Today is the anniversary of Geoffrey Chaucer’s first reading of The Canterbury Tales in 1387, when he performed the epic at the court of King Richard II. It’s the perfect day to reread a tale or two, rewatch A Knight’s Read more >
Ocean Vuong has a new novel set to be published in June 2025, as announced on Publishers Marketplace and Vuong’s Instagram. The Emperor of Gladness is Vuong’s second novel, and “follows a year in the life of a wayward young Read more >
This weekend, inspired by a rewatch of James L. Brooks’ 1987 masterpiece Broadcast News, I got to thinking about the art (and point) of the interview. Especially here, on our little island called the literary world. There’s a real and Read more >
It’s the middle of April, a time when the transcendent experience of seeing a total eclipse the previous week—if you were lucky enough to geographically and meteorologically—has, for many readers, been eclipsed by the signature rain and lightning of the Read more >
Try as they might, the IRS can’t manage to make the vital work of tax collection simple or enjoyable. The agency can be fun-ish. They produced a Star Trek parody in 2010—fun!—but were later chastised by Congress for the production Read more >
Today, the Gotham Book Prize, an annual award that began during the first year of the pandemic to honor and support the best writing about New York City, whether fiction or nonfiction, announced its eleven 2024 finalists. “It’s impossible to capture Read more >
In September, poet Joan Wickersham’s No Ship Sets Out To Be A Shipwreck will be published by Eastover Press. Lit Hub got a sneak peak, and we’re excited to share a new poem from the collection. According to the publisher, Read more >
I like to think of online discourse as a neverending bar crawl. A roving and insatiable crowd plods around, periodically busting in on the unsuspecting to cheer, boo, and brawl to exhaustion, and then parade off to the next destination. Read more >
There’s just something about the Golden Age of Hollywood. Though I know all that glitters covers doom and profound exploitation, my personal heart beats a little faster when confronted with a Busby Berkeley kick line or a painted backdrop. Give me Read more >
Looking to spend your book budget more wisely? We’ve compiled a list of publishers and bookstores that are unionized or in the process of unionizing that deserve your business. Some of these bookstores are still in the process of unionizing, Read more >
Last semester at Dartmouth, I taught a course on literature and philosophy called “Introduction to Aesthetics.” We spent two full weeks discussing Immanuel Kant’s aesthetic theory, in particular his idea that when we say something is beautiful, we are doing Read more >
In a ceremony on Wednesday night, the Whiting Foundation announced the ten new recipients of the Whiting Award, an award “designed to recognize excellence and promise in a spectrum of emerging talent.” The award comes with a monetary prize of Read more >
Less than a month out from the 20th incarnation of its flagship World Voices Festival, the protests against PEN America’s response to the war on Gaza are continuing to mount. In just the last few days, several authors have withdrawn Read more >
A group of academics affiliated with North American institutions have written an open letter condemning the ongoing scholasticide in Gaza. This marks the most recent collective gesture in a series of statements from anti-genocidal culture workers. But unlike other expressions Read more >
As the weather turns towards warmth and rebirth, it’s time to reset and set some intentions for spring. Write these encouragements on Post-its, stick them to your bathroom mirror, and start living your best life. Read more >
Her name was Zenith, and she deserves to sail alongside Pequod, Demeter, and the ship of Theseus in the fleet of literature’s floating icons. You probably won’t recognize her name, but you no doubt know this ship made famous by Read more >
This morning, the International Booker Prize dropped its shortlist, and this year’s panel has nominated a pleasing panoply of novels from six different countries. There are debuts beside books from feted laureates. And these novels vary widely across style, too—the Read more >
Attention Cormac McCarthy superfans: A selection of works and personal items from the writer’s life are currently up for auction at Bonhams. The collection, which comes directly from McCarthy’s second wife Annie DeLisle, includes an antique cherrywood library desk that Read more >
Ah, another April Tuesday, that undefinable month of storm and blossom, coolness and warmth, cruelty and catharsis. April may represent many a thing, depending on whom you ask, but what’s clear on this particular Tuesday is that new things to Read more >
The Palestinian cause is not a cause for Palestinians only, but a cause for every revolutionary, wherever he is, as a cause of the exploited and oppressed masses in our era. –Ghassan Kanafani Ghassan Kanafani—the Palestinian resistance writer and Read more >
