As war in Ukraine continues, it’s crucial to keep reading, publishing, and listening to the country’s authors. This Friday, March 4, PEN America is hosting a reading on Zoom that will bring together American and Ukrainian authors in solidarity. Paul Read more >
Writer and translator Artem Chapeye sent the following earlier this week in response to recently resurfaced comments by Noam Chomsky about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While Chomsky has been a clear and much-needed critic of American imperialism over the Read more >
In a move that seems certain to piss everyone off, Dr. Seuss Enterprises yesterday announced that a series of unpublished sketches by the late Cat in the Hat author will serve as inspiration for a new line of children’s books Read more >
You might remember Miss Havisham, the withered, angry villain of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations. (Incredibly, in the book, she is “scarcely forty” . . . which was never that old!) Miss Havisham, made monstrous by her spinsterhood, is almost caricaturish Read more >
Last February, Astra Publishing House announced their new literary magazine, Astra Magazine, billed as “the international magazine of literature.” Helmed by Nadja Spiegelman, former online editor of The Paris Review and author of I’m Supposed to Protect You from All Read more >
Lit Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Laura Warrell’s debut novel Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm, which will be published by Pantheon in fall 2022. Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm follows Circus Palmer, a forty-year-old Boston-based trumpet player and old-school Read more >
Ding dong! The wicked witch is dead! Or at least, it will no longer linger on our streets. Amazon dot com has just announced that it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores in the US and the Read more >
John Boyne, writer of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, is releasing a sequel to the novel on September 15, 2022. All The Broken Places will be published by Doubleday and Penguin Random House in the U.S., Transworld in the Read more >
Every now and then, when the world is too much with us, I am able to find some small comfort in a very local, very sweet news story. So it is that I enjoyed today’s report of 7-year-old Inara Petroulis, Read more >
In an age when the phrase “just asking questions” can serve as a helpful shorthand for “being a total dick on the internet,” I couldn’t help but wonder: is the question… up to the mark? Terrible Sex and the City jokes aside, Read more >
Eager to crack the spine on one of Olga Tokarczuk’s many acclaimed novels but unsure of where to begin? Packing for a vacation and want to make sure your Olga T book selection is the right one? Game show host just Read more >
Bob Odenkirk: standup, satirist, dramatic actor, action star, and now, memoirist. Odenkirk’s book Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama, detailing his multifaceted career from standup comic to Saturday Night Live writer to surprise dramatic actor and Better Call Saul star, is out Read more >
Of course you have binge-watched every single episode of Love Is Blind‘s second season by now. You’ve felt for Danielle in her hot dog costume. You’ve cheered on Iyanna and Jarette (okay, mostly Iyanna). You’ve been afraid Shayne would spend Read more >
Over 1,000 writers worldwide, including Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Franzen, and Salman Rushdie, have signed an open letter released by PEN International condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and “call[ing] for an end to the bloodshed.” “We stand united in condemnation of Read more >
The winners of the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards were presented last night at The Town Hall in New York City, in a ceremony hosted by Seth Meyers. Selected by jury, more than 40 writers and translators were recognized; as Read more >
Don’t walk—run—to the nearest bookstore. This week sees the publication of new books by Margaret Atwood, Sarah Moss, Kathryn Davis, and more. * Margaret Atwood, Burning Questions (Doubleday) “One of the most notable aspects of this collection is how engaged Read more >
In 2002, Dennis Johnson and Valerie Merians started Melville House. You know them. They gifted the world Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing. They do The Last Interview series. They crash-published The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture in less Read more >
Because we love Haruki Murakami at Lit Hub, I thought I’d write a quick post to let you know that Drive My Car, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s beautiful and sharp adaptation of the Murakami short story, will be available to stream on Read more >
It goes without saying, though it has been said many times, New York City is the best city to cry in—the sheer number of people make it a haven for anonymity, and rarely does anyone bat an eye when something Read more >
As fighting continues this week in Ukraine, many of its artists, thinkers, journalists, and writers continue to be in danger—especially those who have criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin. Tonight, in recognition of their struggle and a show of solidarity, PEN America Read more >
