“Some Trees”

A Poem by Tracy K. Smith

October 18, 2021  By Tracy K. Smith   Posted In  Features  Fiction and Poetry  Poem 
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On the Unattainable Myth of Feminine Beauty Ideals and Our Culture of Fat Phobia

Sesali Bowen Considers What It Means to Be a "Bad Bitch" and the Politicization of Attractiveness

October 18, 2021  By Sesali Bowen   Posted In  Features  Memoir  News and Culture  Politics 
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Betsy Bonner on Wuthering Heights, Bluets, and Mary Gaitskill’s Sex Scenes

Rapid-fire Book Recs From the Author of The Book of Atlantis Black

October 18, 2021  By Book Marks   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
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“Unknitting Despair.” Catherine Bush on Reciprocity, Care, and Ecological Loss

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

October 18, 2021  By Emergence Magazine   Posted In  Emergence Magazine  Features  History  Lit Hub Radio  Nature 
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What Storm, What Thunder

Myriam J. A. Chancy

October 18, 2021  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel  Novels 
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Jean Becker on George H.W. Bush’s Life After Presidency

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

October 18, 2021  By Keen On   Posted In  Features  History  Keen On  The Virtual Book Channel 
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April in Spain by John Banville, Read by John Lee

A Stylish Performance of an Elegant Mystery

October 18, 2021  By Behind the Mic    Posted In  Behind the Mic  Features  Lit Hub Radio 
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Lit Hub Weekly: October 12 – 15, 2021

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

October 16, 2021  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Lit Hub Daily 
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Read Ezra Pound’s extensive revisions to T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land.

October 15, 2021  By Vanessa Willoughby   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  News and Culture  The Hub 
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Solange has launched a community library of rare books and art by Black creators.

October 15, 2021  By Walker Caplan   Posted In  Bookstores and Libraries  History  News and Culture  The Hub 
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“Dialogue reeketh, play stinketh.” The worst insults from reviews of The Iceman Cometh.

October 15, 2021  By Walker Caplan   Posted In  History  News and Culture  The Hub 
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Richard Gere reading Italo Calvino is peak ASMR.

October 15, 2021  By Katie Yee   Posted In  The Hub 
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Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

October 15, 2021  By Emily Temple   Posted In  Book News  News and Culture  The Hub 
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Lit Hub Daily: October 15, 2021

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

October 15, 2021  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Lit Hub Daily 
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Jonathan Franzen on Reckoning with the Limits and Purposes of Writing Novels

This Week on the Radio Open Source Podcast

October 15, 2021  By Open Source   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation  Lit Hub Radio  Literary Criticism  Open Source 
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A Compendium of Literary Ravens

Angus Hyland and Caroline Roberts Catalogue the Corvids of Aesop, Dickens, and More

October 15, 2021  By Angus Hyland and Caroline Roberts   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  History  Literary Criticism  Nature  News and Culture 
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Marguerite Duras on Finding Stories Everywhere

“Around us, everything is writing.”

October 15, 2021  By Marguerite Duras   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features 
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5 Books You May Have Missed in September

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Debuts, Translated Fiction, and More

October 15, 2021  By Bethanne Patrick   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
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“A Glorious Mess.” On Confronting the Complexities of Storytelling with Anthony Bourdain

Tom Vitale Recounts Time as His Late Friend’s Director and Producer

October 15, 2021  By Tom Vitale   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Film and TV  Food  News and Culture 
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Finding Freedom from the Chokehold of Modern Capitalism in Nomadland

Sara Zarr on the Allure of a Minimalist Life

October 15, 2021  By Sara Zarr   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Film and TV  Literary Criticism  Memoir  News and Culture 
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