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
  • Reading Challenge
  • 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
  • Reading Challenge
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Log In
Five Surprising Things I Learned from Partying with Rich People

Five Surprising Things I Learned from Partying with Rich People

Sociologist Ashley Mears on Extravagant Wealth

By Ashley Mears | May 22, 2020

When Did We Begin Conflating Art, Politics, and Morality?

When Did We Begin Conflating Art, Politics, and Morality?

Mara Faye Lethem Speaks to Patricio Pron About His Novel of Italian Futurism

By Mara Faye Lethem | May 21, 2020

The End of Something: On Radical Change in a Time of Pandemic

The End of Something: On Radical Change in a Time of Pandemic

Ben Ehrenreich Considers What Might Come Next

By Ben Ehrenreich | May 21, 2020

On the Revisionist Histories at the Heart of Fascism and Populism

On the Revisionist Histories at the Heart of Fascism and Populism

From Perón to Trump, the Political Art of Spinning Lies Into Myth

By Federico Finchelstein | May 21, 2020

Great Plagues Always Hit Workers the Hardest

Great Plagues Always Hit Workers the Hardest

Michael Robinson on Daniel Defoe's Fictional Account
of the London Plague

By Michael Robinson | May 20, 2020

Mekkiayah Jacobs: New York City Needs to Care For Its Homeless

Mekkiayah Jacobs: New York City Needs to Care For Its Homeless

On a Perpetually Precarious Housing Situation

By Mekkiayah Jacobs | May 20, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Villa Coco
  • Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me
  • Contrapposto
  • Earth 7
  • The Traveler: One Man's Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris
  • Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America

On 1970s Feminism and Watching Mrs. America
as a Trans Woman

By Veronica Esposito | May 19, 2020

How a Pandemic Happens: We Knew This Was Coming

By Mike Davis | May 18, 2020

With Apologies to Susan Sontag, We're Going to Need Metaphor to Get Through This Global Illness

By David Farrier | May 15, 2020

Why <em>Sesame Street</em> Was a Revolutionary Force for Children's Television

Why Sesame Street Was a Revolutionary Force for Children's Television

David Kamp on the Radical Creators of an Iconic Show

By David Kamp | May 15, 2020

If Language is a Weapon, Now is the Time to Deploy It

If Language is a Weapon, Now is the Time to Deploy It

Lydia Millet on the Corruption of Discourse and the
Fight Against Propaganda

By Lydia Millet | May 12, 2020

How a Dangerous, Exploitative Railroad Industry Created J.P. Morgan's Fortune

How a Dangerous, Exploitative Railroad Industry Created J.P. Morgan's Fortune

Susan Berfield on the Growth of American Capitalism

By Susan Berfield | May 11, 2020

A Day for the Ages: VE Day at 75 in the Time of COVID-19

A Day for the Ages: VE Day at 75 in the Time of COVID-19

Catherine Grace Katz on Commemorating the End of WWII

By Catherine Grace Katz | May 8, 2020

Humera Afridi on the Quarantine State of Mind

Humera Afridi on the Quarantine State of Mind

A Brief Report From the Unknown

By Humera Afridi | May 8, 2020

How Cherokee Citizens Are Writing Themselves<br> Into the Future

How Cherokee Citizens Are Writing Themselves
Into the Future

Erika Wurth on the Literature of Native Sovereignty

By Erika T. Wurth | May 7, 2020

The Year That Changed James Monroe's Legacy Forever

The Year That Changed James Monroe's Legacy Forever

On the Greatest Crisis of His Presidency

By Tim McGrath | May 7, 2020

« First‹ Previous222223224225226227228229230Next ›Last »
Page 226 of 303
    • The 5 Greatest Fictional Recurring Characters, According to Alison GaylinJune 18, 2026 by Alison Gaylin
    • Guru-dunit: 5 Mysteries That Skewer the Worlds of Wellness and Self-HelpJune 18, 2026 by Asia Mackay
    • What to Watch Now, International Edition: Infernal Affairs (2002)June 18, 2026 by Radha Vatsal
    • Villa Coco
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "None of this is particularly suspenseful the novel s chief revelation is telegraphed about halfway…"
  • 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.