Much has been said about the vampyr, that evergreen fixation. The blood-sucking hellspawn is a pliable metaphor, useful for holding the fear of an age. He can symbolize a certain sexual terror, as we most recently witnessed in Robert Eggers’ Sinners.">Read more >
According to the powers that be (er, apparently according to Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network), May is Short Story Month. To celebrate, for the third year in a row, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending a single short Read more >
The Best American Series is a literary institution. But just in case you’re stumbling upon it for the first time: Each book in the annual series showcases of best short fiction and nonfiction in a given year, from short stories Read more >
This afternoon, the Authors Guild filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration. Plaintiffs, which include the guild and an independent group of scholars and writers, are protesting the sudden termination of millions of dollars in individual and institutional humanities grants. Read more >
I’m always happy to find a new reason why libraries make eveything better, and today I’m pleased to report that some very serious academics have concluded that public libraries are the urban planning equivalent of Batman: great at fighting crime. Read more >
According to the powers that be (er, apparently according to Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network), May is Short Story Month. To celebrate, for the third year in a row, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending a single short Read more >
It’s just about the middle of May, and the world continues to be a phantasmagoric horror show unfolding at once too quickly and too slowly. But, through it all, and despite governmental attempts to silence artists and art institutions alike, Read more >
Sheila Heti, Omar El Akkad, Madeleine Thien, and Sarah Bernstein are among the dozens of prominent authors who are auctioning off signed editions of their books to benefit Crips for eSims for Gaza, a crowdfunding organization made up of disabled people from Read more >
Today, the DAG Foundation announced the five finalists for the DAG Prize for Literature, a new annual award that grants $20,000 to “an early-career prose writer whose work expands the possibilities for American writing.” The prize, given by musicians Alyssa Read more >
According to the powers that be (er, apparently according to Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network), May is Short Story Month. To celebrate, for the third year in a row, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending a single short Read more >
With Popes and Pulitzers getting announced this week, it was a busy one, especially for fans of prestigious ceremonies and secretive deliberations. If you’re too busy preparing for Mother’s Day, here is the news in three quick diagrams. Read more >
Photo from the Library of Congress In their continued campaign to trample institutions and eject expertise from government, the Trump Administration abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden yesterday. Dr. Hayden was the first woman and the first African American Read more >
The theme of the week is tiny beauty. The force is in the details, as they say. So we at Lit Hub are looking closer and looking around. Drew Broussard recommends Colin Dickey’s “Glacial Errata,” a newsletter dedicated to “oddities” this week.">Read more >
Last week, hundreds of publishers, theatre companies, symphonies, and community arts programs abruptly lost funding. Beloved institutions from the Bay Area to Harlem were rudely informed of canceled NEA grants last week. And as my colleague James Folta reported in Read more >
According to the powers that be (er, apparently according to Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network), May is Short Story Month. To celebrate, for the third year in a row, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending a single short story, Read more >
Louis C.K., the disgraced comedian, has written a novel called Ingram, set to come out in the fall. If you need a refresher on C.K., Megh Wright’s excellent piece from 2018 lays out the sexual harassment accusations, and why C.K.’s Read more >
According to the powers that be (er, apparently according to Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network), May is Short Story Month. To celebrate, for the third year in a row, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending a single short Read more >
Illustrations by E. H. Shepard I’ve been lucky to always be around readers. I had some very good and kind teachers who recommended great books, and I had friends who got to The Lord of The Rings before me, but Read more >
We can celebrate a nice bit of bookstore news this week. Three community rock stars—including self-identified “book girlie” Eve L. Ewing—are joining forces to save an imperiled indie. As Maxwell Evans of Block Club Chicago reports, an impressive trifecta is Read more >
Today, the Griffin Poetry Prize announced Margaret Atwood as the winner of their 2025 Lifetime Recognition Award, which honors “international artists working in poetry.” Atwood will be in conversation with Carolyn Forché at the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings on Read more >
