Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • Become A Member
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
  • Fiction and Poetry
  • News and Culture
  • Lit Hub Radio
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Log In
Yiyun Li on the Brilliance of Bette Howland

Yiyun Li on the Brilliance of Bette Howland

"Howland wrote a book that I thought was impossible to write."

By Yiyun Li | January 15, 2021

What If the Stories We Tell in Order to Live Happen to Be Conspiracy Theories?

What If the Stories We Tell in Order to Live Happen to Be Conspiracy Theories?

William J. Bernstein on the Evolutionary Origins of Collective Delusion

By William J. Bernstein | January 15, 2021

Trying to Teach English Literature in the Wake of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

Trying to Teach English Literature in the Wake of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

Kim Echlin on Morality, Mythology, and the Double Life of Totalitarianism

By Kim Echlin | January 15, 2021

On Learning to Speak Dutch and the Art of Doing Nothing

On Learning to Speak Dutch and the Art of Doing Nothing

Olga Mecking Realizes How Hard It is to Literally Do Nothing

By Olga Mecking | January 15, 2021

How Honest is Too Honest? 6 Books That Straddle That Line

How Honest is Too Honest? 6 Books That Straddle That Line

Michael Leviton Recommends Richard Wright,
Joyce Maynard, and More

By Michael Leviton | January 15, 2021

COVID-19’s ‘Anthropause’ Has Made Nature Visible Again—At Least for Now

COVID-19’s ‘Anthropause’ Has Made Nature Visible Again—At Least for Now

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | January 15, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
  • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
  • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
  • Queen of Lombard Street
  • Paradise Burns
  • Doppelgänger
  • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
  • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
  • The Turning of Sally-Mae

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Powerful 1960 Letter From
Big Rock Jail

By Stephen and Paul Kendrick | January 15, 2021

Writing the Human Element Into Climate Change Via Those Most At Risk

By Claire Holroyde | January 15, 2021

Horace Julian Bond Recounts Witnessing the Little Rock Nine from Afar

By Horace Julian Bond | January 15, 2021

What We Can Learn from Animals About the Value of Productivity

What We Can Learn from Animals About the Value of Productivity

Devon Price Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 15, 2021

Writing and Activism: Farzana Doctor's <em>Seven</em> Joins the Movement to Ban Female Genital Mutilation

Writing and Activism: Farzana Doctor's Seven Joins the Movement to Ban Female Genital Mutilation

In Conversation with G.P. Gottlieb on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | January 15, 2021

Watch the first trailer for the adaptation of Nico Walker's <em>Cherry</em>.

Watch the first trailer for the adaptation of Nico Walker's Cherry.

By Dan Sheehan | January 14, 2021

Could Noah Baumbach's adaptation of <em>White Noise</em> actually be good?

Could Noah Baumbach's adaptation of White Noise actually be good?

By Emily Temple | January 14, 2021

The Long Goodbye: Reconciling with the End of Nature

The Long Goodbye: Reconciling with the End of Nature

Madeleine Watts on Life in a Slow Motion Crisis

By Madeleine Watts | January 14, 2021

Here’s Your 2021 Literary Film and TV Preview

Here’s Your 2021 Literary Film and TV Preview

Something to Watch While You Wait for the Vaccine?

By Emily Temple | January 14, 2021

What Will We Teach Future Students About the Capitol Insurrection of 2021?

What Will We Teach Future Students About the Capitol Insurrection of 2021?

On Taking a Culturally Responsive Approach to History and Education

By Samantha Tucker | January 14, 2021

« First‹ Previous842843844845846847848849850Next ›Last »
Page 846 of 1374
    • Nika Grace on finding remains in deserts and writing a serial killer novelOctober 30, 2026 by Nika Grace
    • What should you watch this weekend? (Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2026)October 30, 2026 by Dwyer Murphy
    • Alysandra Dutton on Writing Historical Noir and Investigating Ancient Roman CrimesOctober 30, 2026 by Alysandra Dutton
    • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "A vivid, sometimes grisly, sometimes enraging portrait of 19th-century British society ... Probing and excellent."
  • 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.