Jane Austen’s Legacy Lives on in Rom-Coms
Hannah Benson on “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” the Newest Edition to the Austen Expanded Universe
On the Lit Hub Podcast: Real Literary Hoaxes and the Abrams Union Drive
Featuring Nathan Connolly, James Folta, Shea Dunlop, Sarah Robbins, and Drew Broussard
Dwyer Murphy Explains How to Build a House (in Your Novel)
“I needed to know about houses—big and rambling houses, and how they alter people.”
L. Frank Baum’s Literary Vision of an American Century: The Wizard of Oz at 125 Years
Ed Simon on Grifters, the Chicago World Fair, and Oz as Symbol of a Modern USA
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Featuring Mark Twain, Ocean Vuong, Malcolm X, and More
On Translating Your Own Novel *Back* Into Your Mother Tongue
Hannes Barnard and Andreas Roman Talk to Jessica Powers
You Want to Be a Better Writer? Observe Chicken Behavior
Malia Márquez on Learning to Tend and Feed Writerly Impulses
A Volatile Proposition: Exploring Life Inside Earth’s Most Extreme Environments
Karen G. Lloyd Reflects on a Risky Journey Into the Crater of Costa Rica’s Poás Volcano
When Bees Discover the Scientists Who Dedicated Their Lives to Studying Them
From Peter Kuper’s Illustrated Natural History, “Insectopolis”
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
“She takes her cues from writers like John Cheever, Richard Yates and Virginia Woolf, all masters of the repressed and unsayable.”
I Refuse to Support My Friend’s Crappy Self-Published Novel: Am I the Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
Monica Macansantos on Finding Her Voice and Reuniting with Her Father Through Used Books
The Author of “Returning to My Father’s Kitchen” Recalls Visiting Book Markets in the Philippines
The Woman With the Axe: On Fu Hao, Ancient China’s Warrior Queen
Rachel McCarthy James Examines Gender, Power and Violence in the Shang Dynasty
How Language Evolved Out of Cultural Exchange Between Europe and the Near East
Laura Spinney on the Development of Early Human Civilization Across Eurasia
Does the Supreme Court Really Just Run on Vibes Now?
Leah Litman Explains the Legal Theories Weaponized by Conservative Justices Against the Administrative State
Enjoying the Sweet Stink of The Gilded Age in the Age of Billionaires
Danielle Teller on Sanitized Depictions of the 19th Century, Comfort Shows, and Income Inequality
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