Sally Rooney, the iconic Millennial bard, can no longer safely enter the United Kingdom for fear of arrest. The author behind Intermezzo and Normal People recently received English flack for her support of Palestine Action. And today, The Guardian reports that Read more >
Barnes & Noble, former sworn enemy to the indie bookstore, may be shaking up its business model. Under the leadership of CEO James Daunt, the company has been using its unlikely second act to bail out struggling indies. Most recently, Read more >
Is Emmy award winning show The Pitt ripping off ER? Michael Crichton’s estate is claiming that it has, and a judge has given the go-ahead for the issue to go to trial. Scrub up, lawyers. This is about more than Read more >
Nobel Laureates Annie Ernaux, Abdulrazak Gurnah, and J.M.G. Le Clézio are among a group of twenty prominent writers who have signed a public letter to President Emmanuel Macron urging the immediate resumption of France’s evacuation program for Palestinian scholars, artists, Read more >
For the next eight weeks, Harper’s Bazaar will sponsor a new literary newsletter from Kaitlyn Greenidge. Greenidge, the novelist behind Libertie and We Love You, Charlie Freeman and the excellent thinker behind pieces like these, isn’t new to the newsletter Read more >
As summer gives way to fall—cooler nights, busier days—there are more opportunities to be present, to be deliberate, to be enmeshed in the dailiness of one’s life. All of which means… more time for books! And we have a great Read more >
The Library of Congress just announced that Arthur Sze will be the nation’s 25th Poet Laureate for 2025-2026. He will take over the position on October 9th from the previous Laureate Ada Limón, who served for two, two-year terms. Sze Read more >
Fridays, the week’s mullet: business in the front, and leisure in the back. Hope you have a great weekend, with your loved ones and your community, and I’ll see you back here on Monday. Read more >
The first nice thing this week is an institutional birthday. Thanks to the attentive ministrations of our dear Drew Broussard, it’s officially been one year since we launched The Lit Hub Podcast! (“And I didn’t acknowledge it at all in Read more >
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Fiction. Then ten titles were selected from a pool of 434 books submitted for consideration by their publishers. This year’s judges for Fiction are Rumaan Read more >
Right after college, I moved to San Francisco, a city where I knew one person. I had a lonely time at first, and in particular I struggled to stay connected to the friends I no longer shared a campus with. Read more >
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Then ten titles were selected from a pool of 652 books submitted for consideration by their publishers. This year’s judges for Nonfiction are Heather Read more >
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry. Then ten titles were selected from a pool of 285 books submitted for consideration by their publishers. This year’s judges for Poetry are Kate Read more >
Researchers recently found that “reading for fun in the US has fallen by 40%,” which sucks. The study shows “a sustained, steady decline” over about twenty years, which I agree with the scientists is “deeply concerning.” If you’re a Lit Read more >
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature. Then ten titles were selected from a pool of 139 books submitted for consideration by their publishers. This year’s judges for Translated Literature Read more >
Another day, another duel with AI slop. Unfortunately a recent deep fake has come in the guise of a friend. Last Friday, Powell’s Books of Portland, Oregon—one of the country’s best loved bookstores and the largest indie in the world—found Read more >
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Then ten titles were selected from a pool of 325 books submitted for consideration by their publishers. This year’s judges for Young Read more >
A new season has officially begun: there’s slightly more chill in the air, a bit more yellow in the trees overhead, and a lot more books pouring out every week. The dam has been released. The books we have been Read more >
Today, the British Academy announced the 2025 shortlist for the British Academy Book Prize, which awards £25,000 annually to a work of nonfiction, and seeks to recognize books “based on exceptional research and written for the general reader, that deepen Read more >
Fall is in the air, which means millions of American teenagers are sailing into English class. Stakes are high. Will the syllabus plant a life-long love of literature? Or simply send everyone running to ChatGPT? The season shift has me Read more >
