• Literary Criticism

    The History of Literature

    Anne Enright on Growing Up in Ireland

    By History of Literature  December 13, 2023
    New Books Tuesdays

    The Cure! A history of anonymous letters! 11 new books out this week.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  December 12, 2023
    Politics

    Gideon Lewis-Kraus: Everyone Needs to Read Nathan Thrall’s A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

    By Gideon Lewis-Kraus  December 12, 2023
    Dystopias

    Pink Dystopia: Gabrielle Korn on How a Decade in Women’s Media Inspired Her Novel

    By Gabrielle Korn  December 12, 2023
    Lit Hub Questionnaire

    Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

    By Teddy Wayne  December 12, 2023
    literary criticism

    The 10 Best Book Reviews
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    By Adam Morgan  December 11, 2023
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    Canterbury Tales Down the Centuries: How Each Era Has Reinvented Chaucer

    By Marion Turner  December 11, 2023
    Cultural Criticism

    Embracing Uncertainty: In Defense of Question-Seeking Criticism

    By Helen Molesworth  December 11, 2023
    Climate Change

    Why We Need New Stories About the Ocean

    By Natalie Hart  December 11, 2023
    Poets in Conversation

    Kelly Weber on Kinship with Nature, Asexuality, and Writing “Untraditional” Erotic Poems

    By Literary Hub  December 11, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Year

    The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2023

    By Book Marks  December 10, 2023
    Best of 2023

    Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories from 2023

    By Literary Hub  December 7, 2023
    Best Reviewed Books of the Year

    The Best Reviewed Nonfiction of 2023

    By Book Marks  December 7, 2023
    Motherhood

    Shadow Face: Jessica Moore on the Dissolving Margins of Motherhood

    By Jessica Moore  December 7, 2023
    Critical Race Theory

    Black Lives Matter in the Classroom: A Roundtable on Teaching CRT and Disputed Literature Today

    By Literary Hub  December 7, 2023
    The Maris Review

    Naomi Alderman On Tech Billionaires as Today’s Villains

    By The Maris Review  December 7, 2023
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Taylor Byas on Writing About Her Hometown

    By Fiction Non Fiction  December 7, 2023
    Reading Lists

    Marxism and Mistletoe: A Holiday List of Books for the Lefties in Your Life

    By Kristen R. Ghodsee  December 6, 2023
    Children's Lit

    My Year in Reading Children’s Books

    By Sara B. Franklin  December 6, 2023
    What to Watch

    Eileen Complicates the Relationship at the Heart of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Novel

    By Emmeline Clein  December 6, 2023
    Poetry

    Two Poems by Marlon Hacla, Translated by Kristine Ong Muslim

    By Marlon Hacla  December 6, 2023
    The History of Literature

    David Sterling Brown on Shakespeare’s White Others

    By History of Literature  December 6, 2023
    Spirituality

    Between Conversion and Repentance: Christian Wiman on the Uses of Fiction

    By Christian Wiman  December 5, 2023
    In Conversation

    Kate Christensen on Allowing Characters to Tell Their Own Stories

    By Jane Ciabattari  December 5, 2023
    New Books Tuesdays

    The Velvet Underground! Anthony Veasna So! Queer Sci-Fi! 21 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  December 5, 2023
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