This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Gatsby Adaptations, AI Evil, and Literary Assholes
With Drew Broussard, Jessie Gaynor, Kristen Arnett, and Jonny Diamond
How the Ancient Sumerians Created the World’s First Writing System
Bartle Bull on the Mesopotamian Origins of Modern Civilization
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Featuring Haruki Murakami, Emmanuel Carrère, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, and More
“Make it New… Again.” Why We Need Alexander Pope’s Wild, Weird Poetry Today
Ryan Ruby on the Need to Shake Up Our Modern Era of Clean Professionalization
Read Jody Chan’s Boycott
Giller Speech
“Here, today, we throw our labour into the gears of the death machine.”
Let Them Talk: Maya Kessler on the Power of Dialogue
"Put two people in a room together—it’s most likely that one of them is trying to achieve something."
Diverting Diversions: Mark Haber on Distractions, Literary Digressions, and the Possibilities of Fiction
Brian Castleberry in Conversation with the Author of “Lesser Ruins”
Leaving Cormac: Life Lessons From My Correspondence with Lee McCarthy
Kim Young on What It Means to Survive a First Marriage
Billionaires Are Bad: Revisiting 50 Shades of Grey in the Age of Mega-Rich Creepers
Maris Kreizman Takes a Closer Look at the Misplaced Adoration of Christian Grey
An Ageist Disease: On Living in Fear of Alzheimer’s
Andrea Gilats o Explores Confounding Questions of Aggression, Identity Shifts, and Care for the Afflicted
A Century of Restlessness: What It Means To Be A New Yorker Cartoonist
Michael Maslin Profiles the Work and Creative Processes of Cartoonists Liana Finck and Ed Steed
Embrace the Journey: An Octogenarian’s Advice For Younger Writers
Abigail Thomas: “My problem was I thought you had to know what you were doing. Nonsense. You just have to start.”
On the Fragility of American Democracy… and the Power of Young Black Activists to Save It
Rita Omokha on the 2024 Election and What History Shows Us
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