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
  • BUY A HAT
  • 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
    • The Best of the Decade
  • 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
The Paradox of a Hurricane: Death and Love Its Wake

The Paradox of a Hurricane: Death and Love Its Wake

Gabrielle Bellot Wonders From Afar About the Fate of Her Parents

By Gabrielle Bellot | September 26, 2017

8 Notable Attempts to Hack the <em>New York Times</em> Bestseller List

8 Notable Attempts to Hack the New York Times Bestseller List

Surprise: Republican Politicians Also Cheat at Book Sales

By Emily Temple | September 26, 2017

Riding Out Hurricane Irma with a 900-Page Book

Riding Out Hurricane Irma with a 900-Page Book

Or: How to Survive a Clusterfuck of Hurricanes

By Lorraine Berry | September 26, 2017

Returning Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to the Skies

Returning Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to the Skies

On the Origins of The Little Prince and Restoring a Classic Plane

By Douglas R. Dechow and Anna Leahy | September 26, 2017

Speaking Truth to Power is as American as Apple Pie

Speaking Truth to Power is as American as Apple Pie

America’s First Revolutionary Abolitionist Deserves a Statue in the Middle of Town

By Marcus Rediker | September 26, 2017

5 Books Making News this Week: Religion, Refugees, and Odysseys

5 Books Making News this Week: Religion, Refugees, and Odysseys

Alice McDermott, Jenny Erpenbeck, Daniel Mendelsohn, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | September 26, 2017

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Departure(s)
  • The Flower Bearers
  • Eating Ashes
  • Every One Still Here: Stories
  • Once There Was a Town: The Memory Books of a Lost Jewish World
  • The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

How One Authoritarian Regime Made Another One Look Good

By Dwyer Murphy | September 25, 2017

Selling Books from William Faulkner's First Writing Room

By Alex Johnson | September 25, 2017

Searching for My Mother, 16 Years After Her Murder

By Sarah Perry | September 25, 2017

The Secret Meeting Where the Idea of America as a Global Power Was Born

The Secret Meeting Where the Idea of America as a Global Power Was Born

On the Campaign to Rearrange the Balance of Power on the African Continent

By Helen C. Epstein | September 25, 2017

Louisa May Alcott: A Difficult Woman Who Got Things Done

Louisa May Alcott: A Difficult Woman Who Got Things Done

On Writing the Alcott Sisters, in All Their Complexity

By Elise Hooper | September 25, 2017

Lu Xun: What is Revolutionary Literature?

Lu Xun: What is Revolutionary Literature?

"Only When Revolutionaries Start Writing Will There be Revolutionary Literature"

By Lu Xun | September 25, 2017

Life as a Trans Man in  Turn-of-the-Century America

Life as a Trans Man in Turn-of-the-Century America

"Our Nation’s Past is Far Queerer than is Generally Discussed"

By Emily Skidmore | September 22, 2017

How Loving <em>The Princess Bride</em> Led Me to Buddhism

How Loving The Princess Bride Led Me to Buddhism

Ethan Nichtern on the Film He's Seen (At Least) 30 Times

By Ethan Nichern | September 22, 2017

Beyond Heroes and Villains: A Deeper Look at the 19th-Century Indian Wars

Beyond Heroes and Villains: A Deeper Look at the 19th-Century Indian Wars

Peter Cozzens on a History of Violence and Betrayal

By Peter Cozzens | September 21, 2017

To Speak is to Be Misunderstood: On Parenting and Parents

To Speak is to Be Misunderstood: On Parenting and Parents

Minna Zallman Proctor Investigates the Pleasure of Not Belonging

By Minna Zallman Proctor | September 21, 2017

« First‹ Previous929930931932933934935936937Next ›Last »
Page 933 of 1034
    • New Series to Watch this WeekendJanuary 23, 2026 by Olivia Rutigliano
    • 10 Speculative Mysteries and Thrillers to Check Out in 2026January 23, 2026 by Molly Odintz
    • How Psychological Thrillers Critique the American DreamJanuary 23, 2026 by Lauren Schott
    • Departure(s)
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "This briny English writer author of em Flaubert s Parrot em and a winner of…"
  • 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