025

All the literary adaptations at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

All the literary adaptations at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

By Brittany Allen | February 3, 2025

Cinema May Be Dying, But Shitposting is a Thriving New Artform

Cinema May Be Dying, But Shitposting is a Thriving New Artform

Alex Rollins Berg on Paul Schrader’s Auteur-to-Edge Lord Trajectory

By Alex Rollins Berg | February 3, 2025

Here are the finalists for the second annual Inside Prize.

Here are the finalists for the second annual Inside Prize.

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Here are the finalists for the 2025 Gotham Book Prize. 

Here are the finalists for the 2025 Gotham Book Prize. 

By Brittany Allen | January 31, 2025

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Men, Read a Book Please

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Men, Read a Book Please

Perhaps Some Historical Fiction?

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