We can celebrate a nice bit of bookstore news this week. Three community rock stars—including self-identified “book girlie” Eve L. Ewing—are joining forces to save an imperiled indie. As Maxwell Evans of Block Club Chicago reports, an impressive trifecta is Read more >
Today, the Griffin Poetry Prize announced Margaret Atwood as the winner of their 2025 Lifetime Recognition Award, which honors “international artists working in poetry.” Atwood will be in conversation with Carolyn Forché at the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings on Read more >
On May 8, 1925—a hundred years ago tomorrow—one of the country’s largest collections of Black arts, literature, and history was born out of a Harlem brownstone. Now called the Schomburg Research Center in honor of the late curator, Arturo Schomburg, Read more >
According to the powers that be (er, apparently according to Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network), May is Short Story Month. To celebrate, for the third year in a row, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending a single short Read more >
One of the unexpected joys of parenthood is developing unnecessarily strong opinions about children’s book characters. That’s what happens when you spend hours and hours reading the same words over and over. You have to entertain yourself somehow. Or, I Read more >
According to the powers that be (er, apparently according to Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network), May is Short Story Month. To celebrate, for the third year in a row, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending a single short Read more >
A group of American booksellers, publishers, and authors have issued a statement calling for Mosab Abu Toha—the award-winning Palestinian poet, writer, and librarian who was detained and beaten by Israeli forces as he tried to flee Gaza with his young Read more >
May is here, a new month of a year in which all too many days have felt like political Maydays, and yet there’s something reassuring about the weather warming and flowers blooming and days lengthening. For some readers, these are Read more >
Earlier today, the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced and Percival Everett’s James was declared the winner for fiction. (You can see all of the winners and finalists here.) This came as no surprise to anybody even vaguely tapped into the Read more >
Since 2017, the Pulitzer committee has recognized outstanding journalism, criticism, books, dramas, and achievements in music with their coveted prizes. And winners walk away with $15,000 and the endless respect of their peers. This year’s awards were announced today via Read more >
In the last few days, publications, theater groups, arts organizations, and many other National Endowment of the Arts grant recipients have been notified that their funding has been “terminated” or “withdrawn.” 41 of the 51 Literary Arts grantees in the Read more >
According to the powers that be (er, apparently according to Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network), May is Short Story Month. To celebrate, for the third year in a row, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending a single short Read more >
Another busy week in the news, and if you want to catch up quickly before the weekend, here are the big stories that were pinging around our feeds and Slack channels, in fast and easy Venn diagram form. Read more >
This week, the Lit Hub staff is brought to you by the grace of giggles and games. James Folta is digging this “extra-bitter” riff on the Americano. The Enzo is a low-abv springtime spritz named for the Ferrari founder, and Read more >
According to the powers that be (er, apparently according to Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network), May is Short Story Month. To celebrate, for the third year in a row, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending a single short Read more >
Today, at a live event at the Chicago History Museum, Canisia Lubrin was named the winner of the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction—which honors exceptional novels, short story collections, and graphic novels by women and non-binary writers in the Read more >
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