A new treasure trove of a week: Lena Dunham’s long-awaited second memoir is out today, as well as Maria Semple’s first novel in almost ten years, Go Gentle. Solvej Balle’s viral “On the Calculation of Volume” series continues with Book Read more >
What is it about the campus novel? Even for those of us who didn’t attend Ivy-drenched Northeastern institutions, the genre appeals. Yet the novel that truly captures the undergraduate brain—with its suite of neuroses and affectations—is rare. Elif Batuman’s The Idiot—and her 2022 Read more >
I mean no disrespect to my estimable colleagues who’ve done the hard work of putting this bracket together, but since they’ve asked the staff for input on adaptations that should have been on the list, I’m here to say it’s straight-up Read more >
This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending one great poem to read every (work) day of the Read more >
We’re ten days into the 30th National Poetry Month—perhaps you’ve seen our poem-of-the-day feature—and it’s gotten me into a lyrical mood. In that vein, I picked up and became instantly enraptured by John Berger’s And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief Read more >
Another Friday, another opportunity for gratitude. We at Lit Hub have been living to laugh and laughing to live. Two weeks ago, Drew Broussard went to see an author friend (Sam Rebelein) read a chunk of his new novel aloud Read more >
School, meet streaming. This spring, the nerdy nostalgist can find several depictions of campus life on their small screen. On Netflix, the adaptation of Julia May Jonas’ Vladimir draws us down a well of dark academia. And on HBO, we have Read more >
This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending one great poem to read every (work) day of Read more >
The eight winners of the 2026 Windham-Campbell Prizes have been announced. This annual prize recognizes literary achievement and promise in fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry written in the English language from anywhere in the world, and is offered as an Read more >
This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending one great poem to read every (work) day of Read more >
In 2024, Haymarket Books, along with the Mellon Foundation, launched a new fellowship aimed at supporting and uplifting writers impacted by the criminal legal system: The Writing Freedom Fellowship. Today, they’ve announced their third annual cohort of fellows, twenty writers whose Read more >
Today, the National Book Foundation announced the 2026 recipients of its annual 5 Under 35 award, which honors fiction writers under the age of 35 “whose debut work promises to leave a lasting impression on the literary landscape.” Each of Read more >
This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending one great poem to read every (work) day of Read more >
The National Association of Black Bookstores (NAB2), a group launched last Juneteenth by Kevin Johnson of Sacramento’s Underground Books, has announced a new holiday: National Black Bookstore Day. As Publishers Weekly reported this morning, this first-of-its-kind national observance means to Read more >
This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996. To celebrate, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending one great poem to read every (work) day of Read more >
We’ve turned a corner in our seasons, in warmth, in attitude, in literature. It’s a great time for fiction lovers, as we welcome in a new Ben Lerner, Emma Straub, and Rachel Khong all in one day. Lest we forget Read more >
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